Lincoln Zephyr owners have reported 12 power train related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 5 most common power train problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's power train (7 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's automatic transmission (2 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.
The car accelerates and loses speed on side street and highways. This is very dangerous because of loss of speed control. Read details...
2003 Lincoln Zephyr. Consumer writes in regards to transmission problems. The consumer stated the vehicle would not pick up speed, when driving up a hill. At times, the vehicle would then coast several feet. The consumers handwriting is illegible. Read details...
2006 Lincoln Zephyr: transmission began failing at 35,000 miles. Extremely harsh shifting from second to third gear. No acceleration when driving uphill causes safety hazard as speed cannot be maintained. Extremely harsh shifting and sometimes unable to shift gears at all. Read details...
The pcm/ecm module went out on this vehicle without any warning. There were several TSB's issued by Ford regarding this issue dating back to at least 2013 with absolutely no notification to owners whose lives are at risk (see list below). Read details...
When accelerating the vehicle hesitates ,makes a loud clunking noise and whines like the gear is stuck shifts very hard which causes the the vehicle to lose power causing speed to go to a crawl, which is very very dangerous in any traffic especially, when I m on the highway and in interstate Read details...