2000 Lincoln LS Brakes Problems

“Randomly when applying the brakes the car accelerates instead of stopping. This is referred to as unintended acceleration. In some cases this happened on the freeway and others on city streets at very low speeds. Attached is my correspondence with ford over this matter. As you will see from the correspondence, these incidents occurred soon after I bought the vehicle in 2000 (first incident was in 2001) up until most recently, 2/28/2015. …”

“Wife driving, I'm passenger. Applied brakes, helf firmly, went thru stop sign. Lucky ! Next, at red light, car quickly lurched forward but was able to brake before hitting car in front. Reported this to the dealership. They reported back that they looked for any such problems in their computer system and there was none. This is most frightening. What should I do?”

“I brought a 2000 Lincoln LS from a dealer by the name of import auto sales located at 589 e 32nd st. Paterson new jersey 07513. When I was taken for a test drive by the salesman I question him on a squeaky bumpy noise on the front side of the car . He told me that the tires needed air and the road in this area is very bumpy. To later find out that on that model car there was a ball joints recall . Before I found out thru the website google about the recall I took it to a repair shop ( Lincoln ford dealer ) and the price they gave me was $4,000 including labor. …”

“The contact owns a 2000 Lincoln LS. The contact shifted from park to reverse while parked on a flat surface. The vehicle began to roll backwards while the brake pedal was depressed. The vehicle did not stop until the gear was shifted into park. The vehicle has not been inspected by a dealer. The current and failure mileages were 29,688.”

“The contact owns a 2000 Lincoln LS. The contact stated that she would repeatedly feel abnormal bouncing while driving various speeds. Secondly, when applying pressure to the brake pedal, she would hear a loud squealing noise accompanied with mild sliding. There were no warning indicators illuminated on the instrument panel prior to the failures. She took the vehicle to the dealer on numerous occasions and the brakes were replaced four times within one year. As of march 10, 2009, all the remedies have been insufficient in resolving the failures. …”