LINCOLN Complaints

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY ACCELERATE UNEXPECTEDLY AND ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASIONS I ALMOST CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC AND HE STATED THAT THIS IS A KNOW PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE AND LINCOLN IS REPLACING THE ENGINE BUT I CHECKED WITH LINCOLN THEY SAID THERE ARE NO SAFETY RECALLS.... **

WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 90 A APPROX 60 MPH. THE VEHICLE STARTED SLOWING DOWN. I LOOKED AT THE SPEEDOMETER AND IT READ 0. SECONDS LATER THE DASH POWER FLASHED AND WENT COMPLETELY DARK. I'M HAD ABSOLUTELY NO POWER AT 60MPH ON AN INTERSTATE. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO CRUISE ALONG AT MAKE IT TO THE NEXT EXIT AND STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. ONCE STOPPED, I TOOK GEAR OUT OF DRIVE AND PUT IT IN PARK. I PUSH THE START BUTTON AND IT STARTED UP. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME BUT I WAS COMPLETELY TERRIFIED THAT IT WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. SOON AS I MADE IT HOME, I BEGAN RESEARCHING LINCOLN MKX TO SEE IF THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ANYONE ELSE. TO MY HORROR, MANY LINCOLN MKX OWNERS HAVE REPORTED THE SAME PROBLEM. THERE IS NO RECALLS LISTED ON MY VIN. THIS VEHICLE IS A DEATH TRAP AND LINCOLN NEED TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM THIS CRITICAL MALFUNCTION AND IF NOT SOMEONE'S DEATH WILL BE CAUSED. THIS VEHICLE IS A DEATH TRAP.

INTERMITTENT LOSS OF POWER AND/OR AN ILLUMINATED POWERTRAIN MALFUNCTION. VEHICLE STALLS DUE TO FAULTY THROTTLE BODY ACTUATOR. FORD/LINCOLN IS WELL AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AND HAS ISSUED A FIELD SERVICE ACTION BULLETIN FOR THIS CONDITION (16B32). HTTPS://FORD.OEMDTC.COM/2593/INTERMITTENT-LOSS-OF-POWER-ANDOR-AN-ILLUMINATED-POWERTRAIN-MALFUNCTION-WRENCH-LAMP-WITH-DTCS-P2111-P2112-ANDOR-P2119-2015-2016-FORD-LINCOLN THE VEHICLE LOSES ALL POWER CREATING AN EXTREMELY UNSAFE CONDITION. STALLS WHEN ACCELERATING, LOSING ALL POWER FORCING VEHICLE OPERATOR TO STOP - TURN OFF ENGINE AND HOPE IT ACCELERATES UPON RESTARTING. THIS NEEDS TO BE ELEVATED TO A FORD RECALL FOR IMPACTED VEHICLES AND ALL COSTS COVERED BY FORD/LINCOLN. ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE. I HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE STALL WHEN PULLING OUT FROM A STOP SIGN INTO TRAFFIC, ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE TO PASS TRAFFIC AND ON CITY STREETS DURING NORMAL DRIVING. EACH TIME THIS OCCURRED THERE WAS A VERY SIGNIFICANT CHANCE FOR SOMETHING REALLY BAD TO HAPPEN... NOT SURE HOW I ESCAPED DRIVING THIS UNSAFE VEHICLE UNSCATHED.

THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILED 2 DAYS AFTER PURCHASE. NO INDICATION OF SPEED NOR FUEL LEVEL.

STEERING WHEEL MAKES A LOUD NOISE (SQUEALING NOISE) WHILE DRIVING LEFT OR RIGHT VERY DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER STEERING WHEEL.

WHILE DRIVING, SOMETIMES THE HORN COMPLETELY STOPS WORKING, AT THE SAME TIME THE HORN STOPS WORKING I CAN REMOVE MY SEATBELT OR HAVE A PASSENGER NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT AND THE SEAT BELT INDICATOR AND CHIME DOES NOT COME ON, I HAVE BUCKLED AND UNBUCKLED THE SEATBELT TO TRY TO GET THE INDICATOR TO COME ON AND NOTHING HAPPENS. I AM WORRIED THAT THE SEAT SENSORS OR SEAT BELT LATCH ARE DEFECTIVE ALSO THE HORN ISSUE MAY BE ANOTHER UNDERLYING PROBLEM.

MY BRAKE BOOSTER WENT OUT. I DID FIND THAT THERE WAS A EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR SOME BUT MY VIN NUMBER DID "NOT" QUALIFY. SOUNDS LIKE A LIE TO ME. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM AS OTHERS HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERAGE. THE FACT THAT THIS IS WAS DONE ON SOME BUT NOT ALL, DOES NOT MAKE SAFETY SENSE TO ME. MY CAR WAS ASSEMBLED AT THE DESIGNATED SITE THAT HAD THE PROBLEM. I AM HAVING MY CAR REPAIRED AT A "NON-FORD" MECHANIC, SINCE THE LAST TIME I WENT TO A FORD DEALER, THE DEALER TRIED "THEFT BY DECEPTION" ON ME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 LINCOLN MKZ. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOOR LATCHES WERE INOPERABLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWICE. THE FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED ON THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. FIESTA LINCOLN (1720 S MESA DR, MESA, AZ 85210, (480) 813-4900) WAS CONTACTED, BUT WOULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY OR INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LINCOLN AVIATOR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR FAILED TO SHIFT FROM PARK INTO ANY OTHER GEAR BECAUSE THE GEAR SHIFTER WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 02V313000 (POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE SAME FAILURE AS LISTED IN THE RECALL CAMPAIGN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

BRAKE BOOSTER VACUUM LEAKS CAUSING BRAKES TO SQUEAL AND HISS THUS RENDERING VEHICLE UNSAFE STOP.. THE RECALL STARTS ON 2010 MODELS BUT THE RECALL SHOULD HAVE STARTED ON THE 2009S. I HAD TO REPLACE IT AND IT COST 700. NOW MY VEHICLE IS MECHANICALLY SOUND.