2005 Lincoln LS Engine Problems

OVER HEATS CONSTANTLY THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS CAR DEFFINATLEY MANUFACTURER PROBLEM

NHTSA ID

11063570

Incident

Jan 18, 2018

COILS KEEP FAILING ON LOW MILEAGE CAR. ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH VARIOUS COMPONENTS AND SECURITY ALARM GOES OFF MANY TIMES EACH DAY.

NHTSA ID

10990682

Incident

May 15, 2017

Mileage

80,000 mi

THE CAR TURNS ON AND RUNS BUT LOSES POWER RANDOMLY. IT EITHER SPUTTERS DEAD OR STALLS AND BACKFIRES. WHEN I TURN IT OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON IT REPEATS THE CYCLE. I HAVE REPLACED FUEL PUMPS, THROTTLE BODY AND MAF SENSORS. AND STILL NO LUCK I SEE ON THE LINCOLN FORUMS THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM NOT YET RECOGNIZED BY THE NHSTA OR LINCOLN.

NHTSA ID

10948483

Incident

Aug 7, 2016

Mileage

103,000 mi

ETC ENGINE FAIL SAFE - ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL REPLACED WITH OE... CONTINUES TO PRODUCE AN ETC ENGINE FAIL SAFE AND NO CODE(S) SPECIFICS FOR FAULTY COILS (OR WHICH COILS) (3 BAD COILS & PASSENGER SIDE VALVE/SPARK PLUG COVER GASKETS) OR POSSIBLE FAULTY ALTERNATOR. ALSO, CLIMATE CONTROL DEVICE FAILED 3 TIMES AND WAS REPLACED 3 TIMES. CHEAP THIN WALLED ANTI-FREEZE AND WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID RESERVOIR CRACKED DURING EXTREME COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS.

NHTSA ID

10881943

Incident

Jun 30, 2016

Mileage

99,789 mi

CAR LOST POWER ON TURN INTO TRAFFIC, WRENCH LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS WENT ON CAR, CAR WENT ON "LIMP HOME" MODE AS I ENTERED ONTO THE HIGHWAY AT VERY LOW SPEED. *TR

NHTSA ID

10583856

Incident

May 3, 2011

Mileage

12,514 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 LINCOLN LS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE IGNITION COILS WERE REPLACED FREQUENTLY BEFORE 100,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THE IGNITION COILS MISFIRED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

NHTSA ID

10545238

Incident

Sep 21, 2013

Mileage

100,000 mi

WHILE TRAVELING ON A DIVIDED HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH MY CAR ABRUPTLY SLOWED TO ABOUT 20 MPH CAUSING VEHICLES BEHIND ME TO BRAKE AND/OR SWERVE AROUND ME. A "WRENCH" WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND I FOUND AFTER GETTING TO A SAFE SPOT AND STOPPING, THAT THE OWNER'S MANUAL STATED THAT THE CAR WAS IN THE "LIMP MODE" WHERE IT WOULD NOT GO ANY FASTER AND NEEDED TO BE TAKEN TO MY NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP. AFTER STOPPING THE CAR I SHUT IF OFF AND UPON RESTARTING, THE WARNING "WRENCH" LIGHT WAS OFF AND THE CAR ACTED NORMALLY. I CONTACTED A NUMBER OF DEALERSHIPS AND MECHANICS AND FOUND THAT IT'S A SOMEWHAT COMMON PROBLEM, BUT THE FIX COULD BE ANYTHING FROM A BAD TRANSMISSION SOLENOID TO A COMPLETE FUEL/COMPUTER/IGNITION REDO FOR $4500 TO $6500. HAVING THIS HAPPEN ON A RURAL ROAD IS ONE THING, BUT IF IT HAPPENED ON AN EXPRESSWAY WITH TRAFFIC AT 75 MPH PLUS, COULD QUITE POSSIBLY BE LETHAL. *TR

NHTSA ID

10499975

Incident

Feb 7, 2013

Mileage

40,950 mi

SINCE PURCHASING THIS CAR, ITS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS. THE PROBLEMS I'VE EXPERIENCED AREN'T ANY DIFFERENT FROM ALL THE OTHER LS OWNERS. COIL PACKS GOING BAD, THE A/C BLOWING HOT AIR, THE CAR GOING INTO FAIL SAFE MODE WHILE ON THE FREEWAY, THE SMELL OF GASOLINE INSIDE THE CAR. IT LOOKS LIKE THESE ISSUES HAVE BEEN GOING ON SINCE FORD STARTED PRODUCING THE CAR. NOW WONDER THEY NEEDED BAILOUT MONEY. I GOT IN MY CAR THIS MORNING AND IT WENT INTO FAIL SAFE MODE 3X'S BEFORE I COULD GET OUT OF THE DRIVE WAY! ALL OF THESE ISSUES WITH THIS CAR DATING AS FAR BACK AS 2001, AND NO RECALLS, C'MON MAN. MY TAX DOLLARS WENT TO HELP OUT THIS COMPANY!!!! [XXX]SHAME!!!! THIS IS MY FIRST AND LAST TIME BUYING A FORD! INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ID

10482686

Incident

May 13, 2009

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 LINCOLN LS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WOULD SIT LOWER THEN THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRES ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WERE WEARING MUCH FASTER THAN THE PASSENGER'S SIDE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN, BUT THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000. ..UPDATED 11/28/12 *BF THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE VEHICLE HAD AN OIL LEAK IN THE OIL PAN. SHE HAD IT FIXED,. HOWEVER, THE DEALER STATED ANOTHER OIL LEAK HAS SURFACED SOME WHERE ELSE. UPDATED 11/29/12

NHTSA ID

10478330

Incident

May 11, 2009

I HAVE THREE MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH MY 2005 LINCOLN LS. THE FIRST PROBLEM IS I HAVE A HARD REVERSE AND THE GEARS STICK BETWEEN 30-35 MPH AS I ACCELERATE. SOMETIMES IT HAS A HARD BUMP ONCE IT STARTS ACCELERATING! THE SECOND PROBLEM IS THAT I HAVE REPLACED TWO IGNITION COILS WITHIN A YEAR APART AND NOW I HAVE TWO MORE IGNITION COILS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED PER P0354, P0301AND P0304.I HAVE REPLACED THE THROTTLE BOTTLE, BUT THE LIMP HOME SIGN HAS OCCURED TWICE SINCE THEN CAUSING THE CAR TO DECELERATE!! THE THIRD PROBLEM IS THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER PER P0420. I PURCHASED THIS CAR IN 2009 WITH LESS THAN 50,000 MILES, LESS THAN A YEAR THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING! *TR

NHTSA ID

10465152

Incident

Mar 10, 2010

Mileage

60,000 mi

ON AT LEAST 5 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND TRYING TO PASS, CAR HAS LOST ALL POWER AND THE WRENCH INDICATOR HAS APPEARED ON THE DASH, AT THAT TIME CAR LOOSES ALL POWER AND THE ONLY CHOICE IS TO PULL OVER AND SHUT CAR DOWN , WHICH DOES NOT ALWAYS WORK WHILE YOU ARE IN TRAFFIC ON A THREE LANE HIGHWAY WITH OUT YOU GETTING KILLED OR INJURED BY OTHER DRIVERS. I HAVE CONTACTED OUR LOCAL FORD GARAGE..... I EXPLAINED TO JACK IN SERVICE AND HE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT HE HAS SEEN MORE AND MORE OF THESE PROBLEMS AND THE CURE WAS TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY.... I AM WONDERING IF THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF BY FORD/ LINCOLN. I HOPING TO GET THIS SITUATION RESOLVED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED IN A ACCIDENT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10457455

Incident

May 2, 2012

Mileage

112,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 LINCOLN LS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER IT RAINED AND THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN THROUGH A PUDDLE OF WATER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE RAN SLUGGISH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A FAILED ENGINE COIL THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INFORMED WHAT WAS ALLOWING WATER TO ENTER THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 6,000.

NHTSA ID

10453239

Incident

May 8, 2008

MULTIPLE PROBLEMS-PROBABLY SOME HOW RELATED : IN SPEED UP LANE TO INTERSTATE - AT 55MPH CAR BUCKS/HESITATES WHILE TRYING TO GAIN SPEED ONTO THE INTERSTATE AT 45/55 MPH CONSTANT SPEED CAR LOOSES POWER AND BEGINS TO BUCK/HESITATE CAUSING YOU TO LOOSE SPEED CHECK ENGINE LIGHT SOMETIMES WITH ABOVE CRITERIA - P0305, P0306, P0300. *TR

NHTSA ID

10450152

Incident

Feb 17, 2012

Mileage

30,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 LINCOLN LS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 30 MPH WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE AND WRENCH WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. WHENEVER THE LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED, THE VEHICLE WOULD DECELERATE AND THEN STALL FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE SECONDS. THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE TURNED OFF AND THEN RESTARTED IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO RESET ITSELF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THE EMISSION COIL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE EMISSION COIL WAS REPLACED HOWEVER THREE WEEKS AFTER THE REPAIRS, THE VEHICLE BEGIN EXHIBITING SIGNS OF THE SAME FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,958.

NHTSA ID

10408628

Incident

Jun 23, 2009

Mileage

60,000 mi

I OWN A 2005 LINCOLN LS, AND I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THREE COILS AND PLUGS JUST RECENTLY, I HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT SOME OF THESE CARS WERE RECALLED BECAUSE OF MANUFACTURERS DEFECT IF THEY WERE MANUFACTURED AT CERTAIN PLANTS. I CALLED A DEALER AND THEY SAID MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT ONE OF THEM, YET I HAVE HAD THE EXACT PROBLEM THAT THEY DESCRIBED. MY QUESTION IS WHY WOULDN'T THEY ALL BE ALL BE COVERED UNDER THE RECALL IF I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THREE ALREADY. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THESE CARS SHOULD ALL BE MANUFACTURED WITH SAME PARTS AND HAVE THE WARRANTY, HERE I HAD TO PAY TO REPLACE THE COILS AND PLUGS IN MY CAR. THE DEALER DID SAY THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM.

NHTSA ID

10382216

Incident

Apr 26, 2010

Mileage

54,000 mi

OWNER OF A 2005 LINCOLN LS. CAR SHUTS DOWN AND GOES ON THROTTLE MODE AT ANY GIVEN TIME. IT SEEMS TO OCCUR AFTER A HEAVY RAIN FALL. THIS FAILURE OCCURS SEVERAL TIMES A MONTH AND BE VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. TO SUPPOSEDLY CORRECT THIS ISSUE, I HAVE TAKEN IT TO A LINCOLN DEALERSHIP TO BE ROBBED BECAUSE THEY CAN NEVER FIGURE OUT THE ISSUE. PLEASE HELP! *TR

NHTSA ID

10370788

Incident

Dec 15, 2010

Mileage

73,000 mi

FORD LINCOLN MERCURY~MANUFACTURE WARRANTY EXTENDED ON IGNITION COIL - BUT EACH TIME IGNITION COIL GOES OUT IT CAUSES NUMEROUS "OTHER REPAIRS" COSTING $900+ EACH TIME.~ VEHICLES BEGINS TO RUN ROUGH, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE GOES TO TOP, THE CAR LOOSES POWER (WHILE IN TRAFFIC EVEN THOUGH FOOT ON ACCELERATOR) WILL NOT ACCELERATE~ 5 TIMES IN LESS THAN 11 MONTHS~ THESE "OTHER REPAIRS DONE EACH TIME IGNITION COIL IS REPLACED SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER EXTENDED MANUFACTURE WARRANTY. (INCIDENTS JUNE 2009/ OCTOBER '09/ JANUARY 2010/ MARCH 2010/ APRIL 2010). *TR

NHTSA ID

10330935

Incident

Jun 23, 2009

Mileage

62,000 mi

SUDDEN LOSS OF THROTTLE RESPONSE ON 2005 LINCOLN LS WITH 3.9L ENGINE. THIS HAPPENED MANY TIMES RECENTLY WITH MY DAUGHTERS VEHICLE. CLOSE CALLS WHEN IN OTHER TRAFFIC WHEN THERE IS SUDDEN LOSS OF THROTTLE. WHEN THIS OCCURS, THERE IS NO MIL ( MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT ) NOR IS THERE A DTC ( DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE. VEHICLE WILL ONLY IDLE ENOUGH TO GET OFF ROAD. TURN OFF IGNITION AND RESTART VEHICLE WITH NO PROBLEM. THIS IS RECURRING MORE FREQUENTLY WITH HER CAR AND ALSO HAVE READ ALOT OF FORUMS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. VAST SIMILARITIES ON ALL FORUMS WITH NO APPARENT RESOLUTION FROM FORD LINCOLN. *TR

NHTSA ID

10315307

Incident

Mar 1, 2010

Mileage

55,000 mi

2005 LINCOLN LS WILL START TO SKIP AND SPUTTER ESPECIALLY ON INCLINE. ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT GO ON. REPLACED FUEL FILTER AND PROBLEM STILL HAS NOT GONE AWAY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10311682

Incident

Feb 12, 2010

Mileage

65,400 mi

DRIVING MY 2005 LINCOLN LS DOWN THE STREET TONIGHT ALL FOUR WINDOWS WERE DOWN. I PRESSED THE BUTTON TO LET UP THE WINDOWS JUST BEFORE ENTERING THE FREEWAY. DRIVER WINDOW CAME OFF OF THE TRACK AND BACK OF THE WINDOW CONTINUED TO GO UP WHILE THE FRONT OF THE WINDOW DROPPED DOWN AND LOOKED AS IF IT WERE GOING TO FALL OUT ONTO THE FREEWAY I GOT OFF AT THE NEXT EXIT. CALL THE 1-800 NUMBER FOR LINCOLN 24- ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. PHONE REP PUT TONY WANG ON THE LINE THIS PROBLEM WAS ABOVE HER EXPERTISE HE SAID IT WAS THE WEEKEND AND HE COULD NOT HELP ME UNTIL MONDAY. UNLESS I JUST WANTED THE CAR TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER TO SIT UNTIL MONDAY. NO RENTAL CAR ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEEKEND. I ASKED FOR HIS SUPERVISOR, DONALD BRYANT WAS NOT WORKING TONIGHT I ASKED TONY TO HAVE DONALD CALL ME IN THE NEXT TEN MINUTES SO I CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO NEXT. THAT WAS 10PM 8/18 IT IS NOW 11:30 PM NO CALL. THE OTHER COMPLAINT IS I BOUGHT THIS CAR STRAIGHT OUT OF LEASE 40K MILES NOW HAS 47K VIBRATIONS STARTED AT 70MPH AROUND 43K AFTER LINCOLN FIXED A DEFECTIVE MASTER CYLINDER. LINCOLN HAS ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE VIBRATIONS 3 DIFFERENT TIMES AND KEPT THE CAR APPROX 7DAYS. CAR WAS CERTIFIED UP TO 75K. I AM SUPRISED PARENT COMPANY FORD RUNS THEIR BUSINESS THIS WAY. THIS IS MY FIRST AND WILL BE MY LAST LINCOLN. *TR

NHTSA ID

10200030

Incident

Aug 18, 2007

Mileage

47,500 mi

CAR SHUTS COMPLETELY DOWN WHILE DRIVING - CAN BE UP TO SPEEDS OF 50 MPH - WITH NO WARNING. *NM

NHTSA ID

10162931

Incident

Jul 1, 2006

Mileage

13,300 mi

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND OTHER LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 40 MPH. THE MECHANIC RESET THE WARNING LIGHTS. BUT WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AGAIN. THIS TIME THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 30 MPH. *AK.

NHTSA ID

10145029

Incident

Nov 28, 2005

Mileage

19,000 mi