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should I buy a 2004 Lincoln LS car with V6 and 113,000 miles
should I buy a 2004 Lincoln LS car with V6 and 113,000 miles as my first car?
It looks good shaped and the owner said he just changed the coil and plug at 100k miles. asked for 5,500. I am just worried about the comon problems this car would have:
The ignition coil not work£¨COPs (coil on plug ignition)£©
Window regulators the passenger side automatic window unit not work
Transmission valve body (The transmission shifting hard or clunking)
Leaky valve cover gaskets (think this was a V8 issue mainly)
Front swaybar and ball joints
I will try to do a mechanic check before I decide to buy it or not. I am wondering the above possible problems could be easily figured out by a normal mechanic check.
Thanks.
It looks good shaped and the owner said he just changed the coil and plug at 100k miles. asked for 5,500. I am just worried about the comon problems this car would have:
The ignition coil not work£¨COPs (coil on plug ignition)£©
Window regulators the passenger side automatic window unit not work
Transmission valve body (The transmission shifting hard or clunking)
Leaky valve cover gaskets (think this was a V8 issue mainly)
Front swaybar and ball joints
I will try to do a mechanic check before I decide to buy it or not. I am wondering the above possible problems could be easily figured out by a normal mechanic check.
Thanks.
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The coils were a huge problem. One was misfiring which prevented me from accelerating normally. Long story short, I had to replace two coils separately (around $300 each trip). The mechanic told me that there really isn't any way of knowing how many coils you will need to replace--sometimes only a few a faulty. I ended up having ALL of mine replaced---over $2000 worth of work. I have had no problems since (this was about two years ago), but that REALLY sucked. I wouldn't purchase this car unless all of the coils have been replaced.
That is the only major problem I've had with this car. It drives great and handles very well. Once I hit about 112,000 miles, things on the interior have started to fail on me (have replaced the window regulator--$600, my automatic locks went out literally yesterday, stereo will not read CDS as of last year, glove compartment latch gave out recently, and I just spent $1200 fixing the AC). I will take the blame for the glove compartment latch--I'm sure I slam it shut too often.
The LS is a nice car, but I would just be very prepared to pay to replace a lot of the interior features if you choose to buy it. I haven't had a lot of luck!