2005 Lincoln Ls

HAD JUST COME OFF FREEWAY AND PARKED. NOTICED THAT CLIMATE CONTROL WAS BLOWING HOT AIR (EXCESSIVELY). TURNING THE CONTROL TO COOLER SETTINGS JUST INCREASED THE BLAST OF HEAT. THE DUAL SETTING WAS NOT WORKING EITHER AS MOST AIR WAS BEING FORCED TO THE DRIVER SIDE. THE STRANGE THING WAS THAT SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THE PARKING BRAKE SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON! .AFTER STOPPING AND TURNING THE IGNITION OFF AND ON A COUPLE OF TIMES AND ENGAGING AND DISENGAGING THE PARKING BRAKE A COUPLE OF TIMES ALSO, THE PARKING BRAKE SERVICE LIGHT HAS TURNED OFF. IT CAME BACK ON ONCE OR TWICE, REPEATED THE STEPS, AND 'SO FAR' HAS NOT COME BACK ON. BUT THE HEATING/COOLING, OR LACK OF COOLING IS STILL A PROBLEM EVEN THROUGH ALL CONTROLS SEEM TO BE OPERATING PROPERLY, INCLUDING THE PASSENGER SIDE TEMP CONTROL IS OPERATIONAL BUT DOES NOTHING AS FAR AS HEATING AND COOLING. AT FIRST IT SEEMED COINCIDENTAL FOR BOTH THE CLIMATE ISSUES AND THE PARKING BRAKE ISSUES TO OCCUR AT THE SAME TIME. BUT AFTER A SEARCH OF THE WEB TURNED UP OTHER PEOPLE REPORTING SIMILAR 'COINCIDENCES' OF THE SAME COMBINATION OF PROBLEMS AND THEN FINDING TWO COMPLAINS ON THIS SITE THAT ALSO REPORT THE SAME BASIC INFORMATION, I NO LONGER BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE COINCIDENTAL BUT MAY IN FACT RELATED. IN BOTH COMPLAINTS, 10305448 AND 14499467, THEY TALK OF THE BRAKING BRAKE SERVICE LIGHT AND OR ISSUES WITH THE BRAKE ACTUALLY ENGAGING WITH ONE ALSO MENTIONING THE BLASTING OF ONLY HEAT OUT OF THE DUCTS. I FIND IT VERY INTERESTING AND POSSIBLY WORTHY OF NOTICE AS THE DEALERS IN BOTH COMPLAINTS RELATE THE CAUSE TO INTERFERENCES BETWEEN THE COMPONENTS, THE PARKING BRAKE ELECTRONICS AND THE DUAL COOLANT CONTROL VALVE. *TR

DRIVING MY 2005 LINCOLN LS DOWN THE STREET TONIGHT ALL FOUR WINDOWS WERE DOWN. I PRESSED THE BUTTON TO LET UP THE WINDOWS JUST BEFORE ENTERING THE FREEWAY. DRIVER WINDOW CAME OFF OF THE TRACK AND BACK OF THE WINDOW CONTINUED TO GO UP WHILE THE FRONT OF THE WINDOW DROPPED DOWN AND LOOKED AS IF IT WERE GOING TO FALL OUT ONTO THE FREEWAY I GOT OFF AT THE NEXT EXIT. CALL THE 1-800 NUMBER FOR LINCOLN 24- ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. PHONE REP PUT TONY WANG ON THE LINE THIS PROBLEM WAS ABOVE HER EXPERTISE HE SAID IT WAS THE WEEKEND AND HE COULD NOT HELP ME UNTIL MONDAY. UNLESS I JUST WANTED THE CAR TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER TO SIT UNTIL MONDAY. NO RENTAL CAR ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEEKEND. I ASKED FOR HIS SUPERVISOR, DONALD BRYANT WAS NOT WORKING TONIGHT I ASKED TONY TO HAVE DONALD CALL ME IN THE NEXT TEN MINUTES SO I CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO NEXT. THAT WAS 10PM 8/18 IT IS NOW 11:30 PM NO CALL. THE OTHER COMPLAINT IS I BOUGHT THIS CAR STRAIGHT OUT OF LEASE 40K MILES NOW HAS 47K VIBRATIONS STARTED AT 70MPH AROUND 43K AFTER LINCOLN FIXED A DEFECTIVE MASTER CYLINDER. LINCOLN HAS ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE VIBRATIONS 3 DIFFERENT TIMES AND KEPT THE CAR APPROX 7DAYS. CAR WAS CERTIFIED UP TO 75K. I AM SUPRISED PARENT COMPANY FORD RUNS THEIR BUSINESS THIS WAY. THIS IS MY FIRST AND WILL BE MY LAST LINCOLN. *TR