2012 LINCOLN MKZ Complaints

SHORTLY AFTER I HAD THE TAKATA RECALL FIXED, I HAD THE FOLLOWING THINGS HAPPEN TO THE VEHICLE: INTERIOR DRIVER'S DOOR HANDLE WILL NOT OPERATE. PRIOR TO THAT THE DRIVER'S WINDOW WOULD NOT OPERATE. MYSTERIOUSLY, THE WINDOW BEGAN OPERATING, THEN THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WHEN EACH INCIDENT OCCURRED.

POWER STEERING WENT WITHOUT ANY WARNING HAS RECALL ON OTHER MKZ OF THAT YEAR BUT NOT MINE. I PUT IT REVERSE AND HAD NO POWER STEERING LUCKY I WAS NOT DRIVING WHEN IT WENT OUT.

I RECEIVED A LETTER IN MARCH OF 2017 STATING THAT THERE WAS AN IMPORTANT SAFETY RECALL REGARDING THE PASSENGER AIRBAG IN MY CAR. THE LETTER STATED THAT A RUPTURED INFLATOR MAY RESULT IN METAL FRAGMENTS STRIKING VEHICLE OCCUPANTS. I STOPPED HAVING PASSENGERS SIT IN THE FRONT SEAT OF MY CAR, INCONVENIENT BUT SAFE. THIS LETTER CAME TWO YEARS AGO!!! I MADE AND DOCUMENTED THREE CALLS REGARDING THIS ISSUE TO NO AVAIL. TODAY I AGAIN CALLED LINCOLN COOPERATE AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO TASKA LINCOLN IN CRANSTON RI. I WAITED ON THE LINE FOR 17 MINUTES BUT HAD TO HANG UP BECAUSE MY LUNCH ENDED. THIS IS SO RIDICULOUS! TWO YEARS!

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 LINCOLN MKZ. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR MANUFACTURER RECALL NUMBER: 19S01 (AIR BAGS) AND STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NICK MAYER LINCOLN (6180 MAYFIELD RD, MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, OH 44124, (440) 442-8000) MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE RECALL REPAIR. IN ACCORDANCE TO THE TERMS SPECIFIED IN THE MAY 4, 2016 AMENDMENT TO THE TAKATA CONSENT ORDER IN EA 15001, THE CONTACT WOULD BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THE PART; HOWEVER, THE DEALER DID NOT KNOW WHEN THE PART WOULD BE AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: EA15001 (AIR BAGS). THE DEALER HAD BEEN CONTACTED FOR WEEKS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. .*BF CONSUMER STATED DEALER REPLACED THE PARTS FOR THE RECALL.*JB

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 LINCOLN MKZ. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V024000 (AIR BAGS) EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR REPAIR. THE CONTACT RECEIVED THE RECALL LETTER IN MAY OF 2018. THE DEALER (SAM GALLOWAY FORD LINCOLN, 1800 BOY SCOUT DR, FORT MYERS, FL 33907) STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. *TT CONSUMER HAD THE AIRBAG REPAIRED. *JB

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 LINCOLN MKZ. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V024000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT CALLED BRINSON FORD AT 903-874-8880 (LOCATED AT 1951 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BLVD, CORSICANA, TX 75110) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

FAILURE OF DRIVER'S INSIDE DOOR HANDLE: WHEN ATTEMPTING TO EXIT MY CAR, THE DOOR HANDLE'S MECHANISM SUDDENLY FAILED AND I WAS UNABLE TO EGRESS THE VEHICLE AND I CAME CLOSE TO PANICKING. SO I WAS FORCED TO EXIT VIA THE PASSENGER DOOR WHICH WAS VERY DIFFICULT CLIMBING OVER THE CENTER CONSOLE. AFTER TALKING TO THE LINCOLN ASSISTANT SERVICE MANAGER AND RESEARCHING THE INTERNET, I QUICKLY LEARNED THAT FORDS, INCLUDING LINCOLNS, HAVE AN EXTREMELY HIGH FAILURE RATE OF THIS PART. HE SAID THAT THE ALTERNATIVE TO CLIMBING OUT THE PASSENGER'S DOOR WAS TO LOWER THE DRIVER'S WINDOW AND OPEN THE DOOR BY PULLING ON THE OUTSIDE HANDLE WHICH CAN ALSO BE A DIFFICULT MANEUVER. BUT WHETHER AN EMERGENCY OR NOT, THAT IS CERTAINLY NOT THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MIND. HAD I BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT OR THE CAR CAUGHT FIRE REQUIRING IMMEDIATE EXIT, IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, I WOULD HAVE LIKELY DIED. BECAUSE OF THIS FREQUENT PART FAILURE AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF INJURY OR DEATH, I FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO FATHOM THAT YOUR AGENCY HASN'T ISSUED AN URGENT RECALL ON THIS PART.

MY FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON SAYING IT ISN'T FUNCTIONING - HAS HAPPENED SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2014, BUT I NEVER NOTICED UNTIL WARRANTY WAS OVER (ONLY HAPPENS IF SOMEONE SITS IN SEAT, WHICH IS NOT OFTEN). I DO NOT SEE ANY RECALL -AND WONDER IF THISIS SOMETHING I HAVE TO HAVE FIXED AT MY OWN COST AS DEALER SAID "TOO BAD". NO PROBLEMS AS OF YET, BUT WORRIED A PASSENGER CAN BE HURT BADLY.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 LINCOLN MKZ. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V024000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT CALLED CLONINGER FORD (1001 JAMESTOWN RD, MORGANTON, NC 28655, (877) 244-0497) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TAKATA RECALL, RECEIVED LETTER FROM LINCOLN IN MAY 2018 STATING MY FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG INFLATOR WAS UNDER RECALL. LETTER STATED I WOULD BE NOTIFIED FOR REPAIR SECOND OR THIRD QUARTERS OF 2018. NO LETTER FROM LINCOLN YET STATING WHEN I CAN REPAIR BY BAG. IT IS NOW THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2018 AND NO LETTER FROM THEM FOR MY REPAIR. CLASS ACTION SUIT UNDERWAY. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP ASSIGNED TO REPAIR THEY SAID THEY ARE NOT DOING THAT. HELP!