2004 Lincoln LS from North America - Comments

I've been posting on auto sites attempting to find out if other Lincoln LS owners have had problems with the seat backs. Both seat backs fell down the same week. The Lincoln dealer where I leased the car has gone out of business and I was redirected to a Ford dealership. They refused warranty coverage on this 2004 with 18,000 miles as they claim the seat backs must have been improperly removed during an earlier repair by the dealer who went out of business. Customer service at the 800 Lincoln number supported their refusal. Neither are willing to consider it might be a part defect. I have seen a few postings that relate problems with the seat backs on earlier models of the LS. I'm attempting to discover how common the problem is. Thank you.

My seat back fell off after 3 years on the road. I have also had a lot of trouble with the transmission.

Dude! Wow, I thought I was the only one. My seat backs definitely broke off within a few months of me having the car, and it was pre-owned, so about 3 years old when I got it. I must've been a little more rough with it than the first owner. We couldn't really find cheap replacements, but because of the nature of the break (the little plastic snaps broke from the inside) my dad ended up fixing them with 2 screws & a little black paint, no one could ever tell that it happened.

I have an '04 LS (6 cyl) and both plastic moldings on the back of the front seats broke. I am the original owner and it happened early on in my ownership. The (Lincoln) dealership from whom I bought the car went out of business and a second dealership replaced them as warranty items. The service technician wrote them as being defective and so it cost me zilch.

I do have an oil smell inside the cabin from time to time as I come to a stop. It doesn't happen often, but enough to be very noticeable when it does. Does anyone else have this problem and if you've gotten it fixed, what causes it? I have no oil leakage that I can detect (ground where I park... on the inside of the engine compartment, etc.).

Bobpoole@hotmail.com.

Man I owned a 2004 LS as well. The back of the seats fell off after 2 years, but the dealership fixed it for us, we luckily had a bumper to bumper warranty and have been there often. I am also having tranny problems and the dealership is not helping much with that. We been back 3 times and I plan on going back again cause the warranty is getting ready to run out.