2013 Lincoln Mkx

WIFE WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON MARCH 15, 2018, AROUND 2 PM EST, ON A DIVIDED ROAD AROUND 35 MPH. CLEAR SUNNY DAY WITH NO TRAFFIC AROUND HER. SHE HEARD A VERY LOUD NOISE AND PULLED INTO THE NEAREST PARKING LOT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED. SHE LOOKED AT THE BODY OF CAR AND TIRES AND DID NOT SEE ANYTHING. SHE CONTINUED TO WORK, AROUND 3 MILES, AND LOOKED AGAIN WHEN SHE ARRIVED. SHE THEN NOTICED THE VISTA GLASS TO THE REAR OF THE SUNROOF HAD IMPLODED. FROM THE INSIDE IT WAS ALL SHATTERED BUT IN TACK. FROM THE OUTSIDE THERE WERE VISIBLE CRACKS. SEE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE PHOTO. WHEN WE CALLED LINCOLN TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS OR ANY KNOWN ISSUES, THEY SAID NO AND TO CALL INSURANCE SINCE GLASS IS NOT COVERED. WHEN WE RESEARCHED ON THE WEB, WE SAW A NUMBER OF POSTINGS FOR SIMILAR IMPLOSIONS ON LINCOLN MODELS AND FORD EDGE. POSTINGS SAID TO FILE A COMPLAINT FOR A RECALL.

FOLLOW-UP TO NHTSA ID NUMBERS: 11047965 AND 11055106. ENGINE SHUTDOWN AT SPEED ON HIGHWAY WITHOUT WARNING. FIRST INCIDENT ON HIGHWAY AT SPEED IN CENTER OF 3 LANES. AFTER FIRST INCIDENT, FILED NHTSA COMPLAINT 11047965, TOOK CAR TO DEALER AND REPLACED FUEL PRESSURE SENSOR BASED ON FAULT CODE. ABOUT 2 WEEKS AND 400 MILES LATER, 2ND AND 3RD ENGINE SHUTDOWN INCIDENTS WITHIN 15 MINUTES AT SPEED ON INTERSTATE. FILED NHTSA COMPLAINT 11055106 AND REPLACED THROTTLE BODY BASED ON DEALER RECOMMENDATION (NO CODES). ABOUT 2 WEEKS AND 600 MILES LATER, 4TH ENGINE SHUTDOWN OCCURRENCE, THIS TIME AT 35 MPH ON NEIGHBORHOOD STREET. AS BEFORE ENGINE SHUTDOWN RESULTS IN LOSS OF PROPULSION, POWER STEERING, AND POWER BRAKES. AFTER STOPPING, ABLE TO RESTART ENGINE NORMALLY AND CONTINUE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. ENGINE SHUTDOWN IS ACCOMPANIED BY NO WARNINGS, ALARMS, OR INDICATIONS OTHER THEN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GOING DARK AND THE LOSS OF PROPULSION. SO FAR HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO NAVIGATE TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER WITHOUT COLLISION AND COAST TO A STOP IN ALL 4 OCCURRENCES, THOUGH THIS IS DANGEROUS IN A HEAVY TRAFFIC ENVIRONMENT. MY ONLINE RESEARCH INDICATES THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM ON LINCOLN MKX AND FORD EDGE FOR MANY OTHER DRIVERS AND DEALERS ARE AT A LOSS TO EXPLAIN OR SUCCESSFULLY REPAIR. MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO IDENTIFY CAUSE AND REPAIR BEOFRE SOMEONE GETS KILLED.

SO FAR THIS HAS HAPPENED NOW 4 TIMES. WHILE DRIVING MY CARE AT 35 MPH, MY CAR WILL LOSE ALL POWER AS WELL AS THE STEERING WHEEL WILL LOCK. MY CAR WILL BEGAN TO GO IN ITS OWN DIRECTION AND I HAVE TO BRING THE CAR TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC, PUT IT IN PARK AND TURN IT OFF AND START IT BACK UP AGAIN. I HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND LOSING NOT ONLY THE POWER OF THE VEHICLE BUT ALSO THE STEERING IS VERY CONCERNING. I HAVE CONTACTED LINCOLN AND THEY HAVE LET ME KNOW THAT THIS IS A VALID RECALL FOR OVER 83,000 VEHICLES MADE IN THE SAME YEAR BUT IT IS NOT ON MY VEHICLES RECALL LIST. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS.

FOLLOW-UP TO NHTSA ID NUMBER: 11047965 AFTER FILING NHTSA COMPLAINT 11047965, TOOK CAR TO DEALER FOR INVESTIGATION. COMPUTER HAD RECORDED A CODE FOR THE FUEL PRESSURE SENSOR WHICH WAS THEN REPLACED. AFTER THE REPAIR, DROVE ABOUT 2 WEEKS AND 400 MILES (INCLUDING SEVERAL HOURS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS) WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THEN ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AT SPEED (70 MPH ON CRUISE CONTROL), THE ENGINE STOPPED WITHOUT WARNING OR ALARM, RESULTING IN LOSS OF PROPULSION, POWER STEERING, AND POWER BRAKES. WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER WITHOUT COLLISION. WAS ABLE TO RESTART ENGINE NORMALLY AND CONTINUE, BUT THE EVENT RECURRED A SECOND TIME 10 MINUTES LATER WITH THE SAME RESULTS. WAS ABLE TO DRIVE ABOUT 80 MILES TO HOME WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. ENGINE SHUTDOWN IS ACCOMPANIED BY NO WARNINGS, ALARMS, OR INDICATIONS OTHER THEN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GOING DARK AND THE LOSS OF PROPULSION. FORTUNATELY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET TO RIGHT SHOULDER WITHOUT CAUSING A TRAFFIC INDECENT, THOUGH THIS WOULD BE DANGEROUS IN A HEAVY TRAFFIC ENVIRONMENT. PLAN TO TAKE TO DEALER AGAIN NEXT WEEK FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

AT NIGHT, WHILE AT SPEED (60 MPH) IN CENTER LANE OF A CROWDED HIGHWAY DURING EVENING COMMUTE, THE ENGINE STOPPED, RESULTING IN LOSS OF PROPULSION, POWER STEERING, AND POWER BRAKES. FORTUNATELY WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER WITHOUT COLLISION. WAS ABLE TO RESTART ENGINE NORMALLY AND PROCEED HOME (ABOUT AN HOUR) WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NEXT DAY DID SOME LOW SPEED (5 MPH) TESTING IN A QUIET AREA TO INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE CAUSES. COULD NOT REPLICATE WITH ANY BUTTON ON REMOTE OR STEERING WHEEL. SYMPTOMS COULD BE REPLICATED BY PRESSING ENGINE START/STOP BUTTON WHILE IN MOTION. THIS BUTTON IS TOO HIGH TO HIT WITH DRIVER'S KNEE AND LOCATED WHERE ACCIDENTAL TOUCH BY DRIVER'S ARM/HAND IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY. BOTH DRIVER AND FRONT SEAT PASSENGER SAY THIS BUTTON WAS NOT ACTIVATED DURING THE INCIDENT. NO FURTHER RECURRENCE IN NORMAL DRIVING ON THE FOLLOWING DAY. NO SYSTEM MESSAGES ON VEHICLE INFORMATION DISPLAY. PLAN TO TAKE TO DEALER NEXT WEEK FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. MILEAGE 55100

EXHAUST LEAK IN CABIN. I PURCHASED THE 2013 MKX IN APRIL 2017, SOON AFTER I BEGAN NOTICING AN EXHAUST SMELL IN THE CAR SHORTLY AFTER FAST ACCELERATION. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE INTO THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT IN JUNE AND JULY, WHO SEALED AND RESEALED THE BUMPER WHICH HAD NO IMPROVEMENT AND THEN BY DIRECTION FROM LINCOLN CORPORATE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO TWO OTHER DEALERSHIPS WHO REPEATED THE ORIGINAL REPAIRS AND HAVE YET TO FIX THE PROBLEM. LINCOLN OFFERED ME AN X PLAN DISCOUNT TO PURCHASE A NEW FORD OR LINCOLN MODEL BUT STATED THAT AT THIS POINT THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL REPAIRS FOR THIS ISSUE. THE VEHICLE CAN NOT BE DRIVEN FOR LONG DISTANCES WITHOUT PASSENGERS AND THE DRIVER EXPERIENCING HEADACHES, BURNING EYES, NAUSEA, AND DISORIENTATION. THE SMELL IS NOTICEABLE DURING HARD ACCELARATION, HOWEVER, SYMPTOMS DEVELOP WITHIN THIRTY MINUTES OF DRIVING WITH THE A.C. ON AND OFF CAUSING ME TO BELIEVE FUMES ARE ENTERING THE CABIN DURING ALL DRIVING CONDITIONS BUT ONLY NOTICE THE ODOR DURING HARD ACCELERATION. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO CORRECT THE ISSUE AS LINCOLN AS WELL AS THE SEVERAL DEALERSHIPS STATED THERE IS NO FIX BUT THEIR ENGINEERS ARE LOOKING INTO IT. IN THE MEANTIME I CAN'T SAFELY DRIVE THE CAR FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME AND I CAN'T AFFORD A NEW LINCOLN OR FORD EVEN WITH THE OFFERED DISCOUNT.

PURCHASED VEHICLE USED IN NOVEMBER 2015. NOTICED EVERY TIME I PUT GASOLINE IN THE VEHICLE, IT WOULD NOT START ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT. MONTHS LATER, CHECK IN LIGHT COME ON, TOOK VEHICLE TO A FORD DELERSHIP (IN 2016) AND WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. AS TIME WENT ON, THE ISSUE WITH REFUELING AND ENGIN LIGHT COUNTIED. IN 2017 WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, A WARNING LIGHT APPEARED (LOW OIL ENGIN PRESSURE) AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND REPLACED IT. ABOUT A WEEK LATER, ENGIN LIGHT APPEARED AND ONE MONTH LATER RECEIVED SAME LOW OIL PRESSURE AND THE VEHICLE STALLED OUT AGAIN WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED, CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP.

I PURCHASED A 2013 LINCOLN MKX IN APRIL 2015; DEALER SAID THEY INSTALLED 4 NEW MICHELIN GREEN-X TIRES, LATITUDE TOUR 245/60 R18, DOT AP4A 005X, AND WAS TOLD THEY ARE RATED AT 90,000 MILES I RECENTLY FELT A VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING AT 55-60 MPH SO I CHECKED THE TIRES VISUALLY AND FOUND WHAT LOOKED LIKE LITTLE JIGSAW SHAPED PIECES OF TREAD THAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY LIFT WITH A TOUCH OF YOUR FINGER!! I CALLED THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR (& TIRES) AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD TOW IT TO THEIR SERVICE FACILITY. I DECIDED TO DRIVE IT THERE, AND BY THE TIME I ARRIVED (ABOUT 40-45 MILES) ALL THOSE FLAPS OF RUBBER WERE GONE!! THEY HAD COME OFF AND LEFT GAPING HOLES WHERE THE TREAD USED TO BE, ALL OVER THE FRONT TIRES. THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID HE'D NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT AND CALLED OTHER MECHANICS AND SERVICE PERSONNEL; THEY WERE ALL CURIOUS AS WELL. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED ALL 4 TIRES WITH MORE MICHELINS, THEN MY SON TOLD ME THE TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT MICHELIN IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR CUSTOMER'S SAFETY, AS THIS WEBSITE DOESN'T LIST MY TIRES AS BEING RECALLED. THE DEALERSHIP CHARGED ME ABOUT $1000 FOR THE NEW TIRES, BUT I'M VERY WORRIED THESE TIRES ARE ALSO DEFECTIVE!! I THINK MICHELIN OR THE DEALERSHIP SHOULD REPLACE THE TIRES FOR FREE, WITH SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS NOT DEFECTIVE! I WILL NEVER BUY MICHELIN TIRES AGAIN, NOR WILL I BUY ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM THIS DEALERSHIP.