2012 Lincoln MKX
This year drew an ordinary 84 complaints for a Lincoln MKX — the model's median is 111. What they were about is the unusual part: 38.1% of them mention dash, against 12.1% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 84 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 111 |
| Involving a crash | 2 |
| Recalls | 1 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 20 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- dash — 38.1% of this year's complaints, against 12.1% across the model's other years (3.2×). Owners wrote it as: dash, stay, night, board.
- pedal — 27.4% of this year's complaints, against 9.3% across the model's other years (2.9×).
- camera — 9.5% of this year's complaints, against 1.3% across the model's other years (7.1×). Owners wrote it as: camera, black, backup, backup camera.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
I have a 2012 Lincoln MKX and a piece of the transmission broke off while I was driving on the highway at night. I was able to get the vehicle to the shoulder but this could have caused a serious accident even resulting in fatalities. I have contacted the deal…
BLIND SPOT SENSOR FAILURE - IN HEAVY RAIN DRIVING I GET A DASH DISPLAY INFORMING ME THE BLIND SPOT FEATURE IS NOT WORKING. REF. TO MANUAL. BOTH SIDE VIEW MIRROR YELLOW LITES STAY ON. OF ALL TIMES I WANT MY BLIND SPOT OPTION NOT WORKING. MUMS THE WORD DEALER RE…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 14V393000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Lincoln MKX was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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