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Lincoln Mark VI

Every Lincoln Mark VI model year on file, 1979 to 1992. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years30 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years61979 to 1992

Recall campaigns8Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins10Summed across model years

By model year

The 1982 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 33% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Engine and cooling leads the Lincoln Mark VI complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Engine and cooling

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Lincoln Mark VI model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Lincoln Mark VI by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations	Bulletins
1992	Coupe	1	0.0	14	0	0	0
1983	Coupe	1	0.0	100	2	1	0
1982	Sedan	1	0.0	100	1	1	0
1981	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	1	0
1980	Not decoded	0	None	None	3	1	9
1979	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	1

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Lincoln Mark VI

07E-064 Aug 27, 2007
Certain federal-mogul aftermarket fuel pumps sold under the brand names of carter, accuflow, napa, truflow, parts depo, and parts master, shipped…
Fuel system · 34k vehicles
83V-028 Mar 7, 1983
Parking gear may not engage, even though the gear shift lever is placed in the "park" position
Powertrain · 98k vehicles
83V-017 Feb 24, 1983
Shift indicator may not accurately reflect the shift selector position
Powertrain · 36k vehicles
81V-107 Sep 15, 1981
Defective automatic headlamp dimmer relays were installed in the affected vehicles
Lighting · 791 vehicles
80V-147 Nov 13, 1980
Some of the involved vehicles have electrical relay systems which may be susceptible to water leakage into the relay case
Electrical system · 18k vehicles
80V-121 Sep 23, 1980
Involved vehicles may start in reverse gear
Electrical system · 14k vehicles
80V-067 May 27, 1980
Stop lamp switches on certain vehicles may have been contaminated with oil, which could degrade the contacts and result in a loss of stop lamp…
Lighting · 52k vehicles
80V-042 Apr 8, 1980
Accessory feed wire assembly may have been pinched beneath a mounting bolt by the climate control air duct assembly
Electrical system · 15k vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.