Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

2001 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
240
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
135
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Not rated
Frontal
Not rated
Side
Not rated
Rollover
Not rated

Consumer complaints

240 filed
20
Crashes
1
Fires
13
Injuries reported
1
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER Ball Joint
    67
  • Suspension
    23
  • AIR Bags
    22
  • SUSPENSION:FRONT
    21
  • VISIBILITY:POWER Window Devices AND Controls
    10
  • Steering
    10
  • Engine AND Engine Cooling
    9
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    8

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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