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Did you have a soda or coffee spill in the console?
gunnersmate-I'm glad to read that you got your LS grin back. You deserve to keep it for awhile. I'll keep this problem to myself.
I imagine what you are seeing is a fluke and would certainly be covered under warranty. I love the SST and use just about every time I take the car out. I checked the TSB's for the 03 and did see one for the PCM reflash as follows:
Article No.
03-15-8
08/04/03
TRANSMISSION - 5R55S - HARSH SHIFTS - VEHICLES
BUILT BETWEEN 11/18/2002 AND 5/17/2003 ONLY
let us know what they find out after you go in for service.
Glad to have the grin back as well and appreciate your sympathy for a lack of better terminology.
The lights are held up by flimsy plastic tabs. How long will the other one last?
oh well...
Nope - no need to order parts for my fix...
I would like to take this opportunity to thank those engineers that worked on the Lic Plate lights. Bravo Zulu.
Been there and done that an have many others. If you want a budget tire that grips well and wears well check out the Kumho Ecsta 711. I have enjoyed some of the finest ramps that ingress and egress the I-4 and I-75 corridors exceeding the posted values that indicate lawful local motion of a motor vehicle all while enjoying a pleasant ambient cabin noise level and being fiscally responsible at the same time. No person should be able to enjoy such a pleasurable experience alone, which I why I shared this information with you.
At any rate.... I have the 245/45/17 in the ecsta 711's and have used the 712's before but they are not as economical but are exponentially better on the road.
As far as the lug nuts go I highly recommend that you ask the folks at www.classicdesignconcepts.com if they have any more left over from the LSE wheels they sold a few months back. I do not know of any other source than that. I check several auto parts stores for different breaker bars and non of them fit. The aluminum cap over the lugs prevent the breaker bar from fitting properly.
sorry you had to learn the hard way.
Only problem is that the stock lug wrench doesn't fit the hex. I threw my 4-ended cross wrench into the trunk, and that solved it for me. It may or may not be worth $50 - 60 to you to fix (plus the cost of a different wrench), but it can be done.
And yes, it's a very well known problem. Yet another cut corner on what's otherwise mostly a fine vehicle.
When the club members started buying these en masse I'm sure the Chrysler parts guys were scratching their heads and thinking they had a quality control problem.
Why were my nuts (so to speak) in so much better condition? Because I've never let anyone with an air wrench anywhere near my vehicle. The only time the wheels have come off my car, I took them off. No dealer or tire shop has ever touched my cars nuts.
FWIW.
Plus the dealer nvere has to remove the wheels with oem tools. I bet if the tech had to use the same tools we do that problem would have been nipped in the bud within the first year.
Thanks
I find it hard to believe that mine is an isolated case for either the oil or the the tranny for the 00 V6 Sport.
I learned of my oil problem from the other board years back. I thought I had a leak and read where another member had the same problem. You might not have personally read it but it has been stated.
The simple fact that tunes ups arent required till 100k minimizes the potential for discovery in itself.
The diagnoses of my oil problem lead my my getting at tune up at around 45k miles becasue they already had the intake deconstructed. I saved a few hundred bucks becasue the warranty covered gasket issue.
I am not a lounge lizard when I go infor service. I have the cell phone numbers of both the techs that work on my car. I believe the problem is systemic and is under reported due to the service intervals and difficulties run into, esp for the V6, when probing. It is easy to check the drivers side and just becasue one has gone doesn't mean the other side is clean and clear.
I don't want a false sense of safety to turn around and bite these folks. really what I want people to do is ask questions and visit the dealer and have them check once the mileage gets high or before the warranty expires. It can save them thousands.
IMHO...Board participation should be mandatory for owners. And if they don't have a PC then they should be independently surveyed when they hit the dealer for service.
The reason I think it should be independent is because I have never ever ever ever recvd a survey from Lincoln or Ford for any of the repairs and service I have had peformed.
Really enjoy how the car rides. Have had the common issues settled in the past, transmission reflash, rear window regulators, CV boots, ball joints, etc. It has been trouble free for some time. Now there are some new problems. I remember some earlier posts about the heated seats. My driver seat heater is dead. The dealer quotes a cost of nearly $400, most of it for labor. What has been your experience? Just recently my photochromic rearview mirror has lost its coating and no longer works. Has this been a big problem? Could not find posts on this. Quote for this job is $220. Is this out of line? Like I said, I love the way it handles, but I am building a new car piece by piece, and it is getting pretty expensive! Welcome any comments or insights.
Apparently the seat has to come out and it is no easy task. You could probably do the job but i would let them do this one.
The mirro on my LS has gone out before, fotuneately under warranty as were the heating elements. You could buy the mirror. at fordpartsonline.com, choose collision in the drop down on the main page, really cheap and replace it yourself. You might be offended by what they, the dealer, wants to charge you after you see how much the mirror is.
Both are fairly common in my book others may have faired better than we.
I don't remember CV boots being a common problem at all, and the ball joints were just a recall for a torque problem.
Thanks,
pcurtis
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Say do you folks know of a Silver Star replacement for the 00 Fog Lights?
Thanks,
Pete
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I Just bought a 2000 Linc LS V6 with a mileage 25,700. Everything is in excellent condition except tires. Three of four tired wear out to 5 or 6 according to dealer. I got ruuning noise, (regular bumping) for this. Dealer suggestted me to change tires. Is this normal for the original Continental ContiTouringContact CH95, 215/60HR16. Should I buy new tire from Continental, or swich to other manufacturer, like Michelin. Safety is my priority than performance. Thanks.