2000 Lincoln LS consumer reviews

This car had all the bells and whistles ever put on a car, and I owned it for 8 years. Loved it! But, in the winter, being a rear wheeler, I needed an all wheel drive car as I live on a hill. Otherwise, never a problem!

Didn't really had any major problems with the car like the engine or transmission, the only problems were the coils that were the originals that came with it in 2000 and I bought the car in 2012, but I change the coils myself really easy to paid $5500 for the car in 2012 the someone crashed into me in 2015 and was declared total loss and I got for the car 4500 and kept it until for another year and then I bought a 2007 mkz, and sold my to a friend the someone rear ended him and he got another 3100 dollars for it.

car has l;ots of flaws, but looks good and nice to drive. a.c. went out took me 3 mechanics and lots of money and Freon to find only a SCHARDER VALVE/ to blame. water pump out for $503 doller bill. cruise control out, mechanic says cost more than car is worth to fix. replaced spark plug and coil to get miss out of engine. car is crouded and low to ground, over engeneered and difficult to work on. have to be a midget to get at fuse boxes, parts are spendy, and sometimes hard to find, and more expensive. towncars are your best bet...

like other reviews say, it indeed requires a bit of cash to throw out, but it depends if you were the unlucky one for particular model, specially V8 ones has more issues then V6. After 8 years of driving i finally throw in 700$ for gaskets and sparkplug boots, changed 3 window regulars and not long ago replaced driver door handle for the second time haha. Bought it with 63k miles on it and now its at 162k miles and in those 8 years of driving(daily highway driving) to work havent did any major work to it. Probably would end up trading for same model just lower miles on it since im so used to it. Yes radio screen went out but it doesnt matter since i installed that iphone ipod output so radio isnt used no more. But mostly was only all liquid flush jobs and regular maintenances thats all, tune ups etc. spent maybe under 3000$ for total repairs in those 8 years. All cars go bad but not that bad as mine haha.

JUNK LINCOLN, COSTLY TO MAINTAIN. DOOR WINDOW REGULATORS JUNK, DOOR HANDLES JUNK. COIL ON PLUGS & VALVE COVER GASKETS JUNK.

The car is not so bad however, it has dozens of little minor flaws that no matter how you fix it, it's going to fail again before you think. Clock spring in the steering wheel being one of the most prominent. Lets not forget window motors and regulators, about every two years. I wouldn't mind so much, but its a lincoln so everything for this car costs 20% more at the least.

The car is certainly a great looking vehicle with excellent appearance and comfort. They have a good safety rating and the 50/50 weight distribution means they handle well. Power from the V8 is more than adequate. The downside is that these things have a laundry list of known common problems and none of them are cheap to fix. List of things we fixed during the 7 years of ownership of this vehicle: Window regulators (all of them, $300 a piece) Valve cover gaskets (expensive labor) which then also ruined: Coil packs ($500), spark plugs($100), and catalytic converters ($1000) Front ball joints (have to buy entire lower arm (over $500 ea)) The radio display went out ($350) Overengineered Hydraulic cooling fan pump ($500 + $200 hose + labor). completely unnecessary, whats wrong w/ an elec fan? Air bag light came on, this was actually caused by the exit assist (seat goes back when you take key out). The back and forth movement broke the wire to the side unit. I fixed this myself, just make sure you know what you are doing! The stuff that was wrong that wasnt fixed: Chased a random no start condition (appeared related to security system in the car). Multiple tows from this trying to be able to get a shop to reproduce the problem Unsolved random battery drain. The heat / ac system was starting to go out (flapper door / vacuum unit under dash). Heat elemnets in the seats quit working Water gets in headlights Worn sway bar bushings caused knocking sound, they dont sell the bushings you have to buy whole sway bar, labor is ridiculous also. All the chrome over plastic pieces started to delaminate. Its a nice looking, comfortable, powerful and good handling car, but keeping it going was just too expensive. Many of the problems are because of bad design and things like the valve cover gaskets should have been covered by a recall but were not.

I bought this car through cars.com with 41,000 miles on it, 5 years ago, sight unseen. It's been a solid, reliable, and very comfortable daily commuter and now has 135,000 miles. Other than normal maintenance items like brakes and tires, it's rarely been in the shop. Now I'm looking for another one, and may give this one to my daughter!

Great car overall. I have owned 3 LS's now. A 2000, 2002 and a 2006. Lincoln had some issues with ignition coils and cheap interior materials on the earlier models. But for the money, you cant beat the near perfect weight ballance, V8 power and rear wheel drive. This car is a blast to drive. It's too bad Lincoln replaced the LS with the front wheel drive V6 MKS. They just dont compare in driving dynamics. Plus, the LS had much better looks that the current line of Lincolns.

I have owned this car for 7 yrs and never had a major problem. Love the performance of a V8. Love the style and comfort.