2005 Lincoln Ls

2005 LINCOLN LS V8 ETC FAILSAFE ERROR -- MAINLY HAPPENS AFTER HEAVY RAIN. CAR WILL NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY THEN LOSES POWER. ETC FAILSAFE & PARKING BRAKE ERROR IS SHOWN ON DASHBOARD. HAPPENS CONSTANTLY ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN TRYING TO MERGE OR PASS SOMEONE. DEALERSHIP SAYS IS HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE PARKING BRAKE TRYING TO AUTOMATICALLY ENGAGE. *TR

2005 V8 LINCOLN LS WITH 78 K MILES STARTED GIVING ME AN ERROR MESSAGE ECL ENGINE FAIL SAFE MODE CAME ON IN MY CAR AND THE ENGINE WENT TO IDLE WHEN I WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC I PUT IT IN N AND RESTARTED ENGINE IT RAN OK BUT DID IT 3 TIMES BEFORE GETTING HOME TOOK IT TO LOCAL PARTS STORES TO BE DIAGNOSED IT SAID THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. *TR

WHEN I DRIVE MY 2005 LINCOLN LS IT LOSES POWER AND BEGINS TO SHAKE AND SPUTTER. WHEN IT DOES THIS CAN ONLY DRIVE ABOUT TEN MILES PER HOUR. WARNING LIGHT INDICATES THROTTLE PROBLEM, BUT THE DEALERSHIP IS SAYING THEY CAN NOT DUPLICATE. STALLED OUT ON THE INTERSTATE (DANGEROUS). WHEN I PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT RAN FINE UNTIL THE NEXT INCIDENT. HAS DONE THIS ABOUT 4 TIMES NOW. IT ALSO CHANGES GEARS VERY ABRUPTLY WHEN I SLOW DOWN AND ATTEMPT TO REGAINING SPEED, MAINLY WHEN I'M MAKING A TURN AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED. *TR

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND LOOSES ALL POWER AND THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALSO SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY SAY ALL 6 OF THE COILS NEED TO BE REPLACED AND SO DO THE SPARK PLUGS 1350 BUCK THEY WANT EVEN THOUGH THE CODES MY CAR IS PUTTING OUT ARE IN ONE OF FORDS SERVICES BULLETINS I ONLY HAVE 54000 MILES ON IT ITS A V6 LIKE NEW. *TR

FORD LINCOLN MERCURY~MANUFACTURE WARRANTY EXTENDED ON IGNITION COIL - BUT EACH TIME IGNITION COIL GOES OUT IT CAUSES NUMEROUS "OTHER REPAIRS" COSTING $900+ EACH TIME.~ VEHICLES BEGINS TO RUN ROUGH, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE GOES TO TOP, THE CAR LOOSES POWER (WHILE IN TRAFFIC EVEN THOUGH FOOT ON ACCELERATOR) WILL NOT ACCELERATE~ 5 TIMES IN LESS THAN 11 MONTHS~ THESE "OTHER REPAIRS DONE EACH TIME IGNITION COIL IS REPLACED SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER EXTENDED MANUFACTURE WARRANTY. (INCIDENTS JUNE 2009/ OCTOBER '09/ JANUARY 2010/ MARCH 2010/ APRIL 2010). *TR

NOTHING LEAD UP TO THIS EVENT... I WAS DRIVING ON I-95 IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC HIT THE GAS AND THE CAR THREW A WARNING "ETC ENGINE FAILSAFE MODE" WHICH LEFT THE CAR IN A STATE OF HAVING NO ENGINE POWER. I WAS LUCKY I DID NOT CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WITH CARS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND THIS CAR JUST LOST ALL POWER I DID MANAGE TO GET THE CAR OFF THE ROAD AND SHUT THE CAR OFF THEN TURNED IT BACK ON AND IT ACTED AS IF NOTHING WAS WRONG. I GOT THE CAR OFF OF I-95 AND ON TO SURFACE STREETS WHERE IT HAPPENED ONE MORE TIME BEFORE I TOOK IT TO LINCOLN FOR SERVICE. ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP POMPANO LINCOLN MERCURY THE PART (THROTTLE BODY ASSY) IS NOT A WARRANTY ITEM AND EVEN IN AN EMERGENCY CANNOT GET THE PART FOR ALMOST 30 DAYS. I HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE THIS CAR AS I CANNOT AFFORD TO RENT A CAR FOR 30 DAYS AS WELL AS SPEND THE $900 FOR THE REPAIR. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF LINCOLN LS OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS THROTTLE PROBLEM YET AT THIS TIME FORD HAS DONE NOTHING TO MAKE THIS SAFETY ISSUE RIGHT AND AS THE DEMAND IS SO HIGH CANNOT EVEN SUPPLY THE PARTS FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS SAFETY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 LINCOLN LS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS BECOMING STUCK WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 65 MPH, SHE FELT AS IF SOMETHING WERE STUCK UNDERNEATH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND IT WOULD RESIST FORCE. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, THE DIAGNOSTIC DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE FAILED. THE FAILURE PERSISTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO INSTALLED A THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL, GASKET, AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL SENSOR TO REMEDY THE FAILURE. AFTER THE REPAIRS, THE PARKING BRAKE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE MECHANIC ASSURED HER THAT THE BRAKES WERE REPLACED AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL DISPLAYED A FAULTY WARNING MESSAGE. TO DATE, THE FAILURE STILL CANNOT BE DUPLICATED AND THE CONTACT IS AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF A PART THAT WOULD APPARENTLY REMEDY THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,295 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 66,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 LINCOLN LS. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND THEY REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT, ALTERNATOR, POWER MODULE, AND BATTERY. THE VEHICLE STALLED TWICE AFTER THE REPAIR AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER. A REPRESENTATIVE STATED THAT THE STARTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER STILL HAS POSSESSION OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,450 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 33,964.