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Lincoln MKT

Every Lincoln MKT model year on file, 2009 to 2019. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years29512 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years112009 to 2019

Recall campaigns14Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins619Summed across model years

By model year

The 2013 model year drew the most complaints, 70, 24% 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

Steering leads the Lincoln MKT complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Steering

101

Structure

Electrical system

Engine and cooling

Fuel system

Back-over prevention

Visibility and wipers

Suspension

Powertrain

Lighting

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Lincoln MKT 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 MKT by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2019	SUV	17	0.0	41	4	46
2018	SUV	7	0.0	17	2	63
2017	SUV	3	0.0	6	3	81
2016	SUV	9	22.2	22	3	96
2015	SUV	24	8.3	53	6	62
2014	SUV	54	5.6	123	4	69
2013	SUV	70	4.3	219	7	79
2012	SUV	27	0.0	93	1	46
2011	SUV	19	0.0	62	1	43
2010	SUV	65	3.1	183	0	32
2009	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	2

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

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Lincoln MKT

25V-827 Dec 1, 2025
Driver and front passenger B-Pillar door trim may detach while driving
Structure · 12k vehicles
25V-695 Oct 13, 2025
Rearview camera may display a distorted, intermittent, or blank image when the vehicle is in reverse
Back-over prevention · 1.45M vehicles
24V-951 Dec 20, 2024
Rearview camera may intermittently display a blank or distorted image
Back-over prevention · 31k vehicles
20V-072 Feb 10, 2020
Rear suspension toe links may fracture due to stress on the rear suspension
Suspension · 211k vehicles
18V-548 Aug 20, 2018
Power supply cables at the starter and the alternator may not have been properly secured, possibly resulting in an electrical arc
Electrical system · 87 vehicles
16V-925 Dec 22, 2016
Improperly brazed turbocharger oil supply tubes may leak oil on engine components
Engine and cooling · 1,163 vehicles
16V-621 Aug 25, 2016
Component within the fuel pump electric module (PEM) may overheat causing a loss of electrical power to the fuel pump
Fuel system · 78k vehicles
15V-812 Dec 2, 2015
In the affected vehicles, the fuel delivery module may crack, allowing fuel to leak
Fuel system · 868 vehicles
15V-476 Jul 29, 2015
Vehicles were intended to seat five passengers, but were delivered without the second row seating
Child seats · 265 vehicles
15V-464 Jul 24, 2015
Affected vehicles have a parking brake that may not fully engage when applied
Brakes · 7,165 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.