Lincoln MKZ Complaints (2011)

185 consumer complaints on file.

#11114393July 29, 2018
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
I, AS WELL AS MY MECHANIC, WANT TO KNOW WHY LINCOLN GETS OUT OF TAKING CARE OF THEIR DEFECTIVE TAILLIGHT ISSUE ON VEHICLES THAT HAVE SALVAGE TITLES? IT WOULD BE ONE THING IF THE LIGHTS WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED IN THE ACCIDENT - BUT IF A CAR HAS BEEN BACK ON THE ROAD FOR YEARS, YET MEETS THE OTHER CRITERIA - WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO PAY FOR TAILLIGHTS THAT WENT OUT AT 60,000 MILES? IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE. THIS ISN'T A WINDOW SWITCH, IT'S SOMETHING I CAN BE TICKETED FOR OR CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME WHY THIS SAFETY ISSUE IS OPTIONAL FOR THE LINCOLN COMPANY. MINE HAS BEEN OUT FOR A YEAR, I LOST MY JOB DUE TO HEALTH ISSUES SEVERAL YEARS AGO, HAVE NO MONEY TO DEAL WITH IT - AND YOU HAVE MADE IT SO LINCOLN DOESN'T HAVE TO. I HAVE TALKED TO THEM LOCALLY, THEIR CORPORATE NUMBER - AND MY MECHANIC HAD ME CONTACT THE STATE PATROL PERSON WHO DEALS WITH DEALERS. NOBODY CARES.
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0
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0
#11111632July 16, 2018
STEERING
THE PROBLEM IS, EVERY TIME THEY REPLACED THE PART THE NEW PART WAS NO GOOD EITHER AND BROKE BACK DOWN TAKING OUT OUR POWER STEERING OUT TIME AND TIME AGAIN AND 'INCREASING THE RISK OF ACCIDENT' LIKE THE RECALL LETTER TO FORD AND LINCOLN DEALERS SENT BY MICHAEL BERARDI SAID IT WOULD. I HAVE A COPY. THE RESPONSE AS CAN BE SEEN ENCLOSED REVISITED DAY ONE WHEN WE CALLED LINCOLN ABOUT THE RECALL, AND THEY TOLD US IT WASN'T UNDER RECALL. YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR OWN RECALL AND YOUR CALLING IT A WARRANTY. PART ONE OF THE RECALL REPROGRAMS THE POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE IF IT IS THROWING A CODE. SECTION 2 THEN KICKS IN, AND IF IN THE NEXT 100,000 MILES THE MODULE GOES WRONG IT GETS REPLACED AT YOUR COST FOR PARTS, LABOR, ETC. YET, NOT ONLY WAS I TOLD NO GO PAY FOR IT MYSELF THE FIRST TIME, NOW AFTER THE 6TH BREAKDOWN AND MY PLEA FOR HELP THEY ANSWER AS CLUELESSLY AS THE FIRST. THEY ARE ALSO ADDRESSING A RECALL AS A WARRANTY. NOR COULD YOU EVEN FILL IN MY VEHICLE TYPE WHERE THAT WENT WHEN YOU HAD ALL THE INFO IT'S A LINCOLN MKZ HYBRID
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#11104176June 27, 2018
AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL - DEAKER HAS HAD MY CAR SINCE 4/05/18. HAVE RENTAL BUT THEY NOW WANT ME TO COME GET THE CAR - WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO DRIVE HOW 4/05. THIS IS 75 MILES AWAY & HARDSHIP FOR ME SINCE HUSBAND IS DISABLED. DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN AIR BAG WILL BE REPAIRED. HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO USE CAR SINCE JULY 2016 EXCEPT WHEN I ALONE WOULD BE DRIVING. HELP!!!! PREVIOUSLY REPORTED COMPLAINT.
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#11102367June 18, 2018
STEERING
WE TOOK IT IN FOR THE POWER STEERING RECALL WE DISCOVERED WHEN WE LOST ALL POWER STEERING AND ALMOST CRASHED. THE DEALERSHIP IS FIXING IT FOR THE 5TH TIME IN 6 WEEKS AND IT WON'T FIX. WE KEEP DANGEROUSLY LOOSING POWER STEERING. WERE MINISTERS AND SERVE AT OUR OWN COSTS WE CAN'T AFFORD TO BE IN DANGER AND NOT BE ABLE TO TRUST OUR CAR. THEY WON'T STOP TRYING TO FIX WHAT CLEARLY THEY CAN'T FIX. WE FEEL THEY SHOULD REPLACE THE VEHICHLE. OUR POWER STEERING HAS NOW GONE OUT WHILE DRIVING 5 TIMES. IT'S DANGEROUS AND WE FEEL LINCOLN WHO INITIALLY SAID IT WASN'T ON RECALL WHEN WE CONTACTED THEM IS BEING IRRESPONSIBLE BY NOT PROTECTING US BY TAKING BACK THEIR DEFECTIVE AND DANGEROUS VEHICHLE THAT WE ARE STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON. IT ONLY HAS 62,000 MILES ON IT THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON FOR THIS
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#11100559June 8, 2018
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 LINCOLN MKZ. UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE STEERING FAULT WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN SHIFTED INTO DRIVE AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V340000 (STEERING) AT CHERRY FORD (363 HARLEM AVE, PEOTONE, IL), BUT THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE AS THE SYMPTOMS RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE RECALL REPAIR CORRECTED THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 72,000. *TT UPDATED 9/24/18*JB
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0
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0
#11098751May 30, 2018
AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL LETTER RECEIVED OVER TWO YEARS AGO. STILL NO FIX AVAILABLE. THE ONLY ADVICE I GET IS DO NOT ALLOW A PASSENGER TO SIT ON FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. IT HAS BEEN WAY TOO LONG. I HATE DRIVING MY CAR WITHOUT USING THE PASSENGER SIDE. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER LINCOLN. I WASN'T ALLOWED TO GO TWO YEARS WITHOUT MAKING A PAYMENT.
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#11097291May 22, 2018
STEERING, SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 LINCOLN MKZ HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. THE DEALER (GANLEY LINCOLN, 6930 PEARL RD, MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, OH 44130, (440) 845-6000) REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING UNIT. TWO MONTHS LATER, THE FRONT SUSPENSION ASSEMBLIES FAILED AND THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO HEAR AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE MANUFACTURER ISSUED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V340000 (STEERING), BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THREE STEERING TSBS AND ONE SUSPENSION TSB WERE ISSUED, BUT NO RECALLS FOR THE SUSPENSION. THE MANUFACTURER PROVIDED NO REMEDY OTHER THAN SUGGESTING THAT THE DEALER REPLACE THE PART. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000. *LN
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11096367May 16, 2018
AIR BAGS
"TAKATA RECALL". LINCOLN RECALL #16S26, NHTSA RECALL #16V384. DATE OF RECALL: JUNE 1, 2016. AS OF MAY 16, 2018, WE HAVE HAD NO SUCCESS IN GETTING THIS PROPERTY RESOLVED, AFTER SEVERAL PHONE CALLS.
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11092824May 10, 2018
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 LINCOLN MKZ. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V384000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER FAILED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WITHIN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER (BELL FORD/LINCOLN IN ADRIAN, MICHIGAN, 517-265-8187) AND WAS INFORMED THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#11091945May 4, 2018
AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL. WE PURCHASED THIS CAR NEW APR 11, 2011 FROM MACK HAIK LINCOLN IN GEORGETOWN TX. WE HAVE SINCE RECEIVED TWO SAFETY RECALL NOTICES BUT GET NO HELP FROM THE DEALER. OUR LAST RECALL NOTICE INCLUDED A WARNING NOT TO ALLOW PASSENGERS IN THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT.
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0
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#11082472April 2, 2018
AIR BAGS
SAFETY RECALL NOTICE 16S26 / NHTSA RECALL 16V-384 - DATED JULY 2016 OR ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO AT WHICH TIME NOTIFIED NOT SAFE FOR ANYONE TO SIT IN PASSENGER SEAT DUE TO POSSIBLE DEPLOYMENT OF THAT AIR BAG WHICH COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR EVEN DEATH. WE NEED TO USE THE PASSENGER SEAT. ANY IDEA WHEN THIS WILL BE REMEDIED?
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#11081224March 26, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DRIVERS FRONT DOOR LATCH DOES NOT RETURN TO LATCHED POSITION.
Crash:
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No
Injuries:
0
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0
#11078457March 10, 2018
AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL. I WAS NOTIFIED 22 MONTHS AGO ABOUT THE PASSENGER AIR BAG. LINCOLN HAS DONE NOTHING AND CONTINUES TO DELAY REPLACING THE AIRBAG. MEANWHILE, HONDA AND TOYOTA HAVE HELPED THEIR CUSTOMERS. HOW CAN THEY GET BY WITH THIS? I THINK THEY SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO MAKE THE RECALLS BEFORE SELLING NEW CARS.
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0
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0
#11074907February 26, 2018
AIR BAGS
WHY IS THIS RECALL REPAIR TAKING SO LONG
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#11074181February 21, 2018
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 LINCOLN MKZ. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V384000 (AIR BAGS) EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTIFICATION IN JUNE OF 2016. THE DEALER (2085 GULF TO BAY BOULEVARD, CLEARWATER FL, 33765) STATED THAT PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE FOR THE REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11053296February 15, 2018
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
2011 LINCOLN MKK. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DEFECTIVE TIRE ROD. *LD *JS
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No
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0
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#11072244February 12, 2018
AIR BAGS
RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE JULY 2016. CALLED NUMEROUS DEALERSHIPS AND THEY HAVE NO PARTS TO MAKE REPAIR. DO YOU KNOW IF THEY WILL EVER MAKE REPAIR? CANNOT ALLOW PASSENGERS TO SIT IF PASSENGER SEAT. WHY WOULD THEY USE GOOD AIR BAG FOR DRIVER AND AN INFERIOR BAG FOR PASSENGER. MUST BE TO SAVE MONEY.
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0
Deaths:
0
#11067162February 5, 2018
AIR BAGS, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
CAR LOST ALL POWER ON THE EXPRESS WAY. PULL OVER TO THE SIDE, AFTER A WHILE GOT ENGINE GOING AGAIN AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. CHECKED IT AT THE MECHANIC SHOP THE NEXT DAY AND ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY, SHOWED A MALFUNCTION OF A THROTTLE VALVE. WE WERE IN A VERY A DANGEROUS CIRCUMSTANCE. DANGEROUS POSITION WHEN THE CAR LOST POWER ON THE EXPRESS WAY.
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0
Deaths:
0
#11064401January 23, 2018
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 LINCOLN MKZ. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V384000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. AUTONATION LINCOLN IN CLEARWATER, FLORIDA WAS MADE AWARE OF THE RECALL AND STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11061981January 10, 2018
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 LINCOLN MKZ. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V384000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR AS THE RECALL NOTICE WAS RECEIVED OVER A YEAR AGO. THE DEALER (OROVILLE FORD, 1350 ORO DAM BLVD E, OROVILLE, CA 95965 (530) 533-3313) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED SEVERAL TIMES AND WAS UNABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT RECENTLY RECEIVED A POSTCARD FROM TK HOLDINGS, ALERTING HER THAT THEY FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
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Injuries:
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Deaths:
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