2001 Lincoln LS: engine stalls while driving

9 of the 240 complaints about the 2001 Lincoln LS describe engine stalls while driving.

owner complaints: 9
of this car's complaints: 4%
typical mileage: 85,000
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 29 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Engine stalls while driving by model year

2006
3
2005
6
2004
16
2003
6
2002
9
2001
9
2000
20

What owners say

Filed Jan 26, 2018 · Body, Engine · 99,999 miles · NJ

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 lincoln ls. While driving 55 MPH, the engine overheated and stalled. Additionally, the contact stated that the driver's door handle fractured. The vehicle was taken to be diagnosed by an independent mechanic. The mechanic was unable to retrieve a fault code. The contact was informed that the antifreeze reservoir needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 99,999.

Filed Mar 23, 2012 · Steering, Suspension · 70,114 miles · IL

I was driving my car, after driving home from work (approx. 70 miles round-trip). While turning I heard a loud crunch and then felt a hard thud, my vehicle was difficult to steer, felt another crunch. I pulled into a parking stall, after parking my vehicle, another loud crunch, the driver's side wheel had fallen off and was wedged into the wheel well. On march 12th, 2012 my repair facility informed me about the items that need replaced: upper and lower left front ball joints, front outer tier rod ends, new fuel filter- damaged in the incident, two new tires & an alignment. I realized how lucky I was that this did not occur while driving down the road. I conducted google search on 2001 lincoln ls suspension problems, I was stunned on the amount of safety related hits out there (suspension related), I realized that this was not isolated to just my vehicle, there were pages-of-pages of people that experienced similar suspension problems with their 2001 lincolns. There was a suspension related recall: lincoln / ls 2000-2001, ford motor company, date: nov 01, 2000 the federal safety agency campaign id number: 00v359001 n/a the federal safety agency action number: n/a component: suspension: front: control arm: lower ball joint, number of affected: 82,300 summary: vehicle description: passenger vehicles. The front suspension lower ball joints were not tightened to specifications when they were attached to the lower control arms. Consequence: 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. Remedy: dealers 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.

Filed Jan 3, 2011 · Engine · 126,000 miles · OH

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 lincoln ls. The contact stated while driving approximately 50 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who informed the contact that he would need to replace the engine due to the timing chain tensioner being fractured. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 126,000. The VIN was unavailable. Updated 04/15/11*lj updated 12/19/2011

Filed Aug 6, 2008 · Engine · 85,000 miles · AL

2001 lincoln ls with v8. Vehicle had 70,000 miles when purchased one year ago, now has 102,000. I have had multiple engine misfires (which causes the vehicle to stall or sputter during acceleration,) which resulted in me having to replace the coil on plug assemblies and spark plugs. The reason these coil packs go bad is because of a defective valve cover gasket, which leads to oil getting in the spark plug wells. Ford has recognized the valve cover gaskets from the factory are faulty, because the replacement gaskets they manufacture are made of a better material. There should be a recall on both valve cover gaskets and the coil on plug assemblies. I noticed that the ford thunderbirds use the same 3.9l v8 engine, has the same problem, and ford has issued a recall for the valve cover gaskets on these engines, just not for the lincoln ls.

Filed Aug 29, 2005 · Engine · 57,000 miles · GA

Stalling at idle, engine codes 171,174 both banks lean fuel mixture. Repaired at dealer $450 for pvc hose failure. Others have the same failure.

Filed Jun 8, 2002 · Electrical, Engine · CA

Vehicle experiences stalling and at times will not start, dealer can not remedy problem.

Filed Jan 3, 2002 · Electrical, Engine · MS · crash

Engine stalled during normal operation of the vehicle while traveling approximately 45 MPH. Consumer lost control before traveling into a ditch. Dealership has examined vehicle and determined that alternator failed which resulted in stalling of engine. Please provide any additional information / documentation. *note: engine was previously replaced in september 2001 due to an unknown problem.

Filed Jul 13, 2001 · Electrical, Transmission · FL

Instrument panel was defective. Rpms and speed gauges would start turning/ radio suddenly shut off, and the vehicle would stall from time to time.

Filed Jul 11, 2001 · Engine · FL

Intermittently at speeds of 45mph and higher vehicle will stall out and die without warning. Dealer has inspected vehicle several times, and could not duplicate or correct the problem. Please provide additional information.