NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Lincoln LS Recalls
The 2000 Lincoln LS has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on November 3, 2000.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Lincoln LS. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 354
- Crashes reported
- 18
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2000 Lincoln LS, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2000 Lincoln LS
Suspension: front: control arm: lower ball joint
- Campaign
- 00V359001
- Reported
- November 3, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 82,300
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001 LS
2000 Lincoln LS complaints by year
NHTSA has received 354 owner complaints about the 2000 Lincoln LS, the newest on August 27, 2019. Of these, 18 describe a crash (5%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 11 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2000 Lincoln LS, the component group named most often is the suspension (35%), followed by the air bags (13%) and the engine and engine cooling (12%).
The 2000 Lincoln LS's only recall also concerns the suspension.
Where 2000 Lincoln LS owners gave the mileage (211 complaints), the median was 76,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Suspension123
- Air Bags47
- Engine And Engine Cooling42
- Power Train38
- Electrical System24
- Vehicle Speed Control22
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 22 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 37 | |
| 2002 | 16 | |
| 2003 | 33 | |
| 2004 | 42 | |
| 2005 | 38 | |
| 2006 | 24 | |
| 2007 | 26 | |
| 2008 | 33 | |
| 2009 | 18 | |
| 2010 | 18 | |
| 2011 | 9 | |
| 2012 | 9 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 8 | |
| 2015 | 10 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2000 Lincoln LS peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 42. 31% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Lincoln LS drew 2.8× the complaints of the median Lincoln LS year in the same window: 1st highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2000 one of the Lincoln LS years to avoid by our method.
The 354 complaints about the 2000 Lincoln LS are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Lincoln LS by model year
Other 2000 Lincoln models
Newest record on this page: August 27, 2019. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted