2010 Lincoln Mkx

TAKATA RECALL -- THE LINCOLN MOTOR COMPANY HAS FORWARDED A LETTER DATED DECEMBER 2017 STATING -- "WARNING: UNTIL REMEDY PARTS BECOME AVAILABLE, DO NOT ALLOW ANYONE TO SIT IN THE FIRST ROW PASSENGER SEAT." THIS MAKES OUR CAR BASICALLY USELESS. WHEN I CONTACTED MOUNTAIN VIEW FORD/LINCOLN DEALERSHIP TODAY AT 423-756-1331 AND ASKED IF THEY WOULD DISCONNECT JUST THE PASSENGER AIRBAG AND THEY STATED THAT IT WAS UNLAWFUL. YET, I CAN BE NOTIFIED THAT MY VEHICLE IS NOT BASICALLY USABLE BECAUSE SOMEONE COULD BE INJURED OR KILLED!!! WHO DO I CONTACT TO GET MY PASSENGER AIRBAG DISCONNECTED SO MY HUSBAND AND I CAN UTILIZE THE VEHICLE SINCE THIS IS OUR ONLY VEHICLE.

"TAKATA RECALL" RECEIVED RECALL LETTER MANY MONTHS AGO. DEALER SAYS NO REMEDY YET FROM TAKATA. RECEIVED DECEMBER 23, 2017 A BANKRUPTCY CHAPTER 11 NOTICE FROM TK HOLDINGS (TAKATA). CHECKED WITH DEALER AGAIN AND THERE IS NO REMEDY FOR THIS SINCE ORIGINAL RECALL NUMBER 16S26, JUNE 2016, NHTSA RECALL NUMBER, 16V384. CONSIDERING THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS RECALL, WHEN CAN THE CONSUMER EXPECT THIS TO BE CORRECTED

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 LINCOLN MKX. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V384000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. DON GASGART'S CHARLOTTE COUNTY FORD (3156 TAMIAMI TRAIL, PORT CHARLOTTE, FL 33952, (888) 313-9652) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE REMEDY WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

DRIVING AT NIGHT HEADLIGHTS STARTED TO FLICKER AND THEN WENT OUT. 1ST LEFT SIDE THEN RIGHT SIDE. SOLDER CONNECTING HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY TO ELECTRICAL WIRING DISSOLVED. PER FORD DEALERSHIP THE SOLDER IS DISSOLVING BECAUSE THE ELECTRICAL CIRCUITRY IN THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY OVERHEATED CAUSING THE SOLDER CONNECTION TO FAIL. THIS HAPPENED THREE TIMES. THE FIRST TWO TIME THE DEALERSHIP RE-SOLDERED THE CONNECTION. THE THIRD TIME THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY WITH A NEW ER HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY WITH UPDATED INTERNAL CIRCUITRY FROM MY CONVERSATION WITH THE FORD DEALERSHIP THIS HAD HAPPEN IN THE HIGHER END MODELS OF THE LINCOLNS THAT ARE A FEW YEARS OLD. WHY DID I HAVE TO WAIT FOR IT TO HAPPEN THREE TIMES BEFORE THEY TOLD ME IT IS AN INTERNAL DESIGN DEFECT OF THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY. THE COST OF THE REPLACEMENT ASSEMBLY FOR BOTH SIDES IS AROUND $2,300. I GOT CAUGHT WITH THIS TWICE LATE AT NIGHT, I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT WAS THE HEADLIGHT BULBS. FORTUNATELY, I WAS STILL RELATIVELY CLOSE TO HOME, AND NOT HALFWAY INTO MY 180 TRIP I WAS STARTING OUT ON. THIS HAPPENED AROUND 4 IN THE MORNING WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON A RURAL HIGHWAY WITHOUT STREET LIGHTS. NOT VERY PLEASANT DRIVING WITHOUT HEADLIGHTS.

"TAKATA RECALL", FOR 2 YEARS I HAVE BEEN RECEIVING INFO. REGARDING THIS RECALL AND FOR 2 YEARS HAVE BEEN CONTACTING THE DEALERSHIP, TO HEAR THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER THAT THEY STILL DO NOT HAVE THE PARTS TO REPLACE THIS AIRBAG, SO HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO GET KILLED FROM THIS BEFORE THE PROBLEM IS RESOLVED. SOME ONE RAN A STOP SIGN AND RAN INTO MY CAR GOOD THING THE AIR BAG DID NOT GO OFF SINCE MY GRANDDAUGHTER WAS SEATED IN THE PASSANGER SEAT. COME ON PEOPLE TEND TO THIS ONCE AND FOR ALL. JUST COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SITUATION NOT REPORTING THE ACCIDENT, THERE FOR THE DATE LISTED BELOW IS THE DAY THAT I SENT THIS IN.

TAKATA RECALL - I HAVE 2 LINCOLN MKX VEHICLES, A 2010 AND A 2008. THE LINCOLN DEALERSHIP THAT I HAVE CALLED FOR ONE HAS BEEN WAITING ON PARTS, APPARENTLY SINCE THE RECALL IN 6/2016. I HAVE CALLED THE COMPANIES LISTED ON THE AIRBAGRECALL.COM WEBSITE AND NONE OF THEM IN MY TOWN DO THE AIRBAG RECALL REPLACEMENT. THIS RECALL SEEMS TO INVOLVE A VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE I CAN GET THE AIRBAGS IN BOTH OF MY VEHICLES REPLACED. THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT THIS HAS GONE ONE IS UNACCEPTABLE.

I RECEIVED A TAKATA RECALL DATED JUNE 1, 2016 REGARDING A PROBLEM WITH AIRBAGS. I HAVE NOT HAD A PERSONAL INJURY BECAUSE OF THE AIRBAG DEFECT. HOWEVER, I FEAR THAT THE AIRBAG INFLATOR COULD RUPTURE CREATING A RISK OF INJURY. I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH MY LINCOLN CAR DEALER PERIODICALLY AND TAKATA HAS NEVER SENT REPLACEMENT PARTS TO THE CAR DEALER AND THEREFORE THE PROBLEM WAS NEVER FIXED. SINCE TAKATA HAS NOW GONE UNDER CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY I FEAR THAT THE AIRBAG PARTS WILL NEVER BE REPLACED.