2000 Lincoln Ls

I OWN A 2000 LINCOLN LS WITH SEVERE AND ERRATIC TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WHICH MAKE THIS CAR UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I HAVE SPENT OVER $2000.00 WITH NUMEROUS TRIPS BACK TO THE REPAIR SHOP IN TRYING TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM, BUT THE CAR STILL HESITATES, BUCKS, AND EVEN SHUTS DOWN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AT WHICH TIME THE CAR HAS NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES!! READING UP ON FORUMS, IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH 2000 - 2002 LINCOLN LS'S. LINCOLN MERCURY REPAIR SHOPS "SHOOT IN THE DARK" TRYING TO REPAIR THESE PROBLEMS COSTING CUSTOMERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND STILL CAN NOT COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. THEY HAVE STATED THAT IT IS AN "UNCORRECTABLE COMPUTER GLITCH". I AM SURE THAT THERE WILL BE PEOPLE WHO LOSE THERE LIVES DO TO THIS PROBLEM IF SOME HAVEN'T ALREADY. THIS A $40,000 CAR AND MY PROBLEMS STARTED WHEN THE CAR HAD ONLY 30,000 MILES ON IT. FORD SHOULD RECALL THESE VEHICLES AND CORRECT THE PROBLEM BEFORE PEOPLE GET KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED. *NM

MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2006, I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON A THREE LANE HIGHWAY. I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, AND MY CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. I WAS STUCK IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK TO TOW MY CAR. THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM, AND DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION DIED. THERE WAS SUFFICIENT FLUID IN THE TRANSMISSION, THE TRANSMISSION JUST SEEMED TO DIE. A POLICE OFFICER STOPPED TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. HE TOLD ME IT WAS THE WORST POSSIBLE PLACE FOR MY CAR TO DIE.*JB

I CURRENTLY DRIVE A 00' LINCOLN LS WITH 71K MILES ON IT AND HAVE HAD NUMEROUS UNACCEPTABLE PROBLEMS, THE WORST OF WHICH HAS BEEN THE TRANSMISSION(S). I HAVE JUST BEEN INFORMED BY THE DEALERSHIP HERE THAT I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION AGAIN. I JUST BOUGHT A NEW ONE 32K MILES AGO, BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL HAD GONE BAD. THIS IS THREE TRANSMISSION I HAVE NOW NEEDED FOR A CAR WITH UNDER 75K MILES ON IT, THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. PLUS, ON AVERAGE, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR VARIOUS REPAIRS AT LEAST ONCE EVERY OTHER MONTH. THE ONLY EXPLANATION I HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE DEALER FOR THIS IS THAT "00' WAS THE FIRST YEAR THEY MADE THE LS AND IT TOOK THEM A FEW YEARS TO GET IT RIGHT," SO I WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THEM. THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS VEHICLE ARE WAY TO FREQUENT AND EXPENSIVE TO BE CONSIDERED NORMAL FOR ANY CAR. ACCORDING TO MY DEALERSHIP, THE 00' LS IN GENERAL IS A LEMON AND EVERY ONE WITH THAT YEAR LS IS SUFFERING BECAUSE OF IT. OTHER PROBLEMS ASIDE, I SHOULD NOT BE PAYING FOR ANOTHER TRANSMISSION ON THIS CAR WITH THIS LOW OF MILES. I ONLY DRIVE THIS VEHICLE TO WORK AND BACK AND AROUND TOWN AND NEVER WRECKLESSLY. THIS VEHICLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN HANDLE WITH CARE, SO WHY THE PROBLEMS? DEALER INFO: CAPITOL LINCOLN MERCURY 3469 S STATE ST SALT LAKE, UT 84115 801-263-2222. *NM

I HAVE HAD MANY SHIFTING PROBLEMS WITH MY 2000 LINCOLN LS. I HAVE HAD IT LOOKED AT BY DEALERS AND HAVE BEEN TOLD MANY DIFFERENT REASONS WHY I AM HAVING THE SHIFTING PROBLEMS. ONE DEALER TOLD ME IT WAS A COMPUTER GLITCH AND CANNOT BE FIXED. SO FAR I HAVE HAD MY COMPUTER RESET, FUEL FILTER CHANGED, IGNITION COILS AND IGNITERS CHANGED, FUEL INJECTORS CLEANED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND SOME SHIFTING SENSOR OR TRANSMISSION SENSOR CHANGED. WITH ALL THIS MAINTENANCE DONE I STILL HAVE A ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON MY DASH AND MY CAR STILL SHIFTS WHEN IT FEELS LIKE IT. MANY TIMES WHEN I NEED TO ACCELERATE IT PAUSES AND SEEMS TO NOT BE ABLE TO FIND GEARS. THE MOST SCARY INCIDENT WAS WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY ON DECEMBER 3, 2005 MY 2000 LINCOLN LS'S SHIFTING BECAME ERRATIC SPUTTERED AND THEN THE CAR TURNED OFF. WHILE GOING ABOUT 65 MILES PER HOUR I WAS LEFT WITH NO POWER STEERING AND HAD TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD NEARLY BEING REAR ENDED BY A TRUCK. I HAVE YET TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT BUT FEAR THAT WITH THIS ERRATIC SHIFTING IT MIGHT HAPPEN. I WILL PAY WHATEVER IT TAKES TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM FIXED ONCE AND FOR ALL. I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO DRIVE THIS CAR TO AND FROM WORK BECAUSE IT IS MY ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION. I LOVE MY LINCOLN AND THIS IS MY SECOND ONE MY FIRST WAS A 2001 AND IT HAD THE SAME SHIFTING PROBLEMS BUT NOT AS BAD AS THIS ONE. MY LINCOLN IS NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THESE PROBLEMS I AM A MEMBER OF 4 LINCOLN CLUBS ON LINE AND HAVE HEARD MANY HORROR STORIES ABOUT LINCOLN LS'S ERRATIC SHIFTING. NOT ONLY IS THIS PROBLEM DEEMED UNFIXABLE BY MY DEALERSHIP. MANY OTHER LINCOLN DEALERSHIPS HAVE GIVEN THE SAME RUN AROUND TO MEMBERS OF THE LINCOLN CLUBS THAT I AM A MEMBER OF. LLSOC IS ONE OF THE CLUBS THAT I AM A MEMBER OF. *NM

I HAVE A LINCOLN LS 2000 WHICH HAD TO HAVE THE REAR WHEEL BEARINGS REPLACED( DONE 6/27/05) AFTER 34,343 MILES. CROSSING AN INTERSECTION ON 6/29/05, THE LEFT REAR AXLE BROKE, MAKING THE CAR INOPERABLE WITH ON COMING TRAFFIC FROM BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT. LUCKILY, CARS WERE ABLE TO STOP AND HELP PUSH CAR OFF THE ROAD. AXLE WAS REPLACE 34,400 MILES. ON 8/6/05, DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN TOWN, THE SAME THING HAPPENED, MAKING THE CAR INOPERABLE, BLOCKING TRAFFIC AND OPPORTUNITY FOR AN ACCIDENT. THIS TIME THE RIGHT REAR AXLE BROKE ( 34,806 MILES). BOTH INCIDENTS IF HAD HAPPENED ON AN INTERSTATE OR VERY BUSY ROAD, WOULD HAVE DEFINITELY RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT AND SEVERE INJURY OR DEATH. BOTH LINCOLN AND THE DEALER (BOB WADE LINCOLN, HARRISONBURG, VA) HAVE TOLD ME THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE ISSUE. *JB

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!

FROM THE DAY I BOUGHT THE CAR THE TRANSMISSION HAS SHIFTED STRANGELY. SEVERAL VISITS TO THE DEALER AND THEY TRIED SEVERAL "REFLASHES" ON THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. NO CHANGE. RECENTLY THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE, AND THE CAR HAS STALLED 3 TIMES WHILE UNDER POWER, AND NUMEROUS TIMES WHILE IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT. HARD SHIFTS AND ERRATIC SHIFTS AROUND 40MPH ARE EVERYDAY DRIVING OCCURANCES. DEALER TOLD ME 'THAT IS HOW THAT TRANSMISSION IS DESIGNED'. THAT'S CRAP. SO'S THE TRANSMISSION. DATE THAT I ENTERED INTO THIS COMPLAINT IS THE MOST RECENT OCCURANCE. CERTAINLY NOT THE ONLY. I THINK THIS IS A DEFECTIVE PART AND FORD SHOULD REPLACE IT WITH A UNIT THAT WORKS PROPERLY ALL THE TIME.