2007 LINCOLN MKX Complaints

CLICK AND GRINDING FROM FRONT END WHEN TURNING. EVENTUALLY BEARINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED AND IT WAS ONLY 1 YEAR OLD. A COUPLE MONTHS LATER RIGHT FRONT WHEEL BROKE OFF WHILE DRIVING AND ALMOST CRASHED, IT TOOK FORD OVER A MONTH UNTIL I GOT MY VEHICLE BACK, NOW REAR SHOCKS ARE LEAKING AND NEED TO BE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, I WAS JUST TOLD TODAY THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS LEAKING DUE TO A FAULTY PART THAT IS BROKEN. THE CAR IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD! *TR

I HAVE HAD TO HAVE 5 AXLE SEALS REPLACED IN THIS VEHICLE FROM THE DEALER. THE LAST TIME WAS MAY 5, 2010. *TR

TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK, BILLOWING SMOKE INTO THE CAB OF THE AUTOMOBILE, WITH ADULTS AND CHILDREN. FIRST INCIDENT 12/13/07 AT 5074 MILEAGE- HAD TO PAY FOR RENTAL BECAUSE IT WAS ON A WEEKEND AND A MORE URGENT SITUATION. RESEAL WITH GASKET, BRACKET, KIT REPLACEMENT. AGAIN, SAME PROBLEM, WITH BURNING AND PUDDLE LEAKS, 11/24/08, PTU SHAFT REPLACED. AGAIN, SAME PROBLEM WITH BURNING AND PUDDLE LEAKS 12/10/08 - PTU SEAL LEAKING, REPLACE PTU ASSEMBLY A ND CENTER SHAFT. AGAIN, SAME PROBLEM WITH BURNING AND LEAK, 02/10/09. NO DAMAGE NOTED PER REPORT. REPAIR VENT HOSE. 09/02/09 ABS. TRACTION CONTROL, AND WRENCH LIGHT ON CONTINUOUS, VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN PRESSING GAS PEDDLE. OCCURRED ON FREEWAY AS WELL. FOUND CRACKED ABS RING, REPLACED LEFT FRONT HALFSHAFT CONTAINING RING. 02/24/10 BURNING AGAIN. LEAK AT RIGHT CENTER INTERMEDIATE SHAFT. SEAL REMOVED AND REINSTALLED RIGHT 1/2 SHAFT AND REPLACED PTU SEAL AD DEFLECTOR PER TSB 09 25 07 (? UNSURE WHAT THIS DATE IS FOR). *TR

LINCOLN SUV MKX RAN AWAY ACCELERATION. REPORTED TO LINCOLN DEALER. NO ACTION ON THEIR PART, NO FOLLOW UP. *TR

FRONT SUSPENSION CLUNK. WHEN TURNING LEFT OR DRIVING OVER ROUGH ROADS I NOTICE A CLUNK OR CLICK. I HAD BROUGHT THIS TO THE FORD / LINCOLN DEALERS ATTENTION AND THEY SAID THAT FORD IS WORKING ON THE FIX AND IT WAS NOT DANGEROUS. I ASKED FOR MY PAPERWORK FOR THE VARIOUS REPAIRS THAT WERE LOOKED AT OR COMPLETED AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO KEEP IT UNTIL THEY HEARD BACK FROM FORD. I DON'T WANT SOME POTENTIAL PROBLEM TO GO UNNOTICED. I BELIEVE THIS PROBLEM IS LINKED TO THE FAILURE OF THE SUSPENSION. IF YOU PUSH ON THE DRIVERS SIDE SUSPENSION UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE IT WILL MAKE A CLICK NOISE. *TR

TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING. WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY AS THE TRANSMISSION COOLER WAS DAMAGED BY STONES. I ASKED FOR THE PART AND DETECTED THAT THERE WERE MANY STONES EMBEDDED IN HE TRANSMISSION COOLER. THIS IS A DEFECT THAT LINCOLN WILL NOT ADMIT TO. POTENTIAL HAZARD IF YOU SPRING A LEAK WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

ALBANY, GA (WALB) - IMAGINE YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY TO WORK, WHEN SUDDENLY, YOU CAR SUDDENLY BECOMES ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO ANITA TUNSTILL TUESDAY MORNING WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING ALONG ROXANNA ROAD IN RADIUM SPRINGS. BUT WHEN YOU SEE WHAT'S LEFT OF HER CAR, YOU'LL SEE WHY ITS MIRACLE SHE'S ALIVE. IT SOUNDED LIKE A DUMP TRUCK AT FIRST, THEN CAME A LOUD NOISE. "I JUST HEARD A CRASH. A BOOM." BUT WHAT ELIZA BERRY HEARD FROM INSIDE A ROXANNA ROAD HOME WAS NO DUMP TRUCK. AND WHAT DO SHE SEE? "FIRE. JUST A HUGE FIRE." A HUGE FIRE THAT ENGULFED TUNSTALL'S LINCOLN MKX. THE 57-YEAR-OLD TUNSTALL WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THE SUV ON HER WAY TO WORK WHEN SHE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE BACK OF HER CAR. WITNESSES TRIED FLAGGING HER DOWN, BUT BY THAT TIME, FLAMES WERE SHOOTING UP THE SIDE. SHE RAN OFF THE ROAD, STRUCK A MAIL BOX, A SIGN, AND THEN SKIDDED ACROSS THE ROAD LEAVING A TRAIL OF FLAMES, COMING TO A REST UNDERNEATH A POWER LINE. RICH WILLIAMS WAS DRIVING HIS KIDS TO SCHOOL WHEN HE SAW WHAT HAPPENED. "I'M DRIVING AROUND THE CORNER AND I SEE THE TRAIL OF FLAMES AND I NOTICED THAT CAR OVER THERE WAS ON FIRE." NOT KNOWING IF ANYONE WAS TRAPPED INSIDE THE BURNING CAR, WILLIAMS AND A GROUP OF GOOD SAMARITANS, EMPLOYEES AT RADIUM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY, JUMPED INTO ACTION. "I GOT OUT AND RAN OVER, AND MR. POOLE, THE GYM TEACHER, AND ANOTHER TEACHER WERE OVER HERE, AND THIS PURSE CAME FLYING OUT AS IT WAS ON FIRE. THIS LADY DOVE OUT AND WE JUST DRAGGED HER AWAY." "THE CAR JUST STARTED POPPING, ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND EXPLODED." TUNSTALL MADE OUT IT, IN SHOCK, BUT VIRTUALLY UNHARMED. IT'S A MIRACLE SHE SAYS, JUST TO BE ALIVE. SOMETHING SHE CREDITS TO THE UNSELFISH ACTS OF OTHERS WHO PUT THEIR LIVES IN HARMS WAY TO SAVE HERS. IT ISN'T CLEAR WHAT CAUSED TUNSTILL'S CAR TO CATCH FIRE. WE SPOKE WITH HER BY PHONE AND SHE TELLS US SHE WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK THOSE WHO CAME TO HER RESCUE, ADDING THAT SHE WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT THEM. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 LINCOLN MKX. WITHIN THE PAST 3 MONTHS OR SO, I HAVE HAD 3 DIFFERENT VALVE STEM MALFUNCTIONS (LEAKY STEMS ON 3 DIFFERENT TIRES) RESULTING IN MY VEHICLE BEING DISABLED. THE LAST ONE CAUSING MY TIRE TO BLOW OUT. I WAS TOLD BY A TECH THAT IT WAS THE VALVE STEM ON THE FIRST TWO TIRES SO WHEN MY TIRE SENSOR WARNED ME OF LOW PRESSURE TODAY, I CHECKED MY STEMS. SURE ENOUGH...ONE WAS LEAKING. I WAS APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES FROM HOME AND IT IS CHRISTMAS DAY...SO I AIRED UP MY TIRE AND HEADED HOME. APPROX TEN MILES DOWN THE STREET, MY TIRE BLEW OUT (BEYOND REPAIR). I THANK GOD THAT MY SON AND I WHO WERE TRAVELING ALONE WERE NOT INJURED...BUT WITH THIS BEING THE 3RD LEAKY STEM, I WOULD SAY THAT THERE IS TRULY A PROBLEM WITH MY CONTINENTAL CROSS CONTACT LX TIRES. I HAVE SIZE P245/60R18. *TR

ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2008 HAD FLAT TIRE ON LEFT REAR DUE TO CRACKED VALVE STEM. ON OCTOBER 5,2008 HAD ANOTHER FLAT TIRE RIGHT FRONT DUE TO FAULTY VALVE STEM. CHECKED OTHER 2 TIRES AND VALVE STEMS ARE CRACKED. HAVE ONLY 17,648 MILES ON 2007 LINCOLN MKX. WILL BE CONTACTING DEALER AND CONTINENTAL TIRE ON OCTOBER 6TH TO SEE WHAT ACTION IS BEING DONE TO RECTIFY THIS PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE NOT HAD AN ACCIDENT YET, BUT SEVERAL SOON WILL! I HAVE A 2007 LINCOLN MKX (SAME AS FORD EDGE AND SAME PROBLEM ACCORDING TO THE DEALER). WHEN ON A HILL, EVEN A RELATIVELY SLIGHT INCLINE, AND YOU TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE BRAKE TO GO TO THE GAS AFTER A STOP, IT ROLLS BACKWARD! IT ACTS LIKE A CAR WITH A CLUTCH-EVEN THOUGH IT IS AN AUTOMATIC. I HAVE NEVER IN 50 YEARS OF DRIVING HAD AN AUTOMATIC THAT DID THIS RATHER THAN HOLD ITSELF FOR THAT SPLIT SECOND UNTIL YOU CAN MAKE THE SWITCH FROM BRAKE TO GAS!. THE DEALERS ANSWER IS THAT FORD HAS SAID NOTHING ABOUT IT AND IT" MEETS ALL SPECS". TALK WITH FORD DEALERS INFORMED ME THAT EDGE OWNERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THE FORD CONSUMER LINE SAYS IT IS "WITHIN ENGINEERING SPECS". THEY ALSO SUGGESTED PUTTING LEFT FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND RIGHT TO GAS FOR FASTER RPM TO AVOID IT! ONE SERVICE MANAGER OPINED THAT THE SPECIFICATIONS WERE SET SO LOW AT IDLE, TO TRY AND GET MILEAGE ESTIMATES WITHIN THE REQUIRED REGULATORY GUIDELINES, THAT IT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH IDLE SPEED TO HOLD THE CAR ON AN INCLINE, LIKE MOST AUTOMATICS, BECAUSE OF ITS WEIGHT! THIS IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN, IF IT HAS NOT ALREADY! ALTHOUGH ROLLING BACK INTO SOMEONE ELSE'S VEHICLE CLOSE BEHIND YOU ON AN INCLINE MAY NOT RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY, IT CERTAINLY WILL CAUSE EXPENSIVE REPAIRS AND UNNECESSARY "ROAD RAGE" BETWEEN THE DRIVERS POSSIBLY RESULTING IN INJURIES OR DEATH! FORD SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO "CHEAT" ON GAS MILEAGE REQUIREMENTS BY REDUCING VEHICLE IDLE TO THE POINT OF CREATING AN UNNECESSARY SAFETY SITUATION! *TR