2014 LINCOLN MKZ — Complaint #1816087
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:SUPPLY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS filed June 2, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1816087 (ODI reference 11467109) concerns a 2014 LINCOLN MKZ and was filed on June 2, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 23, 2022. The vehicle had 25,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to New York based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, air:supply:hoses, lines/piping, and fittings, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same LINCOLN MKZ cohort independently describe similar service brakes, air:supply:hoses, lines/piping, and fittings failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2014 LINCOLN MKZ shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2014 Lincoln MKZ. The contact stated that as she attempted to come to a complete stop at the top of a hill, the brakes failed to operate as needed and were depressed to the floorboard. The contact blew through the intersection with the brake fluid low warning message on the instrument panel. The contact also stated that a warning chime sounded during the failure. The contact was able to stop the vehicle and parked on the side of the road. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where they informed her that one of the brake hoses had failed, causing the brake fluid to leak out of the vehicle. The manufacturer was also notified of the failure and informed her that there were no recalls on the vehicle. The contact was provided with a case number. The vehicle had been repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 25,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1816087 |
| ODI Number | 11467109 |
| Date Filed | June 2, 2022 |
| Failure Date | May 23, 2022 |
| VIN | 3LN6L2JK5ER |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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