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Lincoln LS: rapid acceleration problems????

38 messages,  Last post on Oct 26, 2011 at 12:57 PM

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#24 of 38 Re: Uncontrolled Rapid Acceleration [fbassi] by diloa

Mar 20, 2008 (10:59 pm)

Replying to: fbassi (Feb 21, 2008 4:51 am)
I have a 2002 lincoln LS V6 my problem is when i Accelerate it seems like there is no power the car will shif fine but as if there is something stoping it from accelerating smooth i will pull over and trun the it off couple times and its smooth again so thats whats killing right now and all i been doing is spending money and taking it to diffrent mechanics every body at the local Lincoln dealership knows me now i spend about $3800 on trying to fix this problem and still dose that ive had the car for 3 years now and spend over $8000 on it and i am getting to realize buying this car was a big mistake and if anyone knows what it could be please let me know or other wise i will just sell it i am sick of it and its sad because i loved the LS when they first came out and still think it was best styling american car ever had oh well i guess i will just go and get a new toyota camry my old 1992 camry still runs like a dream even though i put 220,000 miles on it thats a car not LS

#25 of 38 Re: Uncontrolled Rapid Acceleration [diloa] by akirby

Mar 21, 2008 (7:18 am)

Replying to: diloa (Mar 20, 2008 10:59 pm)
I have no idea what you just said. Try using a period every now and then.

#26 of 38 Re: Uncontrolled Rapid Acceleration [diloa] by brucelinc

Mar 21, 2008 (10:19 am)

Replying to: diloa (Mar 20, 2008 10:59 pm)
If I were you I would sell the LS and get a toyota but I am not you so I probably would not do that but if I had a 1992 Camry that ran like a dream I might just keep it and cut the top off the ls and plant flowers in it but that would be pretty silly so maybe you should have a heart to heart talk with the Lincoln dealer service manager and point out that they have not fixed the problem and dont they guarantee their work most dealers try to satisfy good customers and I find it incredible that anyone would spend $3800 chasing a problem that sounds simple enough for a good tech to diagnose

#27 of 38 Re: Uncontrolled Rapid Acceleration [brucelinc] by jeyhoe

Mar 21, 2008 (10:39 am)

Replying to: brucelinc (Mar 21, 2008 10:19 am)
Good answer .

#28 of 38 Re: Uncontrolled Rapid Acceleration [brucelinc] by akirby

Mar 21, 2008 (1:46 pm)

Replying to: brucelinc (Mar 21, 2008 10:19 am)
I have no idea what you just said. Try using a period every now and then.
 
 

#30 of 38 acceleration problem Lincoln MKZ by jron1

Jul 09, 2008 (6:52 am)

My wife pulled into a diagonal parking space and as she came to a stop, the car suddenly surged forward went over the curbing and the sidewalk and hit the wall of a commercial building. I have heard of these type acceleration problems with other makes. Any info on this car? It is a 2007 year model.

#31 of 38 Re: acceleration problem Lincoln MKZ [jron1] by akirby

Jul 09, 2008 (7:25 am)

Replying to: jron1 (Jul 09, 2008 6:52 am)
Sorry, but all credible information related to unintended acceleration points to driver error - hitting the accelerator instead of or in addition to the brake pedal. If the driver's foot was really on the brake, then it should have stopped the car even if the throttle was wide open. Try it yourself - put the car in gear, hold the brake and nail the gas pedal - it won't move.
 
Have the brakes checked, and also make sure the floor mat wasn't in the way. Otherwise it was simply driver error.

#32 of 38 Re: acceleration problem Lincoln MKZ [akirby] by jron1

Jul 26, 2008 (8:49 am)

Replying to: akirby (Jul 09, 2008 7:25 am)
This was a diagonal parking space on a one way narrow street. When she pulled into thespot and tires rested on the curb, she removed her foot from the brake. This is when the car accelerated quickly, jumped the curb and hit a building.
 
As soon as the dealer body shop repairs the car, they are sending it to a Lincoln testing center to check this out.

#33 of 38 Re: Uncontrolled Rapid Acceleration [diloa] by brom4880

Jan 17, 2011 (10:44 pm)

Replying to: diloa (Mar 20, 2008 10:59 pm)
Hi! I'm not sure if this will be of value to anyone, but thought I would mention it on here. My son is a mechanic and he's really good at fixing electrical problems. He was working on someone's Lincoln LS that was having acceleration problems where it would rev and then just take off intermittently and no one had been able to find the problem after going to several mechanics. I don't know if this could be causing problems for other people (and in other types of cars), but my son said it was really hard to find. He discovered in the middle back of the engine a little toward the passenger seat due to the tie rod being on top that when you turn the wheel it would rub up against wires that were connected to the idle control sensor. He said this would only happen on cars with the tie rod on top. These wires were frayed and shorting and were thus falsely sensing the idle position to be open all the way so the car would take off. He just taped them and the problem stopped. Just wanted to post FYI in case this helps someone else. Hopefully I explained it so that someone can understand because I'm not a mechanic and this was my understanding of what he said. DJ

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