# 2003 Lincoln LS - Shifting trouble

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-lincoln-ls-shifting-trouble/161176>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** ls, lincoln\
**Created:** [March 16, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-lincoln-ls-shifting-trouble/161176 "2020-03-16T16:35:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![AnitaLujan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@AnitaLujan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AnitaLujan)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-lincoln-ls-shifting-trouble/161176/1 "2020-03-16T16:35:07Z")

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My car keeps showing an E instead of D5 when I put it in drive. It will not shift gears but sometimes it will jump and start shifting. There are times when I have to pull over and turn my car off for a few minutes. After I start it up again, sometimes it’ll run and shift gears and other times it doesn’t

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-lincoln-ls-shifting-trouble/161176/2 "2020-03-17T03:14:52Z")

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I liked them when they were new but now yours is displaying some of the Jaguar DNA.

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 11:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-lincoln-ls-shifting-trouble/161176/3 "2020-03-17T11:52:44Z")

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It needs to visit either a transmission shop or a dealer. I think that E means error.

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-lincoln-ls-shifting-trouble/161176/4 "2020-03-17T14:09:30Z")

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> [@Mustangman](#):
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> I think that E means error.

I tend to think that you are right, but the OP can confirm or deny our theory by simply reading the appropriate section of her Owner’s Manual.

> [@Mustangman](#):
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> It needs to visit either a transmission shop or a dealer.

Again, +1.