2002 Lincoln LS from North America - Comments

I have had everything under the sun replaced on this car. Now my engine. I have not heard of this problem yet. But, yes my timing chain broke Christmas Eve it hit a valve, and something doing with the pistons, causing the engine to lock up, after being towed to the dealer. We have had all the minor parts replaced or repaired that others are complaining of. Just a couple of months ago they had to pull out the transmission and repair it. Thank goodness we bought a extend warranty good for 100K.

Although all the complaining I love my car and I am very disappointed that they are no longer making them after 2006. It is a very sporty car and handles great. There is no replacement for the Lincoln LS, I have had all the other comparing models and this is the best.

Anyone who has that much trouble with a car and still "Loves it" is beyond my comprehension! I guess some people are easily pleased.

I have the lincoln 2002 ls v8 in black I would never buy it again or take it if it was offered to me for free. I have the car for 7 months and I can't wait to get rid of it. the front end had to be replaced at 45,000 miles and then the electronics went in side the car. the car is all over the road and it does not have good traction at all and is very unstable around turns especially when you apply gas.

My wife and I have owned an LSV8 2002 for 15 months and thought it was an awesome auto until today. The vehicle will be four-years-old on 11/16/2006 and only has 58,000 miles on it.

Apparently the front end has been going nuts on me since I changed rubber in October of 2005. (Same Michelin Pilot series that came with the car. I did not purchase the rubber at the dealership due to the fact that they did not and could not offer the option to repair/replace a tire at N/C due to running over something.)

After several attempts to figure out the problem with both tire shop and dealership, everyone is puzzled - that was until today.

The dealership hooked up a computer to the car and found out that the Variable Assist Actuator is defective as well as a module that controls this actuator may also be defective.

The end result - Me spending $886.24 + Tax to replace the defective item/s.

I told the dealership that I declined the repair work and it still cost me $140.66 for them to diagnose!

Personally, I do not feel that I should have to pay for an item that apparently was going bad when I changed the rubber and was still under the 50,000 mile mark.

No... I did not take an extended warranty and now I wish I did, but none the less, I feel that this is a manufacture defect, especially when the vehicle is not even four-years of age and is only 8,000 miles outside the 50,000 mile warranty.

Now, I could see if the vehicle was 5-years of age and had 70-80,000 miles and if the vehicle was owned by more than two people and was never serviced/maintained by a FORD/LM dealership, that we would have to pay for this... but since we are the second owner and the vehicle has always been serviced by FORD/LM service centers, then I firmly believe that FORM should take care of this item for us.

I tell this story because I would like to know if anyone has experienced anything like this - and what they have done about it, or what anyone may suggest for us to do, other than what I had already thought of... Find the car a home.

Thank you in advance for your time.

I have a 2002 LS 3.9 and it is expensive. Took almost 2 years and $1500 to get the front brakes fixed. The windows have been a problem. Too many little problems for a car that expensive. I would never own another, and can see why Ford stopped producing it. Very poor gas mileage.

I purchased my 2002 LSE new and it has 112,000 miles on it. It is probably my 25th car and has been the best of all. My only problem has been the split heat/AC control went bad and it is $1,200 to fix, so I just do without that feature. Sorry for so many of you with problems.