https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Lincoln MKZ. en-us Tue, 22 Sep 2026 21:39:53 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz#complaint-2177782 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2019 Lincoln MKZ. The contact stated that while reversing, the steering wheel wobbled. The contact stated that the steering wheel was moving back and forth. In addition, the contact stated that while making a turn, the steering wheel turned in the intended direction without an issue. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The contact was advised to take the vehicle to https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz#complaint-2176799 Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The transmission is slipping my car is only has 53,000 miles on it, the radio doesn’t work I had to pay over $1000 to fix the trunk latch and my brakes are fine but not working properly https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz#complaint-2176800 Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The transmission is slipping my car is only has 53,000 miles on it, the radio doesn’t work I had to pay over $1000 to fix the trunk latch and my brakes are fine but not working properly https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz#complaint-2176801 Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The transmission is slipping my car is only has 53,000 miles on it, the radio doesn’t work I had to pay over $1000 to fix the trunk latch and my brakes are fine but not working properly https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz#complaint-2176364 Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT I was slowing down to take a turn and I see an error message saying “power steering assist failure”. And steering went stiff.. https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz#complaint-2176205 Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2015 Lincoln MKZ. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V695000 (Back Over Prevention); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the rearview camera image was distorted and foggy. The dealer was contacted and confirmed that the part for the recall repair was not yet available. The vehicle was not diagnosed o https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz#complaint-2173198 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2017 Lincoln MKZ. The contact stated that while driving at 30 MPH, the vehicle entered LIMP Mode and failed to shift into third or fourth gear. Due to the failure, the contact made several stops while driving to the residence. The vehicle was driven to an independent mechanic but was not repaired. The contact referenced NHTSA Campaign Number: 18V390000 (POWER TRAIN); and associa https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz#complaint-2169892 Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT STEERING GEAR STOPPED WORKING, CAUSED THE CAR TO LOCK UP STEERING WHILE DRIVING SIMALAR AS RECALL 19S26. WE FEEL THIS CAR SHOULD ADDED TO THE CURRENT RECALLS FOR THIS SAME MATTER. https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz#complaint-2169343 Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2015 Lincoln MKZ. The contact was advised of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V695000 (BACK OVER PREVENTION). However, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the rearview camera displayed a distorted image while the vehicle was in reverse(R). The contact stated that the vehicle on the side appeared on the op https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz#complaint-2169214 Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT My 2017 Lincoln MKZ experienced a sudden and severe engine failure consistent with the known Ford/Lincoln coolant intrusion defect affecting 1.5L, 1.6L, and 2.0L EcoBoost engines. While driving, the vehicle began losing coolant with no visible external leak, followed by rough running, misfires, and complete engine shutdown. The vehicle became inoperable and had to be towed to a Ford dealership. At https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz#complaint-2169215 Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT My 2017 Lincoln MKZ experienced a sudden and severe engine failure consistent with the known Ford/Lincoln coolant intrusion defect affecting 1.5L, 1.6L, and 2.0L EcoBoost engines. While driving, the vehicle began losing coolant with no visible external leak, followed by rough running, misfires, and complete engine shutdown. The vehicle became inoperable and had to be towed to a Ford dealership. At https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz#complaint-2168035 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2015 Lincoln MKZ. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V695000 (Back Over Prevention); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the rearview camera was inoperable while in reverse(R). The dealer was contacted and related the failure to the recall. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact state https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz#complaint-2168106 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT While driving at freeway speed, my fully closed panoramic moon roof exploded with me and my 5 year old son in the car. Thankfully, the interior shade was closed so no shards of glass fell inside. It sounded like a gunshot and I have front and rear view dash cam video with audio of the incident. You can see glass flying off the back of the car that could have easily damaged another vehicle if one h https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz#complaint-2166340 Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT The car had an internal transmission failure and caused most of the transmission fluid to leak out between inspections. Upon removing the cv axle on driver’s side, the seal was fine and replaced along with cv axle. The fluid drained and was only about half a liter (needs about 4.5L normally). After servicing the transmission fluid, the dealership did their assessment and came to the following con https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz#complaint-2166033 Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT Faulty engine, head gasket failure and needing total engine replace at 83,000 miles https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz#complaint-2162728 Sat, 03 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT Steering wheel lock up https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz#complaint-2162729 Sat, 03 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT Steering wheel lock up https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz#complaint-2162314 Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT Rear buckle incompatible with child booster seat, pressure has broken the buckle for the inflatable safety belts. Buckle housing has cracked open. This is a common complaint and should be a safety recall https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz#complaint-2161009 Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT So I bought this car in February of last year. Since I've had it june I had to do a head gasket. Another time the high speed fuel pump had bolt come loose and oil went everywhere causing a fire. Had transmission intercooler line do the same thing. Additional fire. And just recently I problem that was supposedly fixed already wasn't and flywheel broke leaving me stranding in a parking lot for https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz#complaint-2161010 Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT So I bought this car in February of last year. Since I've had it june I had to do a head gasket. Another time the high speed fuel pump had bolt come loose and oil went everywhere causing a fire. Had transmission intercooler line do the same thing. Additional fire. And just recently I problem that was supposedly fixed already wasn't and flywheel broke leaving me stranding in a parking lot for https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz#complaint-2160962 Sun, 28 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT Car only has 97K miles and the transmission fluid has been leaking for some time causing loud noises from the transmission which took time to locate. The transmission leaked fluid and only had about half a liter of fluid when it should be around 4.5 liters. The fluid leaked from the transmission on the driver cv axle seal. The car shows no lights on dash of any kind. I discovered the leak after th https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz#complaint-2160964 Sun, 28 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT Wheel lug nuts get swollen due to the material used causing problems when the wheels need to be removed. I was lucky to not be in an emergency situation needing to change a wheel out. This could have easily happened and I would have been unable to change a wheel on the side of the road. I went to Costco to get my tires changed and they refused to take the wheels off because the wheel lug nuts were https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz#complaint-2157174 Sun, 14 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT While driving vehicle the engine shut down for no apparent reason. Light came on said do not attempt to drive, not safe. Was able to get car to a safe area. Was able to restart and get the car home. Brought the car to the dealer, said battery was dead, found water in the truck where the battery is located https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz#complaint-2152924 Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT After filling up with gas, started the vehicle & it displayed SEVERAL warnings regarding the steering, stability control, etc. Only about 2 miles from home. Started driving home & the steering wheel was variably going from fairly difficult to turn to VERY difficult to turn. Got within about 150 feet of my home & could not turn the steering wheel AT ALL. Tried multiple times to back up / go for https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz#complaint-2152263 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT Check engine light came on. Error code 0302 and 0316 on ODB at dealer. Was advised that engine needed to be replaced due to coolant intrusion into cylinder 2 which cause the vehicle to overheat. Engine has 3200 miles on it. Safety hazard due to engine seizing at high speed and causing an accident due to loss of power. Also possible engine fire due to loss of coolant/overheating. https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz#complaint-2148804 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT Head gasket failure. coolant leak into engine block. Replaced engine at a cost of $3900 https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz#complaint-2146353 Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2012 Lincoln MKZ. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the steering wheel became difficult to steer in either direction. No warning light was illuminated. The message "Power Steering Assist Fault" was displayed. The contact stated that the failure had progressed over time. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer, where it remained for further investigat https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz#complaint-2145437 Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT Video camera in the back is almost unusable at times, get loss of vision completely or it's flipped image and distorted. Don't know if this counts but I had a issue where key batteries where fine and the car did not want to unlock or start. Also last winter the door would not unlock and if forced would not close. https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz#complaint-2145495 Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT I am paying on a 2017 Lincoln MKZ with total engine failure due to coolant leaking into it. I am aware that NHTSA in early October 2023 there was an investigation into more than 700000 late model Ford due to catastrophic engine failure. Why was people not informed on this matter, or a recall established. https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz https://plaincars.com/make/lincoln-mkz#complaint-2145496 Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT I am paying on a 2017 Lincoln MKZ with total engine failure due to coolant leaking into it. I am aware that NHTSA in early October 2023 there was an investigation into more than 700000 late model Ford due to catastrophic engine failure. Why was people not informed on this matter, or a recall established.