2000 Lincoln Ls

MY CAR WAS SLUGGISH AND LOSING POWER UPON TAKING IT IN FOR SERVICING I HAD FIVE OF EIGHT COIL ON PLUGS REPLACED BY DEALERSHIP, NOT MORE THAN ONE WEEK AFTER MY CAR STARTED THE SAME SYMPTOMS AND HAD AN CLICKING NOISE IN THE ENGINE. I WAS TOLD BUY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THEIR DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT WAS GIVING THEM FALSE READING, ONE SAYING THAT THE CAR WAS ALRIGHT, AND THE OTHER SAYING THAT IT WASN'T. THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR ME. PLEASE CONTACT ME WITH AN ANSWER ON WHAT I CAN DO. *NM

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS MY LS WILL CRANK BUT WILL NOT START. THE ANTI-THEFT INDICATOR ON THE DASHBOARD FLASHES WHICH INDICATES THAT THE CAR WILL NOT START. I HAVE BEEN STRANDED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS ONLY TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT STARTS JUST FINE FOR THEM. I HAVE HAD THE FOLLOWING REPLACED: TRANSCEIVER, ANTI-THEFT MODULE, COMPUTER AND THE CABLES THAT CONNECT THE TRANSCEIVER TO THE COMPUTER. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. *JB

DT: THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 60 MPH WHEN THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE SWAYED INTO THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER LOSTCONTROL OF THE VEHICLE FOR A MOMENT. SUDDENLY FLAMES ERUPTED OUT OF THE FRONT TIRE AREA. THE VEHICLE SKIDDED TO THE LEFT INTO THE MEDIAN ABOUT 100 FEET AND HAD COME TO A STOP. THE CONSUMER PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND ESCAPED FROM THE VEHICLE. A PEDESTRIAN PUT OUT THE FIRE WITH AN EXTINGUISHER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TIRE DEALER WHO SAUGGESTED THAT THERE WAS A SEPARATION OF THE FRONT CONTROL ARM AND THE LOWER BALL JOINT THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROBLEM, AS WELL AS A LEAK IN THE FUEL LINES. THE CONSUMER SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND FOUND A RECALL THAT THE CONSUMER BELIEVED PERTAINED TO HER VEHICLE. (RECALL 00V359001 WHICH DID NOT INCLUDE THE LOWER BALL JOINTS. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED FORD, WHO SAID THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. NO REPAIRS OR CORRECTIONS WERE MADE AND NO POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DID NOT COME. *SC . *AK

PURCHASED MY 2000 LS IN OCTOBER OF THAT YEAR. IN 2001 HAD TO HAVE REGULATOR ON BACK PASSENGER WINDOW REPLACED. SINCE THEN 2 MORE BACK WINDOW REGULATORS HAVE ALSO BEEN REPLACED AT COST OF APPROX. $700. HAD TO HAVE COIL REPLACED. CAR HAS ALWAYS HESITATED SHIFTING INTO REVERSE. AT 40 MPH CAR RUNS ROUGHLY, SHAKES. IN JUNE THIS YEAR CAR WOULD NOT START AFTER SHUTTING OFF. SOME COMPUTER VALVE STICKING; DEALERSHIP TOLD MY HUSBAND TO TAKE A ROCK AND HIT IT TO FREE IT UP SO CAR WILL START. SEVERAL TIMES CAR WOULD NOT START AT ALL FOR NO APPARENT REASON. CALLED DEALERSHIP ABOUT BALL JOINT NOISE UNDER FRONT OF CAR; THEY SAID NOTHING WRONG. FRONT PASSENGER DOOR DRAINS PLUGGED --- DOOR FILLED WITH WATER THAT SLOSHED WHEN COMING TO A STOP. CALLED DEALERSHIP(S) --- NO HELP. CALLED LINCOLN HOTLINE - NO HELP. THEY SAID IT WAS A 5 YEAR OLD WHAT DO WE EXPECT!

ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS SINCE FEBRUARY, AN IGNITION COIL HAS FAILED IN MY LS(# 2,3,AND 6). EACH TIME THE REPAIR HAS COST ALMOST $300, AND IN ADDITION SINCE THE DEALER THOUGHT A SMALL LEAK IN THE VALVE COVER GASKET MAY HAVE CAUSED THE PROBLEM WITH #3, THAT WAS REPLACED FOR AN ADDITIONAL $225. IN THE 45 YEARS I HAVE BEEN DRIVING, I HAVE NEVER HAD A COIL GO BAD. THERE IS CLEARLY A DEFECT IN THE ORIGINAL COILS OR ENGINE DESIGN. THE DEALER HAS INDICATED THAT THEY HAVE REPLACED MANY OF THESE ON LS'S. *AK

MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S IGNITION COILS. *MR ON APRIL 18, 2004 THE SERVICE DEALER REPLACED ONE COIL. THEN ON JUNE 15, 2004 TWO MORE COILS WERE REPLACED. WITHIN TWO WEEKS, ANOTHER COIL OR MORE WENT BAD. THERE WAS RANDOM MISFIRES WHICH REMAINED THE SAME EVEN AFTER REPAIR, THEN IT WORKED FINE BUT WAS FOLLOWED BY THE VEHICLE RUNNING ROUGH. *SC *JB

OIL LEAK FROM VALVE LIFTER COVER GASKET. LEAK DETECTED JAN 2004. GASKET BACKORDERED (ACCORDING TO HOOD RIVER FORD DEALER) TO OVER 8000 VEHICLES. MY VEHICLE RELEASED FROM DEALER WITHOUT REPAIR. FEBRUARY RETURNED WITH ROUGH RUNNING AND ENGINE LIGHT. OIL HAD LEAKED ONTO SOLINOID SHORTING OUT SEVERAL WITH ASSOCAITED BOOTS. THESE PARTS WERE ALSO BACKORDER TO THE SAME NUMBER AS GASKETS. VEHICLE SAT AT DEALER FOR OVER A MONTH WITHOUT LOANER OR PARTS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED, THE ENGINE MISFIRED AND STALLED WHEN THE VEHICLE REACHED A TEMPERATURE. THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO A FAULTY COIL PACK. THE DEALER HAD REPLACED THE COIL PACK ON SIX DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. CONSUMER WILL SEND ORIGINAL BILL FOR REPAIRS. *LA 10/17/02 THREE COIL PACKS WERE REPLACED (#'S 2-6-7) DUE TO THE ENGINE MISSING, 3/19/03 THE COIL PACK #3 DUE TO MISSING, 10/09/03 THE TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH THE FLUID FILTER, AND ON 4/8/04 TWO COIL PACKS #'S 1 AND 4 WERE REPLACED DUE TO ENGINE MISSING. *SC *JB