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2005 Lincoln LS electrical system problems

21 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electrical system on the 2005 Lincoln LS23% of all complaints for this model year.

21
Electrical System complaints
23%
share of all complaints
62,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
1 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Car accident with full left side impaction door will not open doors will not open and I was not able to move out of my seat and yet I was stuck behind the steering wheel behind smashed impacted buckled, steering wheel did not deploy the airbags

    filed Apr 11, 2023

  • Coils keep failing on low mileage car. Electrical issues with various components and security alarm goes off many times each day.

    filed May 19, 2017

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Related service bulletins

  • Ford/lincoln mercury: certain 2003-2005 model year lincoln ls and ford thunderbird vehicles equipped with 3.9l engine with extended warranty coverage on ignition coil assemblies and on 2003 my vehicles only , engine…

    CSP 07M07 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued May 20, 2008
All 2005 Lincoln LS TSBs →

Electrical System problems in other LS years

YearReportsShare
2004 LS1820%
2003 LS1116%
2002 LS97%
2001 LS146%
2000 LS247%
LS electrical system problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.