2013 Lincoln MKS — reported problems
CarFaultIQ holds 210 evidence records for the 2013 Lincoln MKS, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.
What owners report: issue areas
Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 182 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.
- Steering61 (33.5%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2011–2013.
- Electrical system25 (13.7%)
- Engine24 (13.2%)
- Fuel system16 (8.8%)Official recall records for this system: 9, covering model years 2012–2015.
- Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)9 (4.9%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 2013–2015.
- Driver-assistance systems8 (4.4%)
Other / uncategorized: 6 classifications (3.3%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.
These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.
What the records are about, by source
Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.
- Owner complaints (746 records, model years 2009–2016) are most frequently classified under: steering, electrical system and engine.
- Manufacturer communications (470 records, model years 2009–2016) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, equipment & accessories and engine.
"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records
Mileage reported when the issue occurred
- 91reports included a mileage
- 76,735average of those mileages
This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.
Evidence by model year
Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.
- 2009 70 records for 2009
- 2010 78 records for 2010
- 2011 80 records for 2011
- 2012 58 records for 2012
- 2013 210 records for 2013
- 2014 97 records for 2014
- 2015 72 records for 2015
- 2016 88 records for 2016
Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.
Reports mentioning outcomes
- 6mention a crash
- 4mention a fire
- 7mention an injury
- 18mention a fatality
These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.
Official records held
- Safety recalls NHTSA 7
- Manufacturer communications NHTSA 55
- Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 6
- Owner complaints NHTSA 142
Where to go next
- Lincoln MKS coverage hub Published problems, year windows and buyer guidance for this model.
- Evidence Explorer — the underlying records Read the individual recalls, investigations, manufacturer communications and complaints these counts come from.
- All model years of the Lincoln MKS Compare how much evidence is held for each year before narrowing to one.
- Browse all vehicle coverage Every make and model CarFaultIQ has published coverage for.