LINCOLN Complaints

FOR THE SECOND ONE TIME IN A MONTH MY LOCKING MECHANISM ON MY 2014 LINCOLN MKZ HYBRID. FORD IS RECALLING VEHICLES OF THE SAME YEAR FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AND THE DEALERSHIPS SAY MY VIN NUMBER ISN'T PART OF IT. 2 DOOR LATCH REPLACEMENTS IS 800.00. THIS IS RIDICULOUS WHEN OTHER VEHICLES THE SAME YET MAKE AND MODEL AS MINE ARE ACCEPTABLE FOR THE RECALL. I OPENED MY DOOR AND NOW THE LATCH WON'T STAY CLOSED. IT OPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING

WHEN DRIVING CAR READS TRANSMISSION NOT AND IN PARK AND CAR AND ENGINE BOTH SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING

REOCCURRING BRAKE FLUID SYSTEM. HAVE HAD IT REPLACED 3 TIMES ALREADY. I HAVE LOST THREE ABILITY TO STOP MY VEHICLE IN MAY AND ENDED UP CRASHING INTO A TREE WHILE BACKING UP. CONSTANT BREAK FLUID SPRAYING ON THE TIRES AND RIM OF THE FRONT PASSENGER AREA. DAMAGE TO THE TAIL GATE AREA FROM THE TREE COLLISION HAS CAUSED ME TO HAVE WIRING SYSTEM ISSUES WITH MY BACK TAIL LIGHT CONSTANTLY BLOWING THE BULB. HAD THIS REPAIRED TWICE FROM JOE HUDSON COLLISION AND THEN SOUNDLY BY LINCOLN DEALERSHIP IN ORANGE PARK FL.

I WAS AT THE GAS STATION PUTTING GAS TO MY CAR WHEN I NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM THE ENGINE THEN I TOLD THE PEOPLE AROUND THE STAFF OD THE GAS STATION SHUT OFF ALL THE GAS PUMPS AND HELP ME TO TRYIED TO USE EXTINGUISHERS TOEND THE FIRE UNTIL THE FIRE DEPARTNEN PEOPLE CAME. I DO NOT REALY KNOW WHAT HAPOENED BUT IWAS HAVING SOME ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AND WAS SMOKING WHEN WE WERE DRIVING THE CAR. WE THOUGHT NEED ANTIFREEZE LIQUID AND PUT IT BUT STILL RUNNING WEIRD.

THERE HAS BEEN A HISSING NOISE MADE WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. LATELY, WHILE PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT FEELS 'SPONGY' WITHOUT A NOTICEABLE EFFECT ON BRAKING PERFORMANCE. JUST RECENTLY, THE EFFORT REQUIRED TO STOP THE CAR HAS INCREASED TO THE POINT THAT IT FEELS LIKE THE POWER BRAKING SYSTEM IS HARDLY ASSISTING. THIS MATCHES THE DESCRIPTION OF FIELD SERVICE ACTION 13N02 ISSUED BY FORD/ LINCOLN, WHICH ONLY APPLIES TO "CERTAIN" VEHICLES. HOWEVER, UPON CONTACTING A LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THE NATIONWIDE CALL CENTER IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE FSA. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING ISSUE, ESPECIALLY IF AN INDIVIDUAL DID NOT HAVE THIS SERVICED AND RELIED SOLELY ON DRIVING WITHOUT POWER BRAKES. FORD/ LINCOLN SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PICK AND CHOOSE "CERTAIN 2010-2013 MODEL YEAR EDGE AND MKX VEHICLES" WHEN IT IS APPARENT FROM REVIEWING FORD EDGE AND LINCOLN MKX REPORTS ON CARCOMPLAINS.COM THAT BOTH VEHICLES EXHIBIT THIS ISSUE FREQUENTLY, AND THAT FORD/ LINCOLN HAVE EXCLUDED NUMEROUS VEHICLES FROM REPAIRS. THE COMPANY IS AWARE THAT AN ISSUE EXISTS, BUT THERE ARE MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF FORD/ LINCOLN REFUSING TO REPLACE A FAULTY PART THAT SHOULD LAST THE LIFE OF A VEHICLE. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE TO ALLOW A COMPANY TO OPERATE IN THIS MANNER.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE IN MY 2014 LINCOLN MKZ 2.0 ECOBOOST I ATTEMPTED TO MATCH THE SPEED OF THE FAST LANE AND MERGE. WHEN ACCELERATING THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SHUDDER ALMOST STALL WITH NO POWER. IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS.

POWER STEERING FROZE UP INSTANTLY WHEN SUDDEN FLUID DROP IN SYSTEM. CAR COULD NOT BE STEERED TO SIDE OF ROAD. ONCE FLUID WAS PUT BACK IN RESERVOIR THE STEERING CAME BACK. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSE S FATAL ACCIDENT.

"TAKATA RECALL." I NOTICED A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT MY AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON. I HAVE 28000 ACTUAL MILES ON THE 2005 LINCOLN TOWN CAR THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN GARAGED. I HAVE NOT HAD A RECALL ON THE AIRBAG LIGHT AND I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO CHECK IT OUT AND LET ME KNOW OF ANY RECALLS ON THE AIRBAGS.

HAD BRAKES FIXED DURING INITIAL RECALL 4/17/2018. WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF RECALL UNTIL BRAKES WENT OUT. BRAKES FAILED AGAIN ON 9/3/19. PRESTIGE FORD CONTACTED TWICE WITH NO RETURN CALL. IS THIS GOING TO BE FIXED AT NO CHARGE DUE TO MANUFACTURE FAILURE? ONLY 3,300 MILES PUT ON CAR SINCE BRAKES WERE FIXED THE FIRST TIME. VEHICAL WAS MOVING AND ON HIGHWAY BRAKING TO MAKE TURN. BRAKE PETAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, CAR DID NOT STOP. UNABLE TO DRIVE AT THIS POINT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 LINCOLN MKS. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN AND THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT WARNING MESSAGE ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO BALDWIN MOTORS (LOCATED AT 1730 N HWY 190, COVINGTON, LA 70433, (800) 533-4308) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ASSOCIATED THE FAILURE WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V340000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,300.