2002 LINCOLN LS Complaints

VEHICLE HAD BURNING OIL SMELL COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT , VALVE COVER GASKETS WERE LEAKING OIL INTO SPARK PLUG WELLS, REQUIRING SPARK PLUG REPLACEMENT AND POSSIBLE COIL PACK DAMAGE IF NOT GASKETS NOT REPLACED. THIS JUST AFTER A 60,000 MULTI-POINT INSPECTION, OIL CHANGE, AIR FILTER CHANGE, FUEL FILTER CHANGE AND FUEL INDUCTION SVC AT ANOTHER LINCOLN DEALER. LINCOLN SHOULD RECALL ALL LS'S AND REPLACE THE GASKETS AT NO COST IN ORDER TO PREVENT VEHICLE STALLING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, AS COIL PACKS AND PLUG DAMAGE CAN OCCUR AND CAUSE LOSS OF POWER. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 LINCOLN LS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL OF THE ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS, SUCH AS THE DOORS AND WINDOWS, ARE JAMMED. SHE STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLS WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PARTS TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE AND RECOMMENDED SHE GO TO ANOTHER DEALER. THE CONSUMER AFFAIRS OFFICE STATED THAT HER VEHICLE IS UNDER THE LEMON LAW ACT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 57,000.

2002 LS OVERHEATED. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THERMOSTAT FOR $130. DROVE THE CAR LESS THAN A MILE FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND IT OVERHEATED AGAIN. TOOK IT BACK TO FORD AND THEY NOW SAID THE HYDRAULIC COOLING FAN (HCF) IS BAD. THEY SAID IT TESTED GOOD WHEN REPLACING THERMOSTAT. HOW CAN THE HCF JUST GO BAD? THE CAR STILL OVERHEATS EVEN WITH THE NEW FAN. THE NEW FAN WITH LABOR WILL COST ME $1000. PLUS THE ENGINE STILL OVERHEATS. WHY DID THEY NOT SEE THIS WHEN THEY DID THE DIAGNOSTICS TESTING? MY LS IS STILL OVERHEATING AND $1130 SPENT AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. WHY?

CUSTOMER IS LOOKING FOR TRENDS ON AIR BAGS SENSORS, PROBLEMS WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL WORKING PROPERLY AND THE FACTORY SUN ROOF CABLES BEING STRIPPED. *CC *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE SERVICE DEALER DETERMINED THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED THIS WAS A VEHICLE DEFECT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN ANY ACCIDENTS.

(1) VEHICLE EMISSIONS SYSTEM INDICATOR LIGHT APPEARED ON DISPLAY (2) VEHICLE HESITATES (JERKS SLIGHTLY) AT SPEEDS UP TO 60 MPH, CARS ALSO KILLS RANDOMLY WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION (3) I HAVE NOT DONE ANY REPAIRS YET ( I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR RECALL INFORMATION) I HAVE VIEWED MANY FORUMS ONLINE ON DEFECTIVE COIL PACKS ON THESE VEHICLES. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER HAVING A LEFT REAR FLAT TIRE, THE LUGS NUTS COULD NOT BE REMOVED FROM THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY. AFTER INITIAL INSPECTION, IT WAS DETERMINED THE STAINLESS STEEL JACKET OF ALL OF THE LUG NUTS ON THE VEHICLE WERE DISTORTED. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AWAITING TOW SERVICE TO A DEALER FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. UPDATED 05/03/06. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE APPLYING BRAKE PRESSURE, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS ALSO PUSHED WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LURCH FORWARD AND STRIKE ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM BEHIND AT 45MPH. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A CRASH, NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE POLICE WERE ON THE SCENE AND A REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALER. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE PLACEMENT OF THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDALS WERE ACCURATE AND SUGGESTED THE CRASH WAS NOT DUE TO ANY DEFECT. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, NO REPAIRS WERE MADE CONCERNING THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDALS.

2002 LINCOLN LS 4.0 V8 (50K MILES) - TRANSMISSION DISENGAGES AT ANY SPEED. ALSO, IT SHIFTS VERY HARD, WHEN DRIVING AND WHEN PUTTING SHIFT LEVER INTO REVERSE AND DRIVE. LASTLY, IT SURGES WHEN IN GEAR AT IDLE, AND UPON DECELERATION, REFUSES TO DOWNSHIFT UNTIL HIGH (3-3500 RPMS) WHICH CREATES A SENSATION OF BEING PULLED DOWN THE ROAD. DEALER CANNOT REPLICATE PROBLEMS. I HAVE SEEN ON MULTIPLE DISCUSSION GROUPS THAT THIS VEHICLE HAS PROBLEMS WITH THE SOLENOID PACK AND VALVE BODY CREATING SYMPTOMS LIKE THOSE DESCRIBED ABOVE. IT IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE LIKE THIS. *JB

BRAKE FAILURE. AFTER 36 MONTHS OF LEASING A 2002 LINCOLN LS, MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE WITH IT HAVING APPROXIMATELY 28,000 MILES IN SEPTEMBER 2005. IN DECEMBER OF THAT YEAR WITH LESS THAN 30,000 MILES, MY WIFE HAD A MINOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT WHEN WHILE BRAKING THE CAR FAILED TO STOP. THE BRAKES HAD BEEN SERVICED IN AUGUST FOR A SQUEAL. THERE WAS NO EXCESSIVE WEAR BUT THE ROTORS WERE RE-SURFACED. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT THERE HAD BEEN NO OTHER BRAKING PROBLEMS. *NM