2003 Lincoln LS consumer reviews

After owning this Silver 2003 LS Sport V8 for a year, here is what had to be fixed. Car had 48k miles when we bought it, owned since new by an elderly couple in Southern California. It now has 62k miles. Transmission went out completely after less than 2500 miles, saw the trans pan come off, tranny was shot at 50k miles. 2003 & some 2004 had bad factory trans fluid in them, our fluid had never got replaced or missing additive added. If you buy a 03-04, flush ALL trans fluid out immediately. $2860 for a new remanufactured trans. Had to replace all of the cooling system PLASTIC parts, including hoses. This will happen to all LS's. When one part fails the others will fail soon also, replace them all at the same time, save yourself money/headaches. Replaced all the coils/plugs, original factory coils can go bad early, replace all or you'll be doing one at a time forever. Don't buy cheap after market coils, proven to fail soon on this car, stick to factory or top brand level replacements. We used Delphi, seems fine so far. A/C compressor went out, replaced that. PS pump had small leak when we bought it, replaced. Would we have bought it knowing all of this would happen, never. That being said the car handles, drives beautiful and has lots of power. Now getting 24-26 mpg hwy going 75 mph between LA & LV. We're now enjoying this Lincoln 'Jaguar' vehicle very much. Hopefully the nightmare part is over! I hope some of this helps you. Best of luck with yours. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *What I wrote right after buying our LS 1 year ago - Oct 1, 2016* We bought a 03' LS Sport V8 one owner with 48k miles for little money. It has brand new tires on it as well. It has great power & handling. Lots of bells and whistles. Only checked highway gas mileage once so far, disappointing 22mpg. Hopefully that will get a bit better. Running Mobil 1 oil as always. We'll keep our fingers crossed and hope some of the issues others have had do not occur. The bottom line is it's a great value for the money.

Awesome first car that looks so unassuming but offers a lot of performance for what you pay on the used market. This is a car that was sadly overlooked by the public and by Lincoln. I have owned two and absolutely love them. Transmission issues on the 2003 were rather troublesome. Also they eat coils and plugs.

We bought a 03' LS Sport V8 one owner with 48k miles for little money. It has brand new tires on it as well. It has great power & handling. Lots of bells and whistles. Only checked highway gas mileage once so far, disappointing 22mpg. Hopefully that will get a bit better. Running Mobil 1 oil as always. We'll keep our fingers crossed and hope some of the issues others have had do not occur. The bottom line is it's a great value for the money.

Bought used with 30k mi. handles and responds great. I have 66k mi. now and only replaced brakes.. From what I can see 2003 Ls models are getting upwards of 180k mi. relatively no major repairs.

Very disapointed with my lincoln. I have had nothing but trouble from the day I bought it. Timing chain rattles,Heater control valve went bad,radio stopped working and transmission quit.all this happened in less than 60 days.Shopped around and found thousands of people with many of the same issues.

Expensive to keep up, but it is comfortable and still looks good. Features are good and I expected to have problems with features first; however it was basics that gave me problems.

I've owned a number of great cars over the years, but none compare to the luxury styling, performance, options, and overall comfort of the Lincoln LS V8 Premium Sport! Cars I've owned: 2008 Chevy Malibu 2007 Cadillac CTS 2005 BMW 330Ci 2003 Nissan Xterra 2001 Chevy Camaro RS 1996 Chevy Blazer LS This Lincoln LS V8 is incredibly responsive! It's got great get up and go and handles much better than any car I've had. The luxury of the LS far surpasses that of the Cadillac CTS and the BMW (both of which are newer than the Lincoln), which stands to say that BMW and Cadillac are YEARS behind Lincoln when it comes to what matters and separates these luxury brands. Incredible buy! As a car enthusiast I'm sure I'll own other cars and other brands, but from here on out my garage will always have a Lincoln (unless I'm on the road enjoying it)!

We bought this car the day i got my permit when i was 15. I drove it every day until it got totaled when i was 19. Overall this is an amazing car with allot of option that i became accustom to, and it performs like a BMW. The only thing i didn't like was how extremely expensive it was to keep up. It's absolutely HORRIBLE in the winter(as expected from a V8 RWD car). The Catalytic Converter retails for 2300 dollars before labor! If i had the opportunity to buy another one i defiantly would knowing what to expect the second time.

This car drives like a sports car but feels like a luxury car. Everyone wants to drive it. I just bought my 2nd model with less mileage but will keep buying 2nd hand as they made the mistake of discontinuingthe LS. I did also have to replace the spendy coils at 60K, but it was worth it. It is my Baby.

Best daily driver I have ever owned. The room of a 7 series BMW, the performance of a 5 series and costs of a 3 series. Only downside is the high cost of parts/repairs from the rip off Ford dealerships.