general problems of the 2004 Lincoln LS

Normal clear weather driving down busy street when care suddenly slowed down almost resulting in a collision with vehicles behind me. The engine stopped , I restarted with very limited drivability the etc failsafe mode kicked in for no apparent reason this issue must be addressed before someone is seriously injured.

The contact owns a 2004 Lincoln Ls. While accelerating from a stop, the vehicle experienced a reduction in engine power. The vehicle was maneuvered to the side of the road and the engine was turned off. Upon restarting, the wrench warning symbol displayed continuously until after the vehicle was turned off and restarted multiple times. The failure occurred three times. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 57,900.

Brand new battery in car. Come out to start car. Battery is dead. My mechanic has car for three days. He tried to find a short. He instructed me to make sure all doors are completely closed and lights are all out. This was after multiple dead batteries. I made sure of all the above and still came out to dead batteries. I manually turn off the lights as I came out to them being on after I had watched them dim and go out. I replaced the new battery with another new battery and I am still having problems.

I should have done my homework prior to purchasing this car used. 2 months after purchase, car started shaking, and jumping, went into limp home mode. Mechanic unable to repair, but replaced coils and car ran "ok" for about 2 weeks and now does exact same thing times 100. Car starts, idles at about 200 rpms, shakes, pops, jumps and then dies. Mechanic said he has no idea what to do except replace coils again and he not even sure if that will fix the car since that is what the code on the computer told him to do in the 1st place. I have a used car that I have made 2 payments on and is now a beautiful, luxurious pile of scrap metal stuck in a parking lot where it last died. From what all I have read, there is nothing that can be done with this car and even Ford doesn't know how to fix it. This will be my last Ford product.

My 2004 Lincoln Ls has a coil problem. It cuts out and misses and then shuts down. I have had 3 coils replaced and also the throttle body and spark plugs changed. It has 85,000 miles on it now but this has been a problem since it was in the 40,000 range. The dealer will replace them if they can get them to fail while they are checking it but they don't always act up at that time. I had to pay $114. 00 for a diagnostic check last week and they could not fine anything wrong. It still cuts out and is generally unreliable. This was supposed to be a luxury car but I can't even get to 100,000 miles easily.

I have had my 2004 Lincoln Ls in the shop at my local Ford dealership on numerous occasions. Starting at around 80,000 miles on it, I had a variety of problems on it which cost me several thousand dollars. But most recently and the biggest problem that I have now is with it running hot. As a matter of fact, this is my 5th time taken to the shop for this same problem. They replaced my thermostat for $200, next trip they replaced my coolant reservoir $200, 3rd trip they replaced an 0 ring $310 and now it's in there right now which the same problem. I have talked to the guys in the shop and they tell me they have seen a ton of problems with these Ls's and have also talked to several people around town that have had bad experiences and problems with these Ls's also. Which leads me to believe that there is probably a ton of other complaints out there as well. I believe these cars are poorly built and for the money that they cost, they should be alot more dependable than this. Us Lincoln owners need some help with getting some recalls done on alot of these problems. Ford made a ton of money on these cars when they were sold. Mine cost $45,900 new and this is ridiculous.

The contact owns a 2004 Lincoln Ls. When the brakes were applied, the vehicle lunged forward. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who reprogrammed the pcm control module. The failure continued to occur intermittently and the contact stated that it would also recur while decreasing speed. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer on numerous occasions where the pcm control module was reprogrammed approximately four times. The failure continued to recur intermittently. The contact also stated that the engine coils needed to be replaced every three to six months. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who confirmed that the sealant on the hood caused water to leak into the engine coils. The failure mileage was 30,000 and the current mileage was 122,975.

The consumer constantly experienced acceleration problems. The vehicle jerked and would not accelerate. This problem occurred while being driven on the highway. The consumer was advised that the problem was the electronic throttle control. When the cruise was on the vehicle would skip, when returning to the center from a left turn the signal would not cut off at times, the engine would race at low speeds and did not accelerate properly, and the engine would go into limp mode.

While driving, the warning lights on the dashboard suddenly illuminated, and the emergency brakes engaged within seconds. When this occurred the vehicle immediately went to a complete stop. The vehicle was flat bedded to the dealership, and indicated that this problem occurred because of a computer failure and the engineers are working on it. The vehicle has been at the dealership for 12 days, in which this failure has occurred 3 times whiles being test driven.