Car Accelerates On Its Own Problems of Lincoln LS

Tl- the contact owns a 2000 Lincoln Ls. The contact stated that while slowing down the vehicle, the vehicle surged into an unintended acceleration several times with the speedometer and tachometer racing. The contact constantly had to apply the brake pedal to slow down the vehicle due to the failure. An unspecified dealer (name, address and phone number not available) and dean arbour Ford of west branch dean arbour Ford of west branch (989) 345-1590) had been unable to determine a remedy to permanently fix the failure. The manufacturer had issued 1 TSB for speed control, but no recall campaign. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was waiting to determine if they had a remedy to provide to the dealer. The approximate failure mileage was not available. Dyd.

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Randomly when applying the brakes the car accelerates instead of stopping. This is referred to as unintended acceleration. In some cases this happened on the freeway and others on city streets at very low speeds. Attached is my correspondence with Ford over this matter. As you will see from the correspondence, these incidents occurred soon after I bought the vehicle in 2000 (first incident was in 2001) up until most recently, 2/28/2015. I'm uploading three documents: 1 - my initial to Ford dated 08/23/2015 summarizing the entire episode of incidents 2 - the response letter from Ford date 8/27/2015 3 - my final letter to Ford dated 10/25/2015 asking them to pick up the car from my house.

I own a 2001 Lincoln Mercury Ls v-8 with 72,678 miles on the odometer . . Frequently (within the last several months) I have experienced sudden and uncontrolled acceleration when driving the vehicle around town in the 25-45 mph speed range. Hitting the brakes fails to override the acceleration. The only solution to prevent an accident or to slow the vehicle is to throw the automatic gear shifter into neutral and clear the acceleration with a hard press on the accelerator while the car is neutral. The other remedy is to turn off the ignition while in traffic. Neither one of these solutions is acceptable and Ford/lm denies that this issue exists on any of their vehicles dating back 10-15 years. My previous vehicle was a 2000 crown victoria and I experienced the very same issue after the vehicle had exceeded 60,000 miles. Ford/lm is well are of these issues and has failed to publicly acknowledge them for fear of liability and the cost to repair the issue. Please advise what an owner should do in this situation. I believe a class action lawsuit has recently been filed against Ford/lm on behalf of owners who are experiencing this problem. In the mean time the company fails to repair the vehicle under a government ordered recall or warranty.

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Vehicle was coming to a complete stop at a traffic light. While decelerating from approximately 20-30 mph, the car suddenly surged forward with foot completely on the brake pedal. Car had decelerated to approximately 5 mph when it suddenly accelerated. Driver swerved to avoid the car stopped in front, but vehicle struck the other car in the rear.

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The contact owns a 2004 Lincoln Ls. While driving over a speed bump and depressing the break pedal, the rpms began to increase and the vehicle suddenly accelerated on its own. The contact applied excessive force to the brake pedal in order for the vehicle to stop accelerating. The failure occurred sporadically. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The technicians were unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer advised an engineer to inspect the vehicle. The engineer stated the throttle had to be replaced. Approximately six years after the throttle was replaced the contact experienced the identical failure again. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 6,000.

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On three occasions, my 2000 Lincoln Ls (v6) had a sudden acceleration. The first two incidents happened on the highway. The last incident was on 03-29-04 in the city limit. I was driving down the street doing about 30 mph when the traffic light turned red and the cars in front of me came to a stop. When I began to take my foot off of the accelerator, I felt the accelerator pedal go downward. The car began to increase speed without my foot on the accelerator. I placed my foot firmly on the brake pedal but the car would not stop. I tried pressing the brake pedal down as much as I could but the car would not stop. I shift the gear into park and then the car stopped.

While backing out of driveway and without prior warning vehicle suddenly accelerated. Both feet were on the brake pedal but vehicle continued to run. The tires were spinning while the brake was applied. Mechanic checked for pedal binding and ran all self test. There were no trouble codes stored in the computer system. The vehicle was road tested in warm and cold conditions. The technician determined that everything was working according to manufacturers specifications. The passenger side headlamp had water inside it. The dealer replaced the headlamp assembly.

While traveling on the highway and without prior warning vehicle suddenly accelerated.

When driving 15-20 mph and upon depressing brake pedal to make a gradual stop vehicle suddenly accelerated, causing an accident. Vehicle hit a brick wall in which driver's side and passenger's side air bags did not deploy. Consumer has contacted dealer.

Vehicle experienced problems with sudden acceleration and jumping out of gear. Provide further details. Consumer ended up going through back wall of garage on one occasion, consumer states sometimes the rear tires would spin out of control even with foot on brake and the only way to stop sudden acceleration was to turn the ignition off, dealer convinced cosumer to lease another Ls, however consumer is concerned what will happen with the other vehicle, if it would be sold and someone could be harmed.