Lincoln LS: rapid acceleration problems????
emontgomery
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My mother owns a 2002+/- Lincoln ls v8 that has just about every option. She tells me that every once in a while the car will accelerate by itself and the only way she can stop it is to slam the car in park. I would say driver error but the same thing happened when my sister was driving the car. The dealer says they have never heard of such a thing and there is nothing they can do.
Has anyone ever heard of such a thing, offer an opinion as to what it might be or how to fix it. I NEED SOME HELP!!!
Has anyone ever heard of such a thing, offer an opinion as to what it might be or how to fix it. I NEED SOME HELP!!!
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2006 LINCOLN LS..LOADED..
I've just experienced a similar problem with my 1994 Lexus. Dropping off my child, I put the car in Park, only to have the engine start accelerating and decelerating repeatedly. On the drive home - fortunately in the neighborhood - the car accelerated by itself with me "riding the brake" to keep it slowed down, while at the same time the dash went completely dark - no lights, radio - the windows moving very slowly.
At home when I turned the ignition on and off again, the lights worked though the ignition continued to race, then off and not on again. It was completely dead. Then a few minutes later it once again cranked.
The next day I had my ex drive it to the shop, where we were told there was a severe electircal problem and in fact smoke coming from the dash during their diagnostic. we were advised to tow - not drive - it to the dealer an hour away.
I've decided instead to junk the car. It was to go to my 17 year old daughter and I'm not taking any chances. I paid 4K for it 2 yrs ago and its just not worth an expensive timely repair - especially when I've read all over the net regarding similar problems - and as a single Mom I can't afford to be without a dependable car.
This was a great car until this happened. had over 150K on it with no other problems while I owned it.
Hope this helps.
Thank you SO much for your input concerning your 1994 Lexus
acceleration problem. Although this was a frightening and now costly experience for you, I'm glad to hear that no injuries or property damage occurred. I'm still on my own private "campaign" to find a resolution to my Lexus uncontrolled acceleration problem. The car came back from the body shop just last week (almost two months), but it "sits" in my driveway as I'm afraid to drive it again. At my request, The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration sent me copies of similar reports throughout the years of the same problem involving the Lexus SC 400 model.... imagine how many other reports there must be concerning OTHER Lexus models....and other car manufacturers, we well! Imagine also, how many people just NEVER TOOK THE TIME TO FILE A REPORT! At first, my calls and certified letter to the Lexus Corporation in California requesting a specialized diagnostic inspection resulted in a reply that they were sorry but "we must decline any assistance in this matter". However, more persistence has resulted in a scheduled inspection next week by the Lexus' traveling diagnostic technicians at my closest dealer. At this point, I'm grateful for this latest development and hope that this team will find and replace the problem part. I suspect a computer/electronic malfunction (throttle?); however, the problem is intermittent. However, I'm certain that no one from Lexus would want their wife or mom driving MY car after KNOWING its history and, hopefully, will be considerate of my well-being also. Before you junk your Lexus, perhaps, you should pursue this also although I realize that working, single moms don't have the luxury of extra time to devote to such time-consuming matters. Anyway, thank you again for sharing your experience on this website.
No one seems to know what the problem could be. My Lincoln dealer has attempted to repair it 3 times and another mechanic couldn't figure it out. The challenge is that they can't duplicate the behavior. The dealer was only able to do it once. My other mechanic suspects a computer may be causing it.
They changed the air bypass valve and it stopped for a few weeks. Second, they changed the O2 sensor which had no affect. Lastly, they changed the same valve and it worked for a week or so.
It's been doing this for months, but now it's causing the temperature gauge to red-line. (But, my mechanic told me that it wasn't over heating.)
I like my car, but I don't know what to do about this problem.
1) Your post appears to have nothing to do with rapid acceleration, which is the topic here.
2) You've posted the same message 3-5 times on various Lincoln LS boards. Be advised than only a few people read anything that has to do with the LS, and we read everything that has to do with the LS. Reading & re-reading the same message is not a good thing. I think they call it cross-posting. It's discouraged.
Welcome to acquiring an excellent car that is no longer supported by anyone or anything. There's a reason it was cheap when you bought it.
Have the brakes checked, and also make sure the floor mat wasn't in the way. Otherwise it was simply driver error.
As soon as the dealer body shop repairs the car, they are sending it to a Lincoln testing center to check this out.
any power. The Ford Dealer replaced the throttle body and a month later my
car had an untintentional acceleration problem. I was parking and my car surged into a building when putting on the brake. I was already slowing the car down as you do when you park and it accelerated into the building causing excessive damage to the front of my car. Luckily there were no people sitting on the bench in front of the building where my car crashed. I haven't had the car all that long and traded my old car in only because it had higher miles and wasn't comfortable taveling alone in it. Wow, I don't know what to say. I guess it doesn't matter how new or how many miles you might have on a car regarding the safety of it. I hope Ford will stand behind their product.
What you're saying is there was an electronic glitch at the exact same time that you pressed the brake pedal AND the brakes did not stop the car. Way too much coincidence. Pedal misapplication happens all the time and is the far more probable explanation.
Perhaps you're too young to remember Audi in the 1980s?
I own a 2002 Lincoln LS, have for the duration of this vehicle been the main driver. I have in the last couple years had this same problem, I have taken it to mechanics with the response "bring it in when it is doing it", I've shown up with it happening, and they can't find a problem. It is not a steady problem, can do it regularly for weeks and then seems to go away and next thing you know it's back. My son is now driving the car. He has the problem on and off, no warning and it kicks in accelerates and LITERALLY GOES ON ITS OWN. We have found if you place the car in neutral, press the accelerator and accelerate driving up the RPMs and then place foot on the brake and return to drive, for some reason it stops. This seems to work best when it happens, however, it does not make the problem go away just a temporary fix. It is very frightening and the first time someone new has it happen, they are shocked at how the car really just wants to surge on its own without touching the gas pedal.
My father, uncles, son, mechanics have all now seen this happen and cannot determine what is the cause (after many replacement parts and charges for diagnostic tests). Thank you to the individual that mentioned the wires and the wires that are connected to the idle control sensor, I will have someone look into this on the car and maybe, just maybe we have found the problem. Thanks again, I hope this helps others out there. We also have enjoyed our Lincoln LS until this happened. Also, if you have the vehicle run rough and miss, we have replaced all the coil packs on this car and some multiple times...it is also a problem with the Lincoln LS, be prepared they all go eventually on this car and seem to be a problem.