2000 Lincoln Ls

BALL JOINT BOLTS LOOSEN OR DON'T TIGHTEN TO SPECIFICATIONS WHICH CAUSES A LOT OF WEAR AND TEAR ON THE FRONT END OF MY VEHICLE. I'VE HAD TO HAVE THEM REPLACED TWICE AND TIGHTENED UP OR RE-FIXED SEVERAL TIMES IT'S UNSAFE AT TIME. I TAKE CHANCES OF MY LIFE SAFETY. I MOSTLY HAVE HAD PROBLEMS ON THE REGULAR STREETS AND TO AFRAID AT MOST TIMES TO EVEN THINK ABOUT GETTING ON A HIGHWAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 LINCOLN LS. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE SWAYED AND THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL SOUND. THE CONTACT PARKED THE VEHICLE AND OBSERVED THAT THE AXLE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 149,825.

I WAS GETTING ON A FREEWAY ON RAMP THAT TURNED NOT GOING MORE THAN MAYBE BETWEEN 30-35 MPH AND WHEN ALMOST GETTING READY TO MERG ON TO THE FREEWAY MY LOWER RIGHT BALL JOINT BROKE. CAUSING MY WHEEL TO TURN SIDE WAYS AND PUT A DENT IN THE FENDER. LATER AFTER BEING REPAIRED I SAW THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS, AND CONTACTED A DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME MY CAR WAS NOT PART OF THAT RECALL. BUT THE STUFF THAT IS DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL SEEMED TO FIT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPEND TO MY LINCOLN LS. I WAS LUCKY I WAS ON THE ON RAMP AND NOT DRIVING 65-70MPH ON THE FREEWAY OTHER WISE I MIGHT NOT BE HERE TO DAY. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER TOLD ME HE HAS SEEN THAT FLIP CARS. NOT ONLY THAT BUT I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THAT CAR SINCE I BOUGHT IT ALMOST 3 YEARS AGO. JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT CAN GO WRONG HAS GONE WRONG. I HAVE SPENT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $10,000 TO $20,000 ON REPAIRING THAT CAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 LINCOLN LS. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WOULD BE AN ABNORMAL SQUEAKING SOUND EMITTING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE CONTROL ARMS FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 141,308.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 LINCOLN LS. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE RIGHT WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A WHEEL ALIGNMENT NEEDED TO BE PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 00V359001 (SUSPENSION). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 LINCOLN LS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SUSPENSION WAS UNSTABLE IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. WITHOUT WARNING, THE VEHICLE VEERED LEFT OR RIGHT AND FORCE HAD TO BE APPLIED TO THE STEERING WHEEL TO KEEP THE VEHICLE CENTERED ON THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 00V359001 (SUSPENSION). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 LINCOLN LS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE CONTACT FELT A VIBRATION FROM THE FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINT AND LOWER CONTROL ARM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 157,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 LINCOLN LS. WHILE DRIVING LOW SPEEDS, A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE WHEN MAKING A TURN OR HITTING A DIP IN THE ROAD. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER BALL JOINT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

MY VEHICLE HAD A RECALLED AND THE WORK WAS PERFORMED AT CROUSE FORD IN PENNSYLVANIA IN JUNE 18 2002. UNFORTUNATE FROM THE INFORMATION I RECEIVED ON THE RECALL, THE INITIAL INSPECTION AND WORK WAS NEVER DONE ALTHOUGH THE RECALL WAS SAID TO BE SATISFIED. THE RECALL WAS FOR THE LOWER STEERING SUSPENSION TORQUE ON THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE BUT THE ONLY WORK WAS PERFORMED BASED ON THE DEALERSHIP NOTES WERE THE LEFT SPINDLE WAS REPLACED. I HAVE CALLED THE LINCOLN CENTER TO GET THEM TO LOOK INTO THIS AND THE REPRESENTATIVES WERE VERY SHORT AND DISRESPECTFUL. THEY WOULD NOT GIVE ME NAMES OF IMMEDIATE SUPERVISORS AS IF THEY WERE TRYING TO HIDE SOMETHING. I WAS TOLD THE INVESTIGATION WAS THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED BUT THE REPRESENTATIVE TOLD ME SHE NEVER READ THE RECALL AND ONLY TOOK THE WORD OF THE DEALERSHIP IN SPITE OF THE DEALERSHIP EXPLAINING TO HER WHAT WORK WAS DONE WAS CLEARLY NOT ON THE RECALL BUT FROM A WARRANTY STANDPOINT. COULD YOU PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS FOR ME OR GIVE ME A CALL SO I CAN GIVE YOU A BETTER EXPLANATION. AS OF NOW THE CAR ISN'T SAFE TO DRIVE BASED ON WHAT THE RECALL WAS INITIALLY FOR EVEN THOUGH ITS 12 YEARS LATER. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR