2000 Lincoln Ls

TRANSMISSION IS FAULTY E-CODE POPS CHECK TRANSMISSION AND FORD DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT COME ON! I WAS PULLING OUT OF A SIDE STREET AND I WAS PASTED BY A SEMI THAT WITH CONDITIONS BARELY MISSED T BONING ME CUZ OF THIS FAULTY WHATEVER U WANNA CALL IT! I CAN'T EVEN CHECK THE [XXX] FLUID! IT COSTS $120 JUST TO CHECK IT! IT BLOWS MY MIND U CA THIS CAR IS CONSIDERED SAFE AND THAT THIS TRANSMISSION ISSUE HASN'T BEEN TAKEN CARE OF! PEOPLE WILL DIE OR I'M SURE ALREADY HAVE, THE TRANSMISSION IS WHAT DRIVES THE WHEELS HOW IS IT SAFE THAT U CAN'T CONTROL UR SPEED! THE THING ACTS DIFFERENT EVERY DAY. SOME DAYS OK SOME DAYS LAGGING AND SLOW AND SOME DAYS THE [XXX] THING TAKES OFF LIKE I DUMPED THE CLUTCH AND GUNNED IT BUT I BARELY PUSHED THE PEDAL! I'VE NEVER BEEN SO DISSATISFIED AND DISAPPOINTED WITH LAWS RULES REGULATIONS OR WHATEVER! EVERY LINCOLN LS SHOULD BE CRUSHED OR FITTED WITH TOTALLY DIFFERENT TRANSMISSION! INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

EXPERIENCED TRANS NOT WANTING TO SHIFT INTO FOURTH AND FIFTH GEAR AND LUNGING FORWARD WHEN BEING STARTED AND STILL IN PARK. CAR HAD 68000 MILES ON IT AT THAT TIME,TOOK CAR IN TO HAVE TRANS FILTER REPLACED AND FLUID CHANGED. TRANS. PAN WAS REMOVED AND PIECES OF BEARINGS AND METAL SHAVINGS AND SPRING FOUND IN BOTTOM OF TRANS PAN.WAS TOLD REBUILD WOULD BE 1900 DOLLARS. JOB WAS PERFORMED AND CAR WAS TAKEN BACK IN FOR SAME PROBLEMS 3 MORE TIMES IN FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF GETTING CAR BACK. IT WAS NEVER CORRECTED OR ABLE TO BE FIXED PROPERLY. WARRANTY IS NOW UP AND IM WAITING FOR TRANS TO FAIL GAIN AS ITS DOING SAME AS BEFORE. I WAS INFORMED TO LOOK ONLINE AS THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR THIS VEHICLE. AFTER SEARCHING FOR VERY SHORT TIME FOUND NUMEROUS CONSUMERS WITH THE SAME EXACT PROBLEMS I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING. I THINK AFTER READING ALL THE POSTS AND COMMENTS FROM OTHER PEOPLE THIS SHOULD DEFIANTLY QUALIFY AS A DEFECT AND BE A RECALL THROUGH LINCOLN. *TR

TERMINAL ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2000 LINCOLN LS ! I AND EVERYONE ELSE ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS IN THE LINCOLN LS MODELS. BOTH THE V-8 & V-6 MODELS HAVE CONSTANT ISSUES WITH TRANSMISSION FAILURES & PUTS THE OWNERS AT RISK WHILE DRIVING THESE VEHICLES ! I WAS PASSING A SEMI WHEN MY FAILURE HAPPENED AND THE CAR LOST COMPLETE POWER AND WE ALMOST GOT HIT HEAD ON BY AN ONCOMING CAR (THAT WAS NOWHERE IN SIGHT WHEN I STARTED TO PASS THIS VEHICLE) ! IT TAKES NO EFFORT TO DISCOVER THAT THIS IS A HABITUAL ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. I WAS A LINCOLN SALESMAN FOR OVER 3 YEARS AND I KNOW THAT LINCOLN BUILDS A GREAT PRODUCT, AND RELIABILITY ISN'T AN ISSUE WITH ANY OF THEIR OTHER MODELS. PLEASE DON'T ALLOW LINCOLN TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE BY SAYING ,"WELL IF YOUR OVER 100K MILES , WE WONT ADDRESS IT", BECAUSEIT WILL FORCE US TO GO THE ROUTE OF SPENDING $3500 TO REPLACE IT WITH A GENUINE LINCOLN TRANNY THEN THEY ARE HAPPY . THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE , BECAUSE THIS CAR WILL BASICALLY "SHUT ITSELF DOWN" WHEN IT ENCOUNTERS TRANNY ISSUES , & LINCOLN IS GOING TO SAY THEY DON'T KNOW THERE IS AN ISSUE ............C'MON ! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 LINCOLN LS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FASTEST SPEED HER VEHICLE CAN REACH IS 20 MPH. WHENEVER SHE ATTEMPTS TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE FAILS TO CATCH THE CORRECT GEAR. THE VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE EXTREMELY FAST OR THE ENGINE WILL JUST REV LOUDLY, WITHOUT THE VEHICLE MOVING ANYWHERE. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN ON ITS OWN, WITH OR WITHOUT THE BRAKE OR ACCELERATOR PEDALS BEING DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP, BUT THEY INITIALLY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER SO THAT THEY COULD RESET THE CODE FOR THE PCM. THROUGH RESEARCH, SHE LEARNED THAT RESETTING THE PCM IS VERY EXPENSIVE AND NOT FULLY EFFECTIVE. SHE ALSO FOUND NUMEROUS CONSUMERS THAT WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURES WITH THE SAME TYPE OF VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 103,000.

I BELIEVE MY 2000 LINCOLN LS IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE DO TO THE FACT THAT THE SHIFTING IS ERRATIC. THIS CAR HAS ACTUALLY CUT OUT ON ME SEVERAL TIMES, ON THE HIGHWAY ALL LIGHTS, POWER STEERING, BRAKES EVERYTHING AND GAVE ME AN ERROR MESSAGE. THE MESSAGE STATED GEAR SHIFTING ERROR. MY DEALER DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. WHY ARE THEY ARE REGISTERED AS A LINCOLN DEALER IF THEY CAN'T FIX LINCOLNS? *TR