2014 Lincoln MKZ problems
Owners have filed 130 complaints about the 2014 Lincoln MKZ with NHTSA. Steering accounts for 19.2% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of electrical system at 13.1%.
Complaints130
Crashes10
Fires0
Injuries5
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Steering 19.2% · 25
Electrical system 13.1% · 17
Unknown or other 8.5% · 11
Engine 7.7% · 10
Power train 6.9% · 9
Fuel/propulsion system 6.2% · 8
Structure 4.6% · 6
Back over prevention 4.6% · 6
Severity
Of those complaints, 10 describe a crash and 5 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 10 model years of the Lincoln MKZ in this data, 2014 draws comparatively few complaints; 2008 is the outlier year.
Filings have fallen off, 22 in the last three years against 36 in the three before. The issues here may already have been addressed.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 63,000 miles.
In owners' own words
As I was driving, the power, steering failure light came on. It began to be difficult to steer. Once I pulled over, stop the car and restart it again the steering system was locked. Other warning lights with regards to collision control, etc. came on. Many other people have reported this problem with the steering mechanism on this particular car. Steering
I was at a grocery store. Turned on my car put it in reverse and I could not turn the wheel. A light came on the dash board saying steering alignment failure. I put the car in park turned it off and tried to back up a few more times and failed. So I just sat there for a while then tried one last time and the car finally backed up. Steering · reported at 68,000 miles
The electronic steering failed. A steering warning light came on and within 3-5 seconds the electronic steering failed completely. Fortunately I was only traveling at a low speed or would have likely been in an accident. Cost to repair was over $2000 and the car had 100,180 miles on it at the time of the failure. Steering
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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