LINCOLN Complaints

THERE WAS A RECALL ISSUED BY FORD FOR MY VEHICLES BRAKES IN DECEMBER 2019.(MANUFACTURER RECALL NUMBER19S54;NHTSA RECALL NUMBER19V904). THIS ISSUE HAS STILL NOT BEEN REMEDIED. MY LAST CALL TO THEIR SERVICE CENTER I WAS TOLD THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO MAKE THE REPAIRS BUT ALSO SAID THEY COULD REPLACE THE BRAKES AND CHARGE ME OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS AND FORD WOULD REIMBURSE ME EVENTUALLY.

I WAS PULLING AWAY FROM MY HOUSE AFTER BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, AND THE POWER STEERING PRACTICALLY FROZE. I ALMOST HIT MY OTHER CAR THAT WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. THREE WARNINGS CAME UP ON THE DASH: 1. SERVICE ADVANCETRAC, 2. STEERING ASSIST FAULT SERVICE REQUIRED, 3. HILL START ASSIST NOT AVAILABLE. I HAD IT TOWED TO MY LOCAL SERVICE STATION AND HE DIAGNOSED THAT IT WAS THE "ELECTRONICS" IN MY RACK AND PINION. HE ADVISED THAT I TAKE IT TO FORD/LINCOLN, BECAUSE IT MAY, OR SHOULD BE UNDER WARRANTY. I THEN TOWED MY CAR TO THE CLOSEST FORD DEALER THAT I WAS ABLE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH, BECAUSE ALL THE DEALERS IN QUEENS, NY ARE BACKED UP, 4-6 WEEKS. I RECEIVED AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE: "WE FOUND THE PROBLEM. INTERNAL FAILURE WITH THE ELECTRONIC RACK AND PINION. THAT'S WHY IT IS CAUSING ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS WHILE DRIVING AND HARD STEERING. THE RACK CAN'T COMMUNICATE WITH THE VEHICLE. PARTS AND LABOR WITH AN ALIGNMENT AND DIAGNOSTIC IS $2,106 PLUS TAX. IT'S ELECTRONIC. CAN'T CONTROL AND DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSES IT TO GO BAD. IT IS ONLY COVERED UNDER THE BASIC 3YR./36K MILE WARRANTY. IT'S AN INTERNAL ISSUE WITH THE RACK. IT'S ALL COMPLETE WITH NEW RACK AND ELECTRONIC UNIT BUILT INTO IT. I KNOW IT'S EXPENSIVE. IT'S THE SAME SET UP AS THE FORD EXPLORER. JUST DID ONE THE OTHER DAY. THE PART ALONE IS $1296.00 AND IT TAKES 2 DAYS TO GET. THEY (FORD) KNOW OF IT BUT NO RECALL. PART INCLUDES 1YR./12K WARRANTY PARTS AND LABOR." I AM GETTING THE CAR REPAIRED. I WAS TOLD IT SHOULD BE READY BY TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2020.

MIDDLE CONSOLE DASH THAT CONTROLS HEATED SEATS, ENTERTAINMENT, CLIMATE CONTROLS, NAVIGATION, RADIO, ETC. GOES COMPLETELY BLACK AND GIVES THE ERROR CODE "DESKTOP.EXE HAS STOPPED WORKING" DEALERSHIP SAYS THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO, BUT WILL NOT PAY FOR ANYTHING TO GET IT CHECKED, WARRANTY SAYS THEY WILL NOT COVER IT BECAUSE IT'S "SOFTWARE". THUS LEAVING ME WITH AN ALMOST USELESS VEHICLE WHEN THE DASH DOES OUT.

I TOOK MY 2013 LINCOLN MKX FOR MAINTENANCE. I WAS TOLD THAT MY POWER TRANSFER UNIT, (PTU) WAS DEFECTIVE, IT IS A SEALED UNIT AND BEING AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE DRIVE TRAIN, IT NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. VEHICLE WAS STATIONERY. I CONTACTED LINCOLN TO SEE WHY AN ESSENTIAL PART SHOULD HAVE FAILED. I WAS TOLD THERE ARE NO RECALLS, NOTHING COULD BE DONE. 1.OTHER PEOPLE HAD SIMILAR ISSUES. 2. THE POLICE CARS WERE EQUIPPED WITH COOLERS SO THAT THE PTU WOULD NOT OVERHEAT. 3. THE CARS WITH THE PTUS SOLD OVERSEAS WERE GIVEN A DRAIN PLUG. 4. FORD SWITCHED THE MAKERS TO A NEW ONE BECAUSE OF THE INCIDENTS. I SENT AN EMAIL TO NANCY JOY FALOTICO, PRESIDENT, THE LINCOLN MOTOR COMPANY, NOT HEARING I CALLED THE EXECUTIVE OFFICES, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM ANOTHER REP. WHO WAS RESPONDING FOR MS. FALOTICO, SHE SAID AGAIN, NOTHING COULD BE DONE. KEEP YOUR RECEIPTS AND IF THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL YOU CAN GET REIMBURSEMENT. THE MALFUNCTION OF THIS PART COULD HAVE CATASTROPHIC RESULTS. LINCOLN MOTORS GAVE THE BBB AN UNACCEPTABLE RESPONSE. 2.CONTACTED ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE OF CT RESPONSE NOT ACCEPTABLE. SAME RESPONSE AS TWAS SENT TO BBB. 3.RECCOMMENDED TO CONTACT YOU. 4. LETTER FROM FORD TRIED TO MAKE IT JUST A WARRANTY ISSUE. IT OBVIOUSLY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WARRANTY.

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.

NOTHING HAPPENED YET ...TRYING TO SALE THE UNIT BUT CANT BECAUSE THE RECALL HAS NO FIX YET

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LINCOLN MKZ. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V904000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. AN UNKNOWN DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT PARTS WERE NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

DRIVING AND HEARD A LOAD BANG SIMILAR TO A GUNSHOT SOUND, SCARED THE SHI* OUT OF ME. HEARD IT A FEW MORE TIMES AND THEN HAD FRIENDS IN THE CAR AND THE SAME THING. SCARED ALL IN THE CAR AS WELL. SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS COMING FROM THE ROOF/ABOVE ME. FIGURED IT OUT THAT IT IS ONLY WHEN DRIVING FROM ONE LEVEL TO A DIFFERENT LEVEL SURFACE. LIKE DRIVING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY GOING OVER THE LITTLE EDGE TO THE MAIN ROAD SURFACE OR INTO /OUT OF A PARKING LOT. LEVEL/SURFACE ANGLING, THEN THE BANG... LOOKED OVER THE VEHICLE TO FIND A STRESS CRACK IN THE ROOF SURFACE.

WHILE IN ANY ROAD CONDITION AND NORMAL DRIVING THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN PRESSED GOES VERY CLOSE TO THE FIREWALL FLOOR WHEN BRAKING AN ITS A VERY SOFT BRAKING, ITS VERY HARD TO GAUGE HOW MUCH PRESSER TO APPLY TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. THERE WASN'T ANY ACCIDENT. FW

THE DASH SCREEN GOES COMPLETELY BLACK WHILE DRIVING. ALL SAFETY FEATURES DISABLED. RANDOMLY COMES BACK ON.