2007 Lincoln MKZ
This year drew an ordinary 259 complaints for a Lincoln MKZ — the model's median is 169. What they were about is the unusual part: 47.9% of them mention takata, against 18.1% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 259 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 169 |
| Involving a crash | 14 |
| Involving a fire | 3 |
| Recalls | 5 |
| EPA combined | 19.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- takata — 47.9% of this year's complaints, against 18.1% across the model's other years (2.6×).
- tool — 28.2% of this year's complaints, against 10.8% across the model's other years (2.6×). Owners wrote it as: tool, vin tool, confirms, tool confirms.
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
TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LINCOLN MKZ. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V384000 (AIR BAGS) IN JUNE. THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE RECALL REMEDY WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE AND THE [VIN] EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME…
NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V904000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE [VIN] HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. AN UNKNOWN DEALER WA…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V158000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 19V904000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 17V024000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 16V384000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 14E028000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Lincoln MKZ 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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