2011 LINCOLN MKZ Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 LINCOLN MKZ. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK THE VEHICLE, THE POWER STEERING BECAME INOPERABLE. THE POWER STEERING SENSOR LIGHT, STABILITY CONTROL LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE STARTED. CENTRAL FLORIDA LINCOLN (2055 W COLONIAL DR, ORLANDO, FL 32804, (407) 841-4550) STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V340000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WITH NO WARNING MY ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING REAL BAD AND THEN I LOST ALL POWER DUE TO THE ENGINE STOPPING. HAD I BEEN ON AN INTERSTATE WITH LOTS OF TRAFFIC THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. AFTER A TOW AND TAKING THE CAR TO A FORD DEALERSHIP. I FOUND OUT THAT THE WATER PUMP FAILED AND ALLOWED COOLANT TO GO INTO THE OIL PAN, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE BEARING ON THE PISTONS. AFTER RESEARCH I FOUND THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW WITH FORDS 3.5 ENGINE AND MILLIONS OF CARS ARE ON THE ROAD NOW THAT WILL EVENTUALLY EXPERIENCE THIS FAILURE. I HAVE RECENTLY HAD THE CAR INTO A FORD DEALERSHIP AND HAD THEY TOLD ME OF THIS PROBLEM AND THE FIX WAS TO REPLACE THE WATER PUMP BEFORE IT FAILED, I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO THIS DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITION AND MY ENGINE WOULDN'T NOW BE A PAPERWEIGHT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2011 LINCOLN MKZ. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DOOR LATCH DETACH ON THE DRIVER SIDE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HER HUSBAND NOTICED THE DOOR WAS AJAR WHEN ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE AND WAS UNABLE TO CLOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DCH FORD OF THOUSAND OAKS (3810 THOUSAND OAKS BLVD, WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA 91362) AND WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DOOR LATCHES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND REMAINED AT THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000.*DT*JB *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE LATCH WAS REPAIRED ON 8/25/2020.*AS

THE DOOR HATCH IS BROKEN, , IT IS HARD TO SHUT AND LATCH THE DOOR. THE DOOR ALTHOUGH SHUT AND LATCHED HAS COME OPEN WHILE THE VEHICLE HAS BEING DRIVEN. THIS HAS OCCURED SEVERAL TIMES. IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE THIS CAR.

STEERING ON VEHICLE WENT OUT IN MID MARCH 2020 DUE TO RECALL ON LINCOLN MKZ. VEHICLE HAS BEEN BACK TO DEALER THREE TIMES FOR AN EXTENDED AMOUNT OF TIME TWICE WITH NO RENTAL VEHICLE. NEED TO USE THIS CAR TO GO OUT OF TOWN AFTER THE DEALER INFORMED ME THE CAR SITS AND WAITS FOR A RESPONSE FORM LINCOLN HOTLINE MOST OF THE TIME. NEED TO USE THIS CAR TO GO OUT OF TOWN LINCOLN ADVISED THEY WOULD NOT EXTEND ME ANY TIME OF RENTAL OR REIMBURSEMENT FOR THIS ISSUE WHICH IS A RECALL THAT CAN NOT BE REPAIRED CORRECTLY AND HAS LEFT ME WITH OUT MY VEHICLE FOR MULTIPLE WEEKS. LINCOLN CASE # [XXX]. THE SUPERVISOR FROM LINCOLN CALLED ME SAID SHE REALLY WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH MY CASE AND THEN TOLD ME THE CAR WENT IN FOR RECALL IN JAN AND I HAD TO CORRECT HER. SHE HAD NO REAL FACTS AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS BETTER THAN THE SUPERVISOR BECAUSE SHE TOLD ME SORRY [XXX] TO MANY TIMES. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE BODY ON A REPLACEMENT FIRESTONE TIRE. THE REPLACEMENT WAS MADE BY FIRESTONE BECAUSE OF A RECALL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE TIRE HAD SEVERAL THOUSAND MILES ON IT SINCE IT WAS REPLACED. THE TREAD STARTED SEPARATING SEVERAL WEEKS BEFORE WE HAD IT REPLACED WITH A GOODYEAR TIRE.

WHEN PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR OPENED. WASN'T ABLE TO LATCH THE DOOR. I HAD TO PUT A BUNGEE CORD TO KEEP DOOR FROM OPENING. THE CAR ISN'T SAFE TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WILL BE TOWED TO GET REPAIRED.

I STARTED MY CAR AND PRESSED THE PEDAL TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE AND STARTED TO BACK UP FROM A PARKING SPOT. THE PEDAL SUDDENLY WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE CAR KEPT MOVING, PULLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. HAD WARNING LCD ICONS IN RED ABOUT BRAKES. TRIED SHUTTING CAR OFF AND RESTARTING TO SEE IF CONDITION CHANGED, NO CHANGE, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AND NO PRESSURE. CHECKED FOR LEAKS UNDER CAR AND NO LEAKS OF BRAKE FLUID WERE PRESENT. AS I COULD BUILD PRESSURE SLOWLY AND HAD THE EBRAKE, I DROVE SLOWLY TO THE NEAREST DEALER. WHILE DRIVING OTHER MESSAGES CAME ON TO SERVICE ADVANCE TRAK AND THE YELLOW WRENCH. PEDAL WOULD MAKE CONTACT WITH BRAKES AT THE VERY LOWEST POINT OR BY PUMPING BRAKES OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE NOT DRIVEN TO THE NEARBY DEALER. I COULD HAVE GOTTEN INTO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT HAD THIS HAPPENED AT HIGHER SPEEDS THAN BACKING OUT OF A SPOT BECAUSE ITS SO SUDDEN AND YOUR STOPPING DISTANCE IS GREATLY AFFECTED EVEN WITH SOMETHING SO SLOW AS ADJUSTING A PARKING JOB. CAR HAD AROUND 96,140 MILES WHEN IT HAPPENED. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION AS EVEN AT LOW SPEEDS I NEEDED A LARGE DISTANCE TO STOP SAFELY BEFORE CARS IN FRONT OF ME. CAR IS AT THE DEALER AND WAS JUST QUOTED 1,100 DOLLARS BUT THIS DOES SEEM TO BE THE SAME ISSUE I READ ABOUT FOR PREVIOUS YEARS RECALLS AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED.

THE HYBRID MODE DOES NOT WORK ANYMORE AFTER 9 YEARS. THE VEHICLE HESITATES UPON ACCELERATION. IT WILL ONLY RUN ON THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EVEN THOUGH THE BATTERY IS FULLY CHARGED. FORD KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM AS NOTED IN THEIR OASIS 8922.

LIKE 2,000,000 OTHER FORD AND LINCOLN VEHICLES ALREADY UNDER RECALL, MY DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LATCH IS DEFECTIVE. YESTERDAY, WHEN I WENT TO OPEN THE DOOR, THE HANDLE SWUNG OPEN WITHOUT OPENING THE DOOR. AFTER DOING SOME ONLINE RESEARCH, I FOUND THIS IS AN EXTENSIVE PROBLEM AFFECTING FORD AND LINCOLN VEHICLES MANUFACTURED BETWEEN 2010 THROUGH 2015. PLEASE EXPAND YOUR RECALL TO INCLUDE THE 2011 TO 2012 LINCOLN MKZ'S IN ADDITION TO TO 2013 THROUGH 2015 MKZ'S ALREADY UNDER RECALL.