Lincoln LS owners have reported a total of 1,347 problems for their cars built in the 7 model years listed in the chart below. The chart shows the number of problems reported across all service years for each given model year of the Lincoln LS. The 2000 Lincoln LS cars have the most problems reported (455 problems).
The following chart shows the 25 most common problems for Lincoln LS cars. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's suspension (284 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's engine and engine cooling (178 problems).
It would not be fair to compare the Lincoln LS of an older model year to newer model years since older vehicles have been in service longer and thus are expected to have more problems. In order to compare the reliability across LS model years, we use the PPMY index which is defined as the problems reported per thousand vehicles per Year. A smaller PPMY index indicates greater reliability of the given model year cars.
PPMY = P / S / Y * 1000,
where P = total problems reported during the life of a Lincoln LS model year; S = total units sold of the model year; Y = years since the debut of the model year (the age of the vehicle).
The results are shown in Table 3.
Another way to measure the reliability across the model years of the Lincoln LS is to use the total number of problems reported during the vehicle's first year in service, as shown in the Table 4.
| Model Year | Problems Reported |
|---|---|
| 2006 LS | |
| 2005 LS | |
| 2004 LS | |
| 2003 LS | |
| 2002 LS | |
| 2001 LS | |
| 2000 LS |