2002 Lincoln Ls

(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

MY WIFE WAS STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT AND STARTED TO MOVE UP IN TRAFFIC TO CLOSE A GAP BETWEEN HER AND VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER WHEN THE 2002 LINCOLN LS SUDDENLY SURGED FORWARD HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER. BRAKES WERE APPLIED BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO SURGE FORWARD. SHE FINALLY STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND THEN PUT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE TO BACK AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER. WITH HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE SURGED IN REVERSE AND HIT THE VEHICLE BEHIND HER. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED DAMAGE IN BOTH FRONT AND REAR. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LINCOLN DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE VEHICLES COMPUTER SYSTEMS DID NOT SHOW A CODE. FORD MOTOR COMPANY WAS CONTACTED BY THE VEHICLES OWNER. *JB

BRAKE FAILURE. MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED THE 2002 LINCOLN LS IN AUGUST, 2005 FROM OUR LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. LATER THAT MONTH ON TWO OCCASIONS MY WIFE REPORTED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED DURING LOW SPEED STOPS. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOUND NOTHING WRONG. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SUGGESTED SHE MIGHT BE DRIVING WITH TWO FEET AND ASKED THAT SHE ALLOW HER SPOUSE TO DRIVE IT FOR A WHILE TO SEE IF IT HAPPENED TO HIM. ON OCTOBER 5, 2005 DURING A LOW SPEED STOP AT AN INTERSECTION, THE BRAKES FAILED AGAIN CAUSING A MINOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES BUT A CLAIM WAS FILED WITH OUR INSURANCE COMPANY. AGAIN, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO OUR PERSONAL MECHANIC AND HE WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM. ON OCTOBER 17, THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE AGAIN WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING BUT DID NOT RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. ON OCTOBER 24, 2005 I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND BEGINNING TO STOP DURING SLOW SPEED TRAVEL AND DEPRESSED THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE FELT ALMOST AS IF IT ACCELERATED AND I DID WHAT I SUGGESTED THAT MY WIFE DO IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND THAT WAS TO SLAM THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL OR REVERSE TO STOP IT. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. THIS DID NOT RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT AS NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE IN FRONT OF ME. I CHECKED THIS WEBSITE TO FIND THAT OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM, REPORTED IT TO THE DEALERSHIPS AND RECEIVED THE SAME RESULTS FROM FORD. "NOTHING FOUND" I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AGAIN, CONTACTED THE FORD COMPANY CUSTOMER RELATIONS DIVISION AND ALSO FILED THIS COMPLAINT. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DEADLY DEFECT AND SO FAR FORD CONTENDS THEY CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG. THE VEHICLE WILL BE LOOK AT AGAIN AT THE DEALERSHIP. *NM

DT: 2002 LINCOLN LS. THE CONSUMER STATED TWO WINDOW REGULATORS; BROKE WITHIN A MONTH OF EACH OTHER. THE WINDOWS DID NOT ROLL UP OR DOWN, AND THEY DID NOT STAY UP. THIS STARTED TWO WEEKS AGO. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO STATED IT WOULD COST $300 TO FIX THE WINDOWS , AND THE CONSUMER HAS NOT HAD THE PROBLEM FIXED YET. *AK

DT: 2002 LINCOLN LSE. HAD THREE INSTANCES WHERE THE CONSUMER TRIED TO BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD AND DID NOT STOP. THIS HAS BEEN OVER THE LAST NINE MONTHS. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. THEY DID NOT HAVE A CODE. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY CONTACTED FORD MOTOR COMPANY, AND THEY SAID THEY HAD NO OTHER INSTANCES WITH THIS MODEL CAR. THE CONSUMER BOUGHT VEHICLE NEW IN AUGUST 2002. HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES BEFORE NINE MONTHS AGO. THERE HAS BEEN NO ACCIDENTS. *AK