2000 Lincoln LS from North America - All Comments

2003 LS V6.

Here is my list of issues on my pretty to look at car.

Window regulator on 3 doors, gas door you have to jimmy for the button to open the door, A/C is out (I live in Florida), tranny problems (I have a "special" way to drive the car so it won't shutter as much), oil leaked in the spark plug area and messed it up, a new oil pan, seat belt won't latch 100% of the time (you have to play with it), CD error (I have 5 freaking good CDs stuck in the player), auto lights work when they want to work... come on!!

Yup, this all started falling apart once the darn thing was paid off. Thank God we bought the extended warranty!!!

This is supposed to be a luxury car, just because it looks nice doesn't mean it can't run great too!! Come on Ford / Lincoln... I tried to go back and buy American, you let me down. Give me back my Hondas and Toyotas!! They hold their value and actually for over 100k and beyond.

Not so happy mommy in Florida.

Wow, looks like all 2000 V6 owners have the same problems. At least I got a lot of laughs out of this website:

Issues in the past and current.

A/C doesnt work

Replaced 3 coils

Wheel bearings replaced

Front head lights fogged

Transmission issues since 60K (still running, but poorly at 115K)

Battery grounding issue - Screwed another bolt into the body to ground the battery

Engine lights, currently the air bag light

Chrome chipping off driver's side door

4 rear window regulators have been replaced and it still doesn't work

Lug nuts destroyed, crack in one wheel - replaced all the wheels since one wheel and lugnuts cost more than 4 new wheels.

Oil smell in cabin

Speakers sound terrible, had problems shortly after buying car at 10K

The car is just terrible, too bad the resale sucks. I think it is time to get of it...

I've had my 2000 LS now for 2 years. It has done well and I've only had minor maintenance. Other than the two back windows no working properly, everything was fine until the other day.

I had the thermostat replaced, so I thought my overheating problem was over, but that was the calm before the storm. It overheated on me yesterday, so I drove it straight to the shop. The people there thought I had blown a gasket. What I found out was it was my fan. The guy there told me that it would cost about $800 to get that fixed. I really hate to spend that kind of money on a car that old, but I only have a few more months left and I will be sooooo upside down to where it wouldn't make sense to trade it.

What to do? Has anyone else had problems with there fan? ebrooks7@yahoo.com.

I have a beautiful 2002 V8 Lincoln LS -- I bought it with 17k miles on it and it was 1 yr old -- now it has 45k miles -- it is pampered, garage kept, washed weekly and I really only use it to run errands around town.

Just like a lot of this site, I also have foggy headlights, had check engine light on for a long time, airbag light on for a while -- took it to the dealership 3 months ago and got the check engine light and airbag issue taken care of... much $$$ spent...

As of the last month for no rhyme or reason, about 1/3 of time it will take 3 turns of the key to get the thing to turn over (new battery replaced 6 mos. ago) -- also, it might sputter around the parking lot after starting up. A few times it has even died on me after sputtering and hopping. This is the reason it was taken to the dealership -- they said oh yeah we can fix it -- well after looking at it, the diagnostic test shows that it is fine and they say it's starting up fine for them...

I couldn't wait to buy this beautiful luxury American car -- now I'm thinking of going back to a Japanese or German one -- at least they will hold their value and be dependable.

WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO START A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT??? ANY IDEAS? ANY LAWYERS OUT THERE?

I have a 00 LS with 170K miles. When the car wants to run, it is smooth. Other wise, I just leave it at the Ford dealership and send them my pay check at the end of the pay period.

02 LS 3.9 V8 owner. Just broke 80k and starting to have issues.

Check charging system light came on a month ago, was told by pep-boys it needed a new alternator. Replaced that; same problem persisted. Was told remanufactured alternator was bad; replaced 2nd one same day and still had the issue. (battery was replaced a month prior) Pep-boys mechanic told me that there was an electric problem with a starter wire shorting out, and he could fix it for another $100. I let him do it as I was driving 900 miles from FL to AR that week. Problem went away until I turned on my stereo. (1500w). Light came back on, and I know its not my stereo amps as I've never had an issue for the last 8 months with same audio system. Light went off a month ago and haven't had an issue since, but I'm still questioning the fix.

Now my car sputters at 1500 rpms, @ 48 - 52mph and also idles rough. Cylinder 3 misfire code by Advanced Auto Parts, $563 tune up at tires-plus made it worse. Then they told me it is a valve cover leak into the top of the cylinder and I have to take it to the dealer for it to be fixed. Can't wait to see the bill for that.

Other than these 2 problems, I've never had a single issue with my LS and overall I am truly please with the performance and quality of this luxury car that can outrun a Mustang GT with just a couple mods. From the looks of the other posts, I'm now wondering if my mind will soon be changed!

I just bought my 2000 LS 3.9 V8 last week. It looked brand new inside and out. Airbag light was on but seemed to be the only issue.

I needed dependable transportation.

This is totally not it. I am very upset that the first thing I saw was creamy light brown on the oil cap.

Said it needed oil change. Just got that done.

Then engine light came on after I left the shop, who charged me 70 bucks for an overall check head to toe on the car, and said it has a vacuum leak. The lower ball joints, and rotors are warped as well as the tires are pulling off of the rims. Rotors are rusty too they said.

All in all, if I give them 1100 plus or minus, they will fix those issues.

I got into the intersection and the car quit. I sat there blocking all traffic in front of the shop for like five minutes.

The car started right back up, and now the engine light is on again.

If I go over a speed bump, it feels loose and I feel like the front end is going to come out from under the car.

Even on the highway, I found it wouldn't turn and felt like I was sliding across the lanes.

I am scared to put people in the car, and also scared to drive it.

I saw one just like mine on ebay for 9900 give or take.

I'm thinking about doing that also and this time getting a Toyota.

I am checking on class action suit for all of you that have owned yours longer than me.

I know an attorney that is supposed to call me back Monday or Tuesday and will let me know.

If he says he will do it, I will give you all the info.

I wish I had known this before I bought this car.

It looks so awesome and I am so disappointed.

I bought a 2001 LS full sports package about 1 month ago for a deal, was told that the engine was just reworked and the work has a 3 month warranty. Glad I had that. Two weeks into it the engine was "overheating", even though the engine was still cold. I took it back and told them the problem, and they replaced the temp sensor in the engine and fixed a minor leak. When I reverse or put it in drive, it takes a sec to jump into gear and I have to get a mechanic to put in the power steering pump because the design prevents me from attempting myself. Email me about the lawsuit... wkroache@ymail.com

I bought my 2000 LS V8 with 39k about 3 years ago, so have been through a sh*t load of pads and rotors (lost count) drivers heated seat, countless left brake bulbs, ball joints.

It was sputtering between 40 and 50, took to Lincoln, they said it was coil #2, had it replaced and it started back up.

A week later, foggy headlight, cracked water reservoir, lug nuts, gasket, is just to name a few.

And Ford wonders why they are losing sales, MAKE CUSTOMERS HAPPY AND FIX YOUR F*** UPS!!!

I was looking to buy a Range Rover until I found out it was made by Ford, now I am looking at Infiniti, Lexus, or Acura. Hate to give my business to the Japanese, but they will keep more money in my pocket in the long run.

Also has anyone heard about a law suit against this ailing company? If so, please let me know jayh231@yahoo.com

And whoever is thinking of buying one, don't, they are beautiful to look at and drive if you can ever get it out of the Lincoln dealership.

I've read most of the post and have to add my 2 cents. I've replaced the window assembly. The replacement assembly is a better design than the original. Appears that Ford realized the original window regulator is crap and re-engineered the replacement part. My car has 190K miles and currently have air condition problems, rpm gauge was acting erratically and the car suddenly stop on me while on freeway. Sun roof stopped working, coil problems, etc... disappointed in Ford.

I guess I'll join the chorus. I bought my 2001 LS, V8, Sport package in May 2003. Beautiful car--even to this day. Other than replacing the two rear window regulators, I had no major problems for the first 4 years I owned it. However, over the last 18 months or so, I've put at least $3000 into that car for various common repairs--coils, both front regulators, some other crap.

I still have to get the catalytic converters replaced and something else that escapes me right now. Those repairs will cost me another $1500. I wanted to keep the car until I hit 130,000 (I'm currently at 100,000), but I don't think I can afford to. I cringe at the thought of having to get the transmission replaced.

The LS is like a beautiful, but high maintenance, woman. You love having her on your arm... but boy does she cost you.

I don't understand how you are paying so much for simple repairs on this. All 8 coils brand new off ebay 140 dollars. Should be no more than 150 labor. Window regs are 55 dollars each. All this stuff is so easy to do. You paying too much is your fault, not the cars.

Also a new cat is like 155 dollars on ebay. I also saw used good ones for 55.

Stop bringing it to dealer and find nice local guy like me to fix the car cheap.

Like many of you out there, I have had the infamous "misfire" on my 2002 LS.

I bought the car about 6 months ago with 65000 miles. I didn't have any problems with it until about 2 months ago. We left it be for a while hoping it would get better, but it never did.

Because of everything we've read, we assumed it was the ignition coils. We took it in and there was a misfire on coil #5. Replaced that coil and spark plug only to find out it didn't work. $250 later.

After weighing our options, we decided to take the car back to where we got it fixed the first time. This time he said there seemed to be a misfire on more than one coil, so we would have to replace the remaining 7... $850. Luckily we have a family friend that could order the parts and install them for us for $400 (before we knew how easy it was to do ourselves) So, we replaced the remaining 7 spark plugs and coils and still nothing. We are now about $700 into this problem and angry. We never had any oil or anything in the spark plugs or anywhere, so we knew the head gaskets weren't leaking.

At this point we didn't know what else to think. We were going to look into the fuel injectors, a vacuum leak and possibly the computer. Last minute today my boyfriend decided he was going to dig into it and try to find the PCV valve to see if there was a leak. He couldn't get to it. While he was in there he thought he would check and make sure all the hoses were clamped and everything was hooked up right... Sure enough, the electrical connector for the #5 cylinder injector wasn't snapped on all the way. Car stopped misfiring, check engine light is off, and we put $800 into our car that we didn't need to. Chalk it up to a lesson learned I guess.

Before you start putting a bunch of money trying to fix all of the "could be's" make sure it's nothing stupid like ours was. Good luck.

I posted here before on page 4 and a couple people have e-mailed me with questions to various LS problems. To people that are having problems with your LSes I suggest you join LincolnvsCadillac. com as many solutions to things including how to replace the valve cover seals as well as many others on there. You name it, it's been talked about and it will save you a lot of headache and money. My username on there is TDUB if you decide to join.

I thought it was just me. I'm experiencing the same issues. I should have read this site before signing my name to that contract. The look of the car is great, but it's crappy!