My daughter was a restrained driver on a highway ---in rush hour traffic, moving about 55mph. The car in front of her braked suddenly and when my daughter pushed on the brake it went to the floor and she had no brakes. She clipped that car rear end and swerved right'hitting a second car as she got to the shoulder. She scrapped along the metal rail for a distance and then went off the road in to a gully and hit a pole and an dirt embankment. Both air bags deployed. The light pole did not look damaged, I think the pole must have had a large cement base, based on the extent and shape of the front end damage. The car is totaled. The air bags did a great job. She has a bad sprain on her ankle that she was trying to brake with and sore everywhere. A family member works at ford . He asked me to check the brake fluid since both front and rear brakes failed. I checked the brake peddle and it went to the floor without any resistance. I checked the brake reservoir and it was full. My family member told me to submit this report.
Lincoln LS brake failure problems
19 of the 982 owner complaints about the Lincoln LS describe brake failure, most of them for the 2002 model year.
- owner complaints
- 19
- worst model year
- 2002
- typical mileage
- 60,000
By model year
- 20051
- 20044
- 20032
- 20027
- 20013
- 20002
Often reported together
Grinding brakes 3ABS 2Sudden acceleration 1Power windows 1Engine failure 1No deployment 1
What owners say
While driving 35 MPH on the truman parkway the car suddenly accelerated as fast as it would go. Brakes failed and car went out of control. After avoiding to hit 5 o6 cars it side swiped another car then veered to the right and came to a stop on a wet grassy area. In 2 previous incidents the engine revved up at a red light and I almost hit the car in front of me.
While driving 35 MPH on the parkway the car accelorated as far as it would go, brakes failed and car went out of control and side swiped another car then went on a grassy strip and came to a stop.
No brakes till engine warms up. Pedal good but no brakes. New pads and rotors. No idiot lite. Mechanic can't figure out why it does this.
On a 2003 lincoln ls, the brakes have failed to engage properly about a dozen times over the past 2 years. Each time, the pavement is dry and free of debris or gravel. With each incident, there has been a 25%-75% loss of braking power with a grating, or metal-on-metal, sound coming from the front end. We have brought the car to three dealerships and one independent mechanic to try to resolve this, but none have been able to find the problem. With each incident, the car has not illuminated any warning lights, nor have the lights indicating engagement of ABS/traction control illuminated. The obdii module has no codes related to these failures. Although we have had no injuries due to this, twice now the car has been unable to stop at stop signs and gone completely through an intersection. We have been unable to determine what conditions trigger the brake failure. Research on the internet (searching "lincoln ls noise brakes" or "lincoln ls brake failure") indicate a number of other people with the same symptoms, and in each case, it appears no mechanical cause has been found.
2005 lincoln ls with brake failure . Customer states the vehicle stopped when the she hit the accelerator. Computer display showed service etc soon, and the parking brake warning light was on. *kb the consumer attempted to move the vehicle out of the lane of travel using the emergency brake release and the gear shift lever to release the brake but could not move the vehicle except to the side of the road with an extreme bucking motion. The consumer turned off the ignition and restarted the vehicle and the error messages were gone, and the vehicle drove normally. The consumer checked the vehicle and noticed the brakes and rotors were extremely hot. The consumer took the vehicle to the dealer, however they were unable to duplicate the problem the consumer experienced. The consumer stated the road was dry and there was no loose gravel that should have caused the anti-lock brakes to activate. *jb the consumer stated the same problem persists with brakes locking and the engine lost all throttle response, the vehicle was towed to the dealer and the dealer replaced the throttle positioning sensor.
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 lincoln ls. The contact stated that the throttle body assembly, which leads from the accelerator to the motor, completely fell apart. As a result, the vehicle shut off and the accelerator pedal went all the way to the floor. She was able to coast to the side of the road. She took the vehicle to the dealer and they stated that in order to repair the component, the entire unit needed to be replaced. A police report was filed. In addition the contact heard the sound of glass cracking when attempting to roll up the window. She stated that the window fell down into the door panel. The dealer stated that nothing could be done because it was not under warranty. As a result, the replacer unit of the automatic windows unit was replaced. The contact also stated that the coil that leads to the transmission needed to be replaced, however, the warranty was expired. The current mileage is 110,000 and failure mileage was 90,000.
2004 lincoln ls has had 4 brake failures in less than 2 years. There is a possible defect per the consumer. *ts ***nar*** the consuemr also experienced an ingition/starter problem withthe vehicel on 2/4/2006.
Your driving along , the car slow down there is a metal to metal noise, traction light comes on, you step on the brake and the pedal goes to the floor. Came to close to having an accident' I or my wife took the car to the dealer they say they can not duplicate the problem. The car spent more than 2 months at the dealership.
Brake failure. After 36 months of leasing a 2002 lincoln ls, my wife and I purchased the vehicle with it having approximately 28,000 miles in september 2005. In december of that year with less than 30,000 miles, my wife had a minor traffic accident when while braking the car failed to stop. The brakes had been serviced in august for a squeal. There was no excessive wear but the rotors were re-surfaced. Prior to this incident there had been no other braking problems.
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The model years with the most reports are 2002 (7 complaints), 2004 (4 complaints) and 2001 (3 complaints).
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