2000 Lincoln LS from North America - Comments

Advance Trac failed in the first 3 months (< 3000 miles) four trips to the dealer were unsuccessful. On the last visit the dealer (Courtesy Lincoln Mercury Moline Illinois) replaced all sensors with manufacturer engineers advising the final repair - only after I requested Illinois lemon law protection.

At 35,000 miles the right rear window regulator failed the first time it was lowered. Neither Lincoln nor the dealer would cover it.

At 50,000 miles the AC intermittently blows hot air. Sometimes out one side, other times out of both sides. After adjusting the temperature setting up to 90 F for a few minutes, I can generally get it to blow cold air for a random interval.

The rear sub woofer speaker buzzes with alternator noise, this starts or goes away after a bump in the road.

I did receive lovely Waterford Crystal in the mail after buying the car, and a dandy ink pen. But the accompanying paper describing The Lincoln Commitment does not have much use outside of a bathroom.

I had a similar problem with my 2000 ls, it intermitently blew hot air and everytime I brought it to the dealers (3 different ones) they could not make the problem happen. Like I was making it up to waste my time... I would arrive for court sweating... the problem was a nightmare... One time I called a dealer from my car and asked if I could bring it over to see the problem as it was blowing hot air and they said no, not now... I asked to just have a tech verify the problem, but they refused.. I am convinced they were aware of the problem at Lincoln, but would never admit it.

Concerning my 2000 Lincoln LS> At about 50000 miles my LS has a midfire. I have changed plugs, coils, fuel filter and have not helped my problem. It does not miss until you put it under a load, if you have any information on this problem. I would appreciate any comments.

My 2001 Lincoln LS (80k miles) just had another window motor/regulator replaced. Let's see, I think that makes number 4 or 5! I also experience this random hot air blowing from the A/C. I usually turn it off for a while, and it works normally again. Had the tranny "fixed" (a bad solenoid), with the dealer offering a deal where I pay $500, and the $3,000 work is done and warrantied for like 80k miles. I believe there are lots of "hidden" recalls on this vehicle... and we are the guinea pigs!

I have had my '00 Lincoln LS V8 since 2002/36,000 miles. Since then, now 64,000 miles, the following has failed on the car.

Rear wheel bearing failed (warranty)

AC blew hot out one side and cold out other, than vise-versa. Took Southside Lincoln Mercury, Jacksonville, FL one week to fix. (warranty)

Rear window assembly fell apart inside door (warranty)

Rear brake calipers/rotors squeal. I have resurfaced both and they still squeal.

This week, the AC just blows hot air. Appt in two days to repair (out of my pocket this time, I guess)

My previous car BMW 325, in 100,000 miles had no problems at all other than normal maintenance.

Lincoln LS was targeted at BMW 5 series owners. I guess the BMW 5 series are real lemons like this LS?

Other than that, the car has plenty of pep and handles great. The only interior item that really irritates me is the cheap plastic console that squeaks when you lean on it.

I would not buy another LS even though I am a big US manufacturing supporter.

Quote: 'It does not miss until you put it under a load, if you have any information on this problem. I would appreciate any comments.'

Always use the highest octane available in your area. Where I live you can get 94 and that seems to help. It's pricier, which is a pain, but it's less of a pain than trying to get FMC to solve the problem (they never will, trust me).

About the misfire. I just bought a 2000 lincoln ls for 6000 bucks because of that "misfire." My lincoln mechanic is awesome and new exactly what to do. Wish I would have known him before I had all the coils, spark plug's, etc...replaced. It't a jet pump that you need. NOT the fuel pump. Lincoln ls's also have a jet pump. After spending almost 2000 on fixing the mis at around 4000 RPM's, (none of which successful) I spent 150 on the jet pump. The car purs like a kitten. No problems what so ever.

I happen to love car and hope that it goes another 90000 miles. Great to drive reasonable economy (V6) 20 city 26 highway

I have however replaced rear window motor twice

transmission modulator twice (covered by after market warranty)

The warranty has been paid for

It is sad to see this chassis go as this is the closest Ford has to "hi end" European

My regret is that I didn't buy the manual transmission though in both varieties cabin space is very limited

Ford has not built or designed my next car.

I bought a 2000 linoln ls v8 last year. Had 75000 mile on it runs like a champ though. only thing I have ahd to do is replace spark plugs and both front and rear rotors. so far so good; knock on wood though.

I have been working on a 2000 Lincoln LS 3.9L V8

The valve cover gaskets went & soaked all of the spark plug and coil pak boots with oil.

I replaced the valve cover gaskets and installed new plugs and some of the boots. Now there is a misfire. The scan tool keeps saying it is a different cylinder every time.

Now I suspect that there is a damaged coil pak somewhere.

I will have to try process of elimination to find the faulty coil because Ford in their infinite wisdom decided to use the O2 sensors to collect emissions information before deciding to set the code for the misfiring cylinder. This may take up to 20 key cycles before the code sets.

This car is nothing, but a nightmare.

Valve cover gasket kits, coil paks and spark plug boots are not even available aftermarket - they must be purchased from the dealer.

I will never buy another Ford product - ever!

The misfire is caused by the failure of the valve cover gasket kit. It consists of two valve cover gaskets and 8 grommets. Usually the grommets on these cars go out and let oil into the coil wells which causes a misfire. I changed 4 coil on plugs and both valve cover gaskets and all 8 grommets (Keep in note this is for a 8 cylinder) but same problem applies for the 6 cylinder. No more misfire present car runs great now. I also encountered the transmission failure took it to ammco, it ran me like 800 dollars out of my pocket, but handles great now.

I have had my 2001 LS (V-6) since "04" it had been running great until about 6 months ago when it started misfiring. Brought to my mechanic (refuse to go to Lincoln, rip off) he diagnosed 2 cylinders missing and replaced the 2 coil packs. The car ran good for a couple months and the problem resurfaced again it was 2 different cylinders, replaced 2 more coil packs and one month later you guessed it the last 2 coil packs. Coil packs were covered with extended warranty (after yelling and screaming)hopefully that puts an end to it. The only other problem I've had is a rear window actuator broke. I love the car, but would like to know if I should sell it now before it is to late? Thanks!

Have had my '01 LS since '04, and have had the following occur:

1. driver side window regulator messed up. replaced myself, works great

2. coil pack went bad. replaced. now, another one (or two) seem to be bad. loosing major MPGs..

3. 2 days ago, driver's window regulator messed up. window just crashed down inside the door. working on that as I type (taking break).

4. grinding noise coming from pass. rear wheel. yet to have that researched.

5. A/C blowing hot at times. turn off, turn back on, back cold.

I have a licoln ls V8 and I already had the misfire problem go on and I goin to try the jet pump to see if it works, but I'm also having this problem with the car putting at 40-45 when I accelerate up a hill and was wondering what it was if anybody has a solution please let me know also the airbage service light is coming on and is staying on do I need to get the program reset or do I need a new airbage please comment back and let me know.

I worked on Ford Vehicles as a Tech for 15 years, my specialty was trying to turn what you consumers call lemons into good quality cars, I worked on the Ford side so I didn’t deal with Lincolns or the LS very much, but recently my trouble free 98 Continental was totaled in an accident, and the boss gave me a nice deal on a 2000 LS. Well I have spent almost as much on repairs in 2 weeks of owning this car as I did in all the 143,000 miles of the Continental. And it only has 59,000 miles. I knew the car needed a few obvious things minor, but I wrote a check for the car and the same day it cleared my bank it started misfiring on my way home, now I’m thinking lemon like you guys, moisture collects in both tail lights as well as the headlights, I had to replace the subwoofer amplifier,I replaced 1 wheel bearing left rear and now I hear a noise in the right rear, there is a moan in the rear diff at 60 to 65 MPH fords fix Is new style solid axels, I guess 2000 to 2002 had hollow rear axels, yea a solid axel may help the noise, but I want it completely gone, I going to re spec the rear diff, that’s where the noise is coming from.

As for the misfires a good tech should be able to use a generic scan tool and a fuel pressure gauge to quickly determine if the problem is ignition or fuel related, a few cars may need a fuel pump or a jet pump, but the coils are the common thing especially on the V6, since they are common and difficult and expensive to diagnosis I don’t waste time trying to find the bad coil you could spend hours if its intermittent, they cost about $55.00 each try, replacing the 3 on the driver side its easy and inexpensive, if you can remove the plastic cover and disconnect the connector each coil is held in place by 1 8mm bolt, if the is misfire sill present, for the 3 on the passenger side, the intake will have to come off, if your car has over 70k I would replace all the plugs and there is a crank case breather elbow under there as well that will go bad and cause a check engine light and lean codes p0171 & p0174, the intake gaskets are reusable, but again over 70k have your tech replace the uppers and lowers, Ford is aware of the problem and the replacement coil is a new style, I’ve seen customers pay 2 time to remove the intake to replace 2 coils, don’t pay r&r and diag time twice or more put a set in. to sum it up the LS is a nice car once you get the bugs out, most Ford’s don’t get good until about 90k a few problems with the trans, but repairs are affordable, and the engine is bullet proof, after the coils and window regulators I think It will be a good long life vehicle. Also there are good and bad techs in dealerships and independent shops, but I have to say your local Lincoln Mercury dealer should know by description what most of the problems are with this vehicle, you could spend more money with an independent and most do, trying do diagnose a known Ford concern, if you are not getting satisfaction at your local dealer try another.

The car has been nothing, but a disappointment.

I am not happy to read that my problems are not just my own.

I have owned my 2000 Lincoln LS since Dec, 2006. The vehicle only had 43,000 miles and I got it for wholesale price from an individual. The car was immaculate. It even included two brand new tires. Then all h broke loose.

With-in the 12 1/2 months that I have owned it I have had to replace three window regulators (warranty), right front wheel bearing, valve cover & gaskets (warranty) coil boots and grommets, (dealership quoted me 380 and am getting it done at my local garage for 250, spark plug replacements and coil with tune-up (included some other things) and it was 500 and some.

I started having an oil burning smell in my vents. Turns out ford dealership states that the valve cover and gaskets replacement will take care of that. Makes me almost shiver with fear.

I have experienced the misfires and am not real hopeful that the current work being done (coil boots & grommets) will take care of it.

My warranty ran out yesterday!!!. After all that it was not such a good deal... I should have looked at this website before I bought.

I was going to buy my Aunt's 2006 Lincoln LS with 14,000 miles, but, am not sure what to do now. I would like to buy a car that I can depend on and appreciate any feedback on this..