general problems of the 2000 Lincoln LS

On Saturday February 06,2016 at 12 a. M. I started my car and it sounded normal. When I placed my car in reverse it started to idle very highly and was reading 3000 rpm although I was still holding my foot on the brake. I placed the car in park and turned it off. I started the car again and it sounded normal until I placed it in drive and started accelerating. The car was pulling as if it wanted to take off during braking. When I removed my foot from the brake pedal the car accelerated on it's own. I drove 1. 3 miles never once placing my foot on the gas pedal. Every time I came to a red light the car was reluctant to stop. There is nothing in the way of the gas or brake pedal and upon exiting the vehicle there was a smell of plastic or rubber burn off. This started in an emergency room parking lot and continued through the city streets until I arrived home. My car only has 98,208. 1 miles on it and I am the third owner. I have looked up this problem in many forums and have noticed that it is consistently being ignored and labeled as driver error. However, my foot was flat on the floor and only touched the brake pedal to come to a reluctant stop.

Transmission is faulty e-code pops check transmission and Ford doesn't know how to fix it come on! I was pulling out of a side street and I was pasted by a semi that with conditions barely missed t boning me cuz of this faulty whatever u wanna call it! I can't even check the [xxx] fluid! it costs $120 just to check it! it blows my mind u CA this car is considered safe and that this transmission issue hasn't been taken care of! people will die or I'm sure already have, the transmission is what drives the wheels how is it safe that u can't control ur speed! the thing acts different every day. Some days ok some days lagging and slow and some days the damn thing takes off like I dumped the clutch and gunned it but I barely pushed the pedal! I've never been so dissatisfied and disappointed with laws rules regulations or whatever! every Lincoln Ls should be crushed or fitted with totally different transmission! information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

I bought my Lincoln Ls in August in September it started messing up when I would get on the interstate it would stop in the middle of driving and the steering wheel will not nove so that I can pull over it is very dangerous.

My 2000 Lincoln Ls v8 frequently accelerates on it's own. There is no response to braking and putting it in park or neutral, the rpm rises to 3k. It only stops eventually on its own or after it's been turned off for a little while. Recently, this has caused the temperature gauge to red-line. The engine does not actually overheat, but the car reacts as such and power to the engine is reduced. My local Lincoln dealer has attempted to repair the vehicle 3 times without success. They were only able to reproduce the behavior on one occasion, but still could not identify the problem. I've read a few related complaints from other Ls owners regarding this unexpected acceleration. This could possibly hit someone or something when attempting to come to a stop. The brakes need to be applied really hard to bring to a stop when this occurs.

Upon pressing the brake or slowing down, the vehicle surged. This happened intermittently. . It has happene dove rthe four years tha tconsumer owned the vehicle. Dealership has never been able to find anything wrong. They had replaced the computer in the car. At another, they said they had to reprogram the computer. Wipers are unrelable when needed. Has caused quite an inconvenience during storms, as well as a potental for an accident.

While exiting the freeway at 5 mph vehicle began to accelerate on its own.

Engine has developed an inconsistant misfire at idle, during acceleration, and when it lobs along in overdrive. Recently the the engine stalled while passing a slow moving vehicle on a 2 lane road. I coasted to the shoulder and restarted the vehicle without any problem, however it still continued to mis-fire at random. Sometimes during a turn at intersections it stalls and then regains power and lunges forward (almost like a transmission slip). Dealer can not determine the problem(s), thus they can not fix it. The last time I took the car in for service one of the sales staff informed me that Lincoln has been aware of problems with the Ls-v8 for a while. That's great, put some more poor performing, unsafe cars out there to sell to unsuspecting consumers! I'm forwarding a copy of this complaint to my attorney should this problem not get fixed proptly or something happens to me or my family as a result of this problem, Lincoln can be prepared to hear from them.

At any given time vehicle can accelerate to an unknown speed without warning.

Consumer put vehicle in drive and vehicle went backwards.

Uphill at 45 mph vehicle lurched/took off, applied brake for about 1/8 of a mile. Brakes could not hold vehicle. Went through two intersections before consumer was able to stop vehicle. Dealer had vehicle for 2 weeks, could not find cause. Consumer no longer felt safe driving vehicle.

Consumer states on several occasions he experienced sudden and excessive unexplained acceleration, while in his garage and attempting to park vehicle with his foot on the brake the engine reved and the tires started spinning out of control, consumer ended up going through the back wall of the garage causing damage to the vehicle and the wall, dealer has replaced transmission, however problem still occurs.

Consumer states when applying brakes or vehicle is at a complete stop vehicle will lurch forward . Dealer replaced the master cylinder and reprogammed vehicle. The problem still occuring.