2001 Lincoln LS Transmission Problems

2001 LS LINCOLN TRANSMISSION I BELIEVE MY LINCOLN LS IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE DO TO THE FACT THAT THE SHIFTING IS ERRATIC. THIS CAR HAS ACTUALLY CUT OUT ON ME ON THE HIGHWAY ALL LIGHTS POWER STEERING EVERYTHING AND GAVE ME AN ERROR MESSAGE. THE MESSAGE STATED GEAR SHIFTING ERROR. I BOUGHT AN AUTOMATIC TO ELEVATE MY BAD SHIFTING AND NOW MY AUTOMATIC DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO SHIFT GEARS C'MON!!!!!!MY DEALER DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WHY ARE THEY REGISTERED AS A LINCOLN DEALER IF THEY CANT FIX LINCOLNS. THIS CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WHEN OUR DAUGHTER DROVE IT ON WET ROADS. THIS ALSO CAUSED MY WIFE TO LOOSE CONTROL ON A SNOW COVERED HIGHWAY. VERY LUCKY IT STOPPED AND SHE REGAINED CONTROL. I PERSONALLY THOUGHT IT CANT DO SUCH A THING BUT IT ALSO DONE IT TO ME ON DRY PAVEMENT AND CAN REALIZED HOW BAD IT CAN BE ON WET OR SNOW CONDITIONS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10285573

Incident

Sep 20, 2009

Mileage

109,000 mi

MY 2001 LINCOLN LS HESITATES WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1ST GEAR TO SECOND, SOMETIMES IT EVEN SHAKES. *TR

NHTSA ID

10263836

Incident

Mar 20, 2009

2001 LINCOLN LS HAS AN E THAT WILL NOT GO AWAY AND EVERY TIME IT SHIFTS TO THE NEXT GEAR IT ALMOST JERKS I JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR AND NOW IT IS MESSING UP. *TR

NHTSA ID

10249638

Incident

Nov 20, 2008

Mileage

98,000 mi

I CURRENTLY DRIVE A 2001 LINCOLN LS. THIS CAR HAS BEEN A COMPLETE NIGHTMARE AND IS COMPLETELY UNSAFE! THE SHIFTING ON THIS CAR IS COMPLETELY ERRATIC AND IS IN NO WAY SAFE. I KNOW MULTIPLE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR AND LINCOLN IS NO HELP. THEY WILL NOT AND CAN NOT FIX OR SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. THEIR ONLY ANSWER IS TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND WHEN THAT IS DONE THE PROBLEM COMES BACK! WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 85 MPH MY CAR DECIDES TO CUT OUT ON ME AND DISPLAY AN ERROR MESSAGE. I ALMOST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT. THE ONLY THING THAT SAVED ME IS THAT THE CAR BEHIND WE WAS ABLE TO SWERVE OUT OF THE WAY. MY CAR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION NO LONGER KNOW HOW TO SHIFT GEARS PROPERLY. IT IDLES IN BETWEEN GEAR CHANGES AND AT TIMES TAKES MINUTES TO ACTUALLY SWITCH GEARS AND SPEED UP THE ENGINE. MOST OF THE TIME ALL THAT WILL HAPPEN IS THE RPMS WILL RAISE TO 4500 AND I WILL NOT MOVE AT ALL. THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH TONS AND TONS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BOUGHT THIS CAR. *TR

NHTSA ID

10245182

Incident

Sep 5, 2008

Mileage

100,000 mi

2001 LINCOLN LS V6. NUMEROUS ELECTRONIC ISSUES (WINDOW, LOCKS, SEATS, ETC.) HAD A USED TRANSMISSION PLACED IN THE VEHICLE AT APPROX. 76,000 MILES IN 2005. NOW, THAT TRANSMISSION IS SHOT AND I AM IN NEED OF A NEW OR REBUILT ONE AGAIN. WHEN DRIVING, THE CAR SEEMED TO NOT BE ABLE TO GET POWER, STUTTERED CLOSE TO SHUTTING DOWN, AND WAS DIFFICULT TO GET IN GEAR OR EVEN TO GET THROUGH THE GEARS. SPEED SEEMED TO TOP OUT AROUND 55MPH WHEN IT BEGAN 'JUMPING'...I HAVE READ NUMEROUS REPORTS ON THE MANY ISSUES THE LINCOLN LS HAS GIVEN SO MANY OWNERS AND AM IN SUPPORT OF SOMETHING BEING DONE TO COMPENSATE US.*CN

NHTSA ID

10213418

Incident

Dec 15, 2007

TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS - GEARS ARE HARD TO SHIFT WHILE DRIVING, GEARS TAKE LONG TIME TO SWITCH BETWEEN P, D, R TRANSMISSION HISITATED TO SWITCH GEARS. I LOOKED AND DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND SAW ALOT OF LINCOLN LS OWNERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I THINK THIS IS NOT RIGHT, THAT SOMEONE BUYS A HIGH END CAR AND HAS TO FACE PROBLEMS SUCH AS THESE WITHOUT A RECALL FROM THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE IT WOULD COST TOO MUCH. *AK

NHTSA ID

10187528

Incident

Mar 26, 2007

Mileage

18,000 mi

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION....NO PREVIOUS SIGNS OR SIGNALS OF FAULT. TURNED LEFT IN FRONT OF ON COMING TRAFFIC AND TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR. LATER FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT FROM 2ND TO 3RD . IT NOW HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. *NM

NHTSA ID

10173091

Incident

Nov 9, 2006

Mileage

53,926 mi

TRANSMISSION FIRST BEGAN SHIFTING ROUGHLY INTO REVERSE, JERKING THE VEHICLE BACKWARD. THEN THE TRANSMISSION ALSO BEGAN ROUGH SHIFTS INTO 1ST AND 2ND GEAR. PCM WAS REPROGRAMMED BY DEALER 8/04. PROBLEM BEGAN TO OCCUR EVEN WORSE. RETURNED TO DEALER AND DEALER PERFORMED ENGINE DIAGNOSITC, THEN DID THIS: "AC BDY ASY-TRANS SOL SHFT&THROT" PLUS SOME EXTRAS.

NHTSA ID

10120169

Incident

Jan 21, 2005

Mileage

81,000 mi

VEHICLE HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, GEARSHIFT PANEL LIGHTS WENT OUT/ BACK UP LIGHT WERE NOT WORKING. *AK CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE DRIFTED ACROSS THE CENTER LANE AND SIDESWIPED 2 VEHICLES, THERE WERE NO INJURIES, HOWEVER THERE WAS PROPERTY DAMAGE, CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS RELATED TO RECALL 00V359001, PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, CONSUMER HAD ALIGNMENT ISSUES WITH VEHICLE AND HAD THE LOWER BALL JOINT REPLACED. CLOCK SPRING WAS REPLACED AND DEALER HAD TO REPOSITION A DROPPED AIR BAG. *SLC

NHTSA ID

885878

Incident

Jan 1, 2001