Lincoln MKZ — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 4,056 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Air bags (restraint system)1,348 (33.2%)Official recall records for this system: 25, covering model years 2007–2014.
• Brakes584 (14.4%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 2007–2018.
• Engine346 (8.5%)
• Electrical system244 (6.0%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2013.
• Steering230 (5.7%)Official recall records for this system: 10, covering model years 2011–2018.
• Tires & wheels200 (4.9%)

Other / uncategorized: 202 classifications (5.0%) 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 (3,308 records, model years 2007–2020) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), brakes and engine.
• Safety recalls (127 records, model years 2007–2020) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), doors, latches & locks and steering.
• Transport Canada recalls (94 records, model years 2007–2020) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), steering and seat belts.
• Manufacturer communications (1,767 records, model years 2007–2020) 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

• 1,510reports included a mileage
• 72,856average 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.

1. 2007 287 records for 2007 287
2. 2008 318 records for 2008 318
3. 2009 145 records for 2009 145
4. 2010 215 records for 2010 215
5. 2011 193 records for 2011 193
6. 2012 195 records for 2012 195
7. 2013 295 records for 2013 295
8. 2014 264 records for 2014 264
9. 2015 242 records for 2015 242
10. 2016 220 records for 2016 220
11. 2017 365 records for 2017 365
12. 2018 173 records for 2018 173
13. 2019 149 records for 2019 149
14. 2020 86 records for 2020 86

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

• 202mention a crash
• 28mention a fire
• 118mention an injury
• 4mention 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 127
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 1,767
• Investigations NHTSA 41
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 94
• Owner complaints NHTSA 3,308

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• U0198 in 16 records · 2015–2019
• P0AE5 in 6 records · 2013–2018
• P0300 in 4 records · 2015–2018
• P0301 in 4 records · 2015–2018
• P0302 in 4 records · 2015–2018
• P0303 in 4 records · 2015–2018
• P0304 in 4 records · 2015–2018
• U3000 in 4 records · 2017–2018
• B0054 in 3 records · 2017–2018
• B0057 in 3 records · 2017–2018
• B0080 in 3 records · 2017–2018
• P0071 in 3 records · 2017–2017

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.