Safety Score
83
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-04-07 | 03V136000 |
WHEELS | 1,736 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-17 | ENGINE | No | 0 | We have owned this car for about 3 years and it has been one problem after another and see same problems on line 1) Wil… |
| 2021-07-29 | WHEELS | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2003 Lincoln LS. The contact stated that while driving the vehicle was vibrating abnormally. The con… |
| 2019-08-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | CAR GETS TO HOT MY FILL BUCKET FOR THE RADIATOR KEEPS GETTING A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM OF IT OR SOME WHERE I HAVE REPLACED … |
| 2018-09-03 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LINCOLN LS. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE GEAR SHIFTER BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. TH… |
| 2017-12-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LINCOLN LS. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT STATE… |
| 2017-11-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CAR GOES INTO FAIL SAFE EACH AND EVERY TIME IT IS DRIVEN. IT DID SO 19 TIMES TODAY. I CONNECTED A CODE READER WHICH IDE… |
| 2017-05-31 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LINCOLN LS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THERE WAS A STRONG FUEL ODOR COMING FROM THE REAR… |
| 2017-03-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LINCOLN LS. WHILE DRIVING UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ENGAGE INTO OVERDRIVE AND T… |
| 2016-08-28 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION HAS PROBLEMS SHIFTING WHILE DRIVING AND MAKES IT DANGEROUS TO OTHER CARS AROUND ME |
| 2016-05-31 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TOOK TRANSMISSION FOR REPAIR. TRANSMISSION SHOP COULD NOT LOAD NEW LINCOLN SOFTWARE ON NEW COMPUTER MODULE. IT HAS BEEN… |
| 2016-02-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | WHEN EVER THE CAR IS DRIVEN ANY LITTLE BUMP OR PATCH IN THE ROAD HAS THE CAR MAKING A LOUD SLAM SOUND EVEN WORSE GOING … |
| 2016-02-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THIS CAR ON A HIGHWAY OR STREET ANY TIME IT ENCOUNTERS SMALL BUMPS THE WHEEL TURNS AND THERE'S A LOUD SLA… |
| 2015-12-24 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I PURCHASED MY 2003 LINCOLN LS JUNE/2015. EXCELLENT CONDITION, 35,000 MILES. INTERIOR IMMACULATE CONDITION LEATHER SE… |
| 2014-10-08 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | COMING TO A STOP APPLIED THE BRAKES PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR MADE A STRANGE NOISE WOULD NOT STOP.ALMOST RAN INTO THE B… |
| 2014-10-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE CAR IT MISFIRES IT DOESN'T WANT TO GO ON ACCELERATION..IT IS LEAKING OIL INTO THE SPARK PLUG WELLS AN… |
| 2014-07-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | CEL CAME ON, CODE INDICATED TRANSMISSION ISSUE. "E" APPEARED IN THE GEAR INDICATOR, RATHER THAN THE GEAR THE TRANSMISS… |
| 2013-10-10 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | HELLO, I BOUGHT A 2003 LINCOLN LS AND I'M GETTING A MESSAGE ON THE DASH THAT IS SAYING ETC FAIL SAFETY MODE AND THE… |
| 2012-02-29 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | SHIFTS HARD, WHEN IN 20-30 MPH, IN GEAR 2 AND 3. AFTER DIAGNOSTIC, DEALER SAID IT MAY BE TRANSMISSION, BUT THEY HAVE T… |
| 2011-10-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND HAS TO BE REPLACED PER GRAPEVINE FORD IN TEXAS. THESE FORDS HAVE HAD TRANSMISSIONS FAILING… |
| 2011-07-17 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I BOUGHT A 2003 LINCOLN LS AND IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP MOST OF THE TIME I HAVE OWNED IT. 11,000 DOLLARS WORTH OF REPAIR… |
| 2011-05-15 | AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW | No | 0 | MY FIANCE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD APPROXIMATELY 35MPH WHEN OUT OF NOWHERE THE AIRBAG IN THE DRIVER SEAT DEPLOYED ON I… |
| 2011-03-16 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | I HAVE BEEN HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS FROM DAY ONE SINCE I BOUGHT THIS CAR. I HAD A BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION PUT IN BY TH… |
| 2010-06-28 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | MY 2003 LINCOLN LS START SHIFTING WHILE DRIVING AND THE CHECK TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON THEN THE E IN THE GEAR BOX CAM… |
| 2010-05-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 2003 LINCOLN LS V8 ETC ENGINE FAILSAFE MODE. *TR |
| 2009-12-09 | TIRES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LINCOLN LS. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH SHE NOTICED THE PARKING BRAKE/ SERVICE ENGINE WARNING LIG… |
| 2009-11-25 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | ON A 2003 LINCOLN LS, THE BRAKES HAVE FAILED TO ENGAGE PROPERLY ABOUT A DOZEN TIMES OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS. EACH TIME, … |
| 2009-11-16 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LINCOLN LS. WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH, THE ECT ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICL… |
| 2009-04-22 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING SUDDENLY THE ABS LIGHT, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT AND THE PARKING BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. I IMMEDIATELY EXITED … |
| 2009-04-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CAR STARTS AND RUNS ROUGH, THEN SURGES FORWARD. HAVE TO HOLD THE BRAKE HARD. CAR THEN STALLS AND GIVES "ETC ENGINE FA… |
| 2008-09-12 | AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY GOING 65 AND THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG IN THE SEAT DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON AT ALL. I BELIEVE… |
| 2008-07-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MYSELF, AND JUST ABOUT ALL LINCOLN LS OWNERS ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR COMPUTER SYSTEM. ETC - MESSAGE CAUSE THE… |
| 2008-06-30 | SEATS | No | 0 | CLIPS HOLDING THE SEAT BACK IN PLACE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT SEAT FAILED, RESULTING IN THE ENTIRE SEAT BACK COMING … |
| 2008-06-05 | SEATS | No | 0 | CLIPS HOLDING THE SEAT BACK IN PLACE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT SEAT FAILED, RESULTING IN THE ENTIRE SEAT BACK COMING … |
| 2008-03-27 | WHEELS | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LINCOLN LS. SHE STATES THAT SHE EXPERIENCED NOISES AND/OR VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICL… |
| 2008-03-15 | POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT | No | 0 | REPEATED FAILURE OF LEFT REAR WHEEL BEARING AND LEFT DIFFERENTIAL SEAL. DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED WHEEL BEARING AND SEAL … |
| 2008-01-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | ABS LIGHT, PARKING BRAKE AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMING ON AND THEN GOING OFF; ONLY TO REAPPEAR AGAIN. AT TIMES, BR… |
| 2007-12-24 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LINCOLN LS. ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 35-65 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST P… |
| 2007-12-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CAR HAS CONSISTENTLY JUST SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING (ROUGHLY 30 TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR). BEEN INTO THE DEALER NO LESS THAN… |
| 2007-10-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LINCOLN LS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE GOES INTO THE FAIL SAFE MODE WITHOUT WARNING… |
| 2007-02-16 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LINCOLN LS. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR AN OIL PAN GASKET LEAK. THE C… |
| 2006-08-04 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE ELEVATED FOL… |
| 2006-07-19 | SEATS | No | 0 | CLIPS HOLDING THE SEAT BACK IN PLACE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT SEAT FAILED, RESULTING IN THE ENTIRE SEAT BACK COMING … |
| 2006-05-24 | AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW | No | 0 | WE WERE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH ON I20 IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS LATE AT NIGHT WHEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE IMPACT AIR B… |
| 2006-04-21 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE HAD JUST BEEN PARKED WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED F… |
| 2006-03-10 | WHEELS | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LINCOLN LS. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO WOBBLE FROM SIDE TO SIDE. … |
| 2005-07-10 | STEERING | Yes | 0 | NUMEROUS RANDOM FAILURES INVOLVING DIFFERENT COMPUTERS WITHIN VEHICLE OVER 1-1/2 YEARS, INCLUDING FAILURE AND REPLACEME… |
| 2005-05-24 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT | No | 0 | DT: THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE HEAD RESTRAINTS ON THE CAR ARE TOO LARGE AND AS A RESULT THEY OBSTRUCT THE CONSUMER'S… |
| 2005-04-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LINCOLN LS. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE WHEELS FELL OFF THE VEHICLE AND THE LUG NUTS FELL OUT… |
| 2005-04-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WITH APPROX. 2300 MILES, TRANSMISSION WENT. TOOK 31 DAYS TO REPAIR. LESS THAN 50 MILES UPON IT'S RETURN, IT WENT AGAIN.… |
| 2004-08-01 | AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW | No | 1 | SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED IN PASSENGER SEAT WHILE CRUISING AT A SPEED OF APROX 65 MPH IN LEASED CAR. 2003 LINCOLN LS SEDAN… |