2000 Lincoln LS: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Oct 25, 2015 · Acceleration, Brakes · 48,000 miles · CA

Randomly when applying the brakes the car accelerates instead of stopping. This is referred to as unintended acceleration. In some cases this happened on the freeway and others on city streets at very low speeds. Attached is my correspondence with ford over this matter. As you will see from the correspondence, these incidents occurred soon after I bought the vehicle in 2000 (first incident was in 2001) up until most recently, 2/28/2015. I'm uploading three documents: 1 - my initial to ford dated 08/23/2015 summarizing the entire episode of incidents 2 - the response letter from ford date 8/27/2015 3 - my final letter to ford dated 10/25/2015 asking them to pick up the car from my house.

Filed Mar 30, 2010 · 113,000 miles · DC

I have a 2000 lincoln ls 3.9l v8 with approximately 115,000 miles and I have been experiencing unintended acceleration in my vehicle. Although the experience is different than the toyotas that accelerated to 100+ MPH it may be able to provide some insight upon what is going on with the current problem at hand. First I have to note that my vehicle does not have a check engine light on and seems to be in good working order being that I drive it every day to and from school. I am very attached to my car and service it regularly. When I start my car put it in gear and press on the gas the car will start to rev uncontrollably and accelerate, I have to jam on the breaks to stop the vehicle while this is happening. When I jam the transmission into park the car continues to rev without input from me but the acceleration stops. The car has been to the dealership for a fuel injection service because I thought it may be the throttle getting stuck. To no avail it didnt solve my problem and I hope it can provide some insight to save lives.

Filed Mar 31, 2004 · Acceleration · 63,000 miles · TX

On three occasions, my 2000 lincoln ls (v6) had a sudden acceleration. The first two incidents happened on the highway. The last incident was on 03-29-04 in the city limit. I was driving down the street doing about 30 MPH when the traffic light turned red and the cars in front of me came to a stop. When I began to take my foot off of the accelerator, I felt the accelerator pedal go downward. The car began to increase speed without my foot on the accelerator. I placed my foot firmly on the brake pedal but the car would not stop. I tried pressing the brake pedal down as much as I could but the car would not stop. I shift the gear into park and then the car stopped.

Filed May 18, 2001 · Acceleration · IL · crash

Sudden acceleration while in stop and go heavy traffic. This caused vehicle to rear end another vehicle, no injury reported. Dealer / manufacturer notified, and still waiting for their response. * ak

Filed Feb 5, 2001 · Acceleration, Airbags · TN · crash

When driving 15-20 MPH and upon depressing brake pedal to make a gradual stop vehicle suddenly accelerated, causing an accident. Vehicle hit a brick wall in which driver's side and passenger's side air bags did not deploy. Consumer has contacted dealer.

Filed Feb 25, 2000 · Transmission · PA

While driving vehicle did not shift into gears properly, it would pause and suddenly jerk forward or surge forward which could cause a crash. Dealer could not determine the cause of the problem. *ak

Filed Feb 24, 2000 · Acceleration, Transmission · OH · crash

Vehicle experienced problems with sudden acceleration and jumping out of gear. Provide further details. *ak consumer ended up going through back wall of garage on one occasion, consumer states sometimes the rear tires would spin out of control even with foot on brake and the only way to stop sudden acceleration was to turn the ignition off, dealer convinced cosumer to lease another ls, however consumer is concerned what will happen with the other vehicle, if it would be sold and someone could be harmed.