2008 LINCOLN MKX Complaints

THE BRAKES ARE VERY HARD TO PRESS AND UPON "PUMPING" ALMOST COMPLETELY FAIL. FAIL LIKE PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL OR DON'T STOP! STILL PASSED INSPECTION TODAY EVEN WITH THE I THINK IT IS YOUR "BOOSTER". I KNOW NOTHING BUT FOUND SEVERAL(MANY ) COMPLAINTS THAT WERE EXACTLY AS MINE. THIS IS NOT A DEFECT? THIS IS A PART THAT ALL WOULD SAY COULD OR SHOULD WEAR OUT. MY WIFE DRIVES THIS CAR ,ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I ALSO READ THAT IT COULD COST BETWEEN $750-$1,000 FOR THE REPLACEMENT! HOW COULD THIS NOT BE A RECALL. WE HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE FOR 4 YEARS AND IT WENT BAD FAST! LIKE YESTERDAY! NO HELP FROM OUR GOV?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LINCOLN MKX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS A FUEL ODOR INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V682000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE); 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. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

I RECENTLY FILED A COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS TRUCK NOT ACCELERATING IN TRAFFIC AND REPLACED THE TURBO SPEED SENSOR APROX 1 MONTH PRIOR TO THIS. THIS TRIP ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED ON AND CAR STRUGGLED TO ACCELERATE, I ASSUMED SAME ISSUE, PUT IT IN CRUISE CONTROL, CAR STABILIZED FOR ABOUT 3 MILES THEN STARTED JERKING FORWARD, I TOOK CRUISE OFF, AND WHOLE TRUCK STOPPED ACCEL, THEN ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN ENTIRE TRUCK SHUT DOWN! NO POWER STEERING, NO HEAT, NO NOTHING! I PULLED INTO ON RAMP V SECTION TO GET OUT OF SLOW LANE (I95S) IT WAS 6:20 AM SO STILL DARK. VERY DANGEROUS! KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS TRUCK. HAD TO GET TOW. HE CHANGED PRICE FROM $75 $4 AMILE TO $175 $4 A MILE AS SOON AS MY TRUCK WAS ON HIS CARRIER. DEALERSHIP SAID IF TRUCK HAD CAUGHT FIRE IT'D BE A RECALL. FIX COST ME $1100 PLUS $465 FOR RENTAL CAR, THEN AFTER REPAIR I GOT HOME WITH TRUCK, NEXT AM I STARTED IT AND ENGINE LIGHT ON WITH CODE DISPLAY SAYING EXHAUST ISSUE CATALYTIC CONVERTER OR OXYGEN SENSOR OR PISTONS. I TRIED TO TRADE TRUCK NOONE WILL TAKE IT!! FIX IS 299-???? SERIOUS ISSUE AND VERY DANGEROUS VEHICLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHEN I START MY CAR IT MAKES A CLUNK THEN WHEN I SHIFT IT INTO GEAR IT WILL GO INTO REVERSE BUT WILL CLUNK AND WHEN I PUT IT IN DRIVE AND I CAN'T GO OVER 5 MPH. IT'S HAPPENING MORE AND MORE STARTED ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO BUT WHEN I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER NOTHING THEY COULD DO CAUSE IT WASN'T HAPPENING THEN. IT'S HAPPENED WHEN I'VE BEEN SITTING AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN AS WELL. WE WILL THEN UNHOOK THE BATTER FOR A FEW MINS AND THEN EVERYTHING IS FINE. *TR

WITHOUT WARNING OR DRIVER ACTION, VEHICLE SHIFTS INTO HIGH GEAR AND REMAINS THERE FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME WHILE WARNING LIGHTS COME ON INCLUDING, ENGINE, AIRBAGS AND OTHERS, ODOMETER AND SPEEDOMETER GO BLANK OR DISPLAY ERROR. THIS CONDITION HAS LASTED FROM 4 MIN TO 20 MIN AND HAS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 20 TIMES SINCE FIRST INCIDENT. SOMETIMES SHUTTING OFF VEHICLE AND RESTARTING AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES SEEMS TO HELP BUT UNTIL THE PROBLEM CORRECTS ITSELF, PUTTING IT IN GEAR RESULTS IN A BANG AND JOLTS THE VEHICLE AS IT GOES INTO HIGH GEAR. WHEN IN HIGH GEAR, THE VEHICLE HAS NO POWER UNTIL IT REACHES HIGHER SPEEDS. AT SPEEDS BELOW 55, THE VEHICLE DOES NOT RESPOND WELL TO PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR. IT BECOMES DANGEROUS WHEN ENTERING OR CROSSING AN INTERSECTION AND IT GOES INTO HIGH GEAR ON ITS OWN. THE INTERNET HAS MANY POSTS OF THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LINCOLN MKX. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V682000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LINCOLN MKX. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V682000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL AUGUST OF 2015. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FUEL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

EXCESSIVE PLAY IN SEAT ASSEMBLY, DRIVERS SEAT TRACK BAR WAS FOUND TO BE DEFORMED THIS DEFECT ALLOWED SEAT TO MOVE BACKWARDS WITH ACCELERATION, FORWARD WHEN BRAKING. SEAT WAS REPAIRED BY CERTIFIED MECHANIC AND IS NOW IN OPERATING CONDITION. *TR

THIS HAS ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO ME ONCE BEFORE ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, BUT AFTER IT HAPPENED AGAIN YESTERDAY I DECIDED TO TAKE MY CAR IN TO THE SHOP. I GOT IN AND STARTED MY CAR. WHEN I PUT IT IN REVERSE THERE WAS A PAUSE THEN A VERY LOUD 'BANG' AS I THOUGHT IT SETTLED INTO GEAR. BECAUSE I WAS BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY THAT IS ON A HILL, I DIDN'T REALIZE THE CAR REALLY WASN'T FUNCTIONING. BUT WHEN I WENT TO PUT IT IN DRIVE, THERE WAS A PAUSE AGAIN AND THEN A VERY LOUD 'BANG'. THE CAR THEN PROCEEDED TO INCH DOWN THE STREET EVEN THOUGH I WAS APPLYING GAS. I TOOK IT TO AAMCO AND THEY TOLD ME AFTER RUNNING THE COMPUTER DIAGNOSTICS THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD FIND THAT WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR AND THAT THEY WANTED TO RUN SOME MORE TESTS. GOOD THING I HAPPENED UPON THIS SITE. I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT LINCOLN / FORD COULD GET AWAY WITH PROBLEMS SUCH AS THIS WITHOUT A RECALL TO FIX A PROBLEM THEY KNOW HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR YEARS! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LINCOLN MKX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS ENGAGED REPEATEDLY BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE OVER 5 MPH. THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A SENSOR ON THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.