Familiar with Lincoln LS's?! GET IN HERE!!!

[Steve-Oh]

Car in question; 2004 Lincoln LS 3.9L

Here's the deal. I'm driving down the road to work and all of a sudden the Air Con starts blowing out hot air as if I had turned on the heater. To double check myself I fiddle with the controls with no avail. First thing I check is the fuses. BINGO... so I thought. I replace the fuse and still no cold air. Now I'm scratching my head and proceed to look at the actual compressor. Ok, compressor is spinning. Still no cold air. Next I think well maybe the "freon" is had evac't somehow. Hit the shrader valve and got blasted with refrigerant. Now if I remember from HVAC school "freon" doesn't just go bad, there has to be some sort of leak which in turn allows it to evac into the environment. So with that being said there's def pressure in the system meaning it hasn't leaked. So this leads me to my last and final thought that it may be some sort of temp sensor that has to do with the climate control system in the car. This car is WAY beyond me considering it's closely related to the X-Type Jaguar which should of threw up a flag when I bought it :violent1:. Any suggestions from the SN95Forum Elite?!

 

[SRT Handz]

There is a valve door on the LS that gets stuck and cant regulate the air...i am pretty sure this is your problem.

This is a common problem on the LS....I dont know the exact name of the part but search http://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/ and there will be the list of the correct part and issue. Like i said, its a common issue with the LS.

 

[Steve-Oh]

There is a valve door on the LS that gets stuck and cant regulate the air...i am pretty sure this is your problem.

This is a common problem on the LS....I dont know the exact name of the part but search http://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/ and there will be the list of the correct part and issue. Like i said, its a common issue with the LS.

Great site handz... Lot's of info over there! Thanks man I need to do some research now!

 

[Steven]

It's the 19e616 basic part number actuator. I sell them all day long at ford. You'd be suprised how many LS parts I sell

 

[Steve-Oh]

It's the 19e616 basic part number actuator. I sell them all day long at ford. You'd be suprised how many LS parts I sell

You're the best! Actually to be completely honest with you, i'm not surprised lol. The more I read about them the more I wanna sell it.

 

[Steven]

Nice cars, but I see alot of issues. Same 3.9 as in the the T-bird. All I can say is head gaskets, head gaskets, and coils. Misfire central.

 

[Steve-Oh]

Nice cars, but I see alot of issues. Same 3.9 as in the the T-bird. All I can say is head gaskets, head gaskets, and coils. Misfire central.

Yeah i'm crossing my fingers on the head gaskets! The coils however seem to be ok, knock on wood. This is the first real major problem i've had with it (knock on wood again)

 

[Steven]

Well thats good. Lke I said, they are good cars, regardless.

 

[GDTrumbo]

There are also trans issues with the LS.

GT

 

[Steve-Oh]

Called the stealership today and the dude said there were 5 different actuators. So now i'm on a man hunt to find out where they are located!

 

[Steve-Oh]

There are also trans issues with the LS.

GT

Yeah that's apparently because ford put the wrong trans fluid in from the factory. Had mine flushed and re-filled works like a champ!

 

[Steve-Oh]

All that

The get this

Unbelievable!!!!!!! :BangHead: :angry4: :violent1:

 

[Steven]

You should have called me.. pstt...


I sell ford parts. I could have helped you make sense of it on the phone lol.

 

[Steve-Oh]

You should have called me.. pstt...


I sell ford parts. I could have helped you make sense of it on the phone lol.

Haha it's ok. I figured out through trial and error which one it was. The lucky winner was that bastard alllll the way tucked in the top most part of the dash. I could get to the two bottom screws holding it in without ripping the dash apart but that last one was a beotch and had to resort to taking it apart. This experience has taught me that Ford Engineers are RETARDED!!! Looks like i'm taking the mustang to work tomorrow lol.

 

[OnyxCobra]

Tough break man, hopefully you have some better luck in the future.

 

[Steve-Oh]

Tough break man, hopefully you have some better luck in the future.

yeah it sucks but I'm fortunate at the same time. It could of broken when I was in FL two weeks ago. In that heat I probably would of died!

 

[GDTrumbo]

The work to make some repairs on these newer cars is absolutely ridiculous! I HATE new cars sometimes. The auto mfgr's forgot the K.I.S.S. principle long ago.

GT

 

[Steven]

The new stangs and trucks are easy as hell

 

[OnyxCobra]

When i used to work at a ford dealership i saw LS's in the shop all the time, many of them were ones i had seen in there before. Honestly that totally turned me away from buying one when the time came for a new daily driver.

 

[riored96gt]

Nice cars, but I see alot of issues. Same 3.9 as in the the T-bird. All I can say is head gaskets, head gaskets, and coils. Misfire central.

Been there, done that!! That's why the wife got a Volvo, I couldn't keep up with the misfires!