10.5% of complaints about the 2001 Lincoln LS came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 2001 vehicle — around the middle of the 216 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 6.3 yr in service. The most-reported system is suspension (118 complaints), typically at 7.5 yr or about 95,000 miles.
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. THE FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE NOT TIGHTENED TO SPECIFICATIONS WHEN THEY WERE ATTACHED TO THE LOWER CONTROL ARMS.
IF THE BALL JOINT ATTACHING NUTS ARE NOT ADEQUATELY TIGHTENED, THEY CAN LOOSEN AND, ULTIMATELY, RESULT IN FRACTURE OF THE BALL JOINT STUD. IF THE BALL JOINT FRACTURES, CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE COULD BE AFFECTED, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
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
: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT. I TOOK MY CAR INTO VELDE LINCOLN MERCURY IN PEORIA, ILL. 7/11/03 AND TOLD THEM THAT MY CAR WAS FISH TAILING IN THE FRONT. THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED NEW TIRES, THEY DID NOT TELL ME THAT ANYTHING ELSE WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR.I WAS GETTING NEW TIRES AND THE PLACE WHERE I PUT THE TIRES ON TOLD ME THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINT WAS LOOSE. THEY TIGHTENED IT UP, I HAD AN APPOINTMENT IN TWO DAYS WITH LINCOLN IN SPRINGFIELD, ILL. TO GET IT LOOKED AT. THE NEXT NIGHT THE BALL JOINT BROKE WHILE I WAS GOING 50 MILES AN HOUR. I REINJURED MY BACK.*AK
: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT. I TOOK MY CAR INTO VELDE LINCOLN MERCURY IN PEORIA, ILL. 7/11/03 AND TOLD THEM THAT MY CAR WAS FISH TAILING IN THE FRONT. THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED NEW TIRES, THEY DID NOT TELL ME THAT ANYTHING ELSE WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR.I WAS GETTING NEW TIRES AND THE PLACE WHERE I PUT THE TIRES ON TOLD ME THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINT WAS LOOSE. THEY TIGHTENED IT UP, I HAD AN APPOINTMENT IN TWO DAYS WITH LINCOLN IN SPRINGFIELD, ILL. TO GET IT LOOKED AT. THE NEXT NIGHT THE BALL JOINT BROKE WHILE I WAS GOING 50 MILES AN HOUR. I REINJURED MY BACK.*AK
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