2011 LINCOLN MKZ Complaints

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

"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.

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.

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.

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?