Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

2000 Lincoln LS

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
354
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
270
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

354 filed
18
Crashes
1
Fires
11
Injuries reported
1
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER Ball Joint
    73
  • AIR Bags
    28
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    27
  • Suspension
    26
  • SUSPENSION:FRONT
    23
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    17
  • Engine AND Engine Cooling
    17
  • VISIBILITY:POWER Window Devices AND Controls
    15

Recalls

1 campaign
00V359001·SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT2000-11-03

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. THE FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE NOT TIGHTENED TO SPECIFICATIONS WHEN THEY WERE ATTACHED TO THE LOWER CONTROL ARMS.

RiskIF 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.

FixDEALERS WILL INSPECT THE TORQUE ON THE TWO BALL JOINT ATTACHING NUTS. VEHICLES WITH LOOSE BALL JOINT ATTACHING NUTS WILL EITHER HAVE THE FASTENERS TIGHTENED TO SPECIFICATION, OR IF NECESSARY, THE BALL JOINTS WILL BE REPLACED.

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