NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Lincoln LS Recalls
The 2005 Lincoln LS has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on March 18, 2005.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 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
- 90
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 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 2005 Lincoln LS
Fuel system, gasoline: storage
- Campaign
- 05V113000
- Reported
- March 18, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 56
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2005 Lincoln LS complaints by year
NHTSA has received 90 owner complaints about the 2005 Lincoln LS, the newest on April 11, 2023. Of these, 4 describe a crash (4%); owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Lincoln LS, the component group named most often is the electrical system (23%), followed by the power train (19%) and the engine and engine cooling (14%).
The 2005 Lincoln LS's only recall does not concern the electrical system.
Where 2005 Lincoln LS owners gave the mileage (80 complaints), the median was 59,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System21
- Power Train17
- Engine And Engine Cooling13
- Air Bags10
- Engine9
- Vehicle Speed Control9
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 20 | |
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 15 | |
| 2013 | 10 | |
| 2014 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Lincoln LS peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 20. 17% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Lincoln LS drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Lincoln LS year in the same window: 6th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2005 one of the three best-measured Lincoln LS years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
The 90 complaints about the 2005 Lincoln LS are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Lincoln LS by model year
Other 2005 Lincoln models
Newest record on this page: April 11, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted