2013 Lincoln Mkx

THE HVAC AND PCM NEEDED THE VIN NUMBER RECODED?? TWO HOURS OF LABOR AT A COST OF $385. DOLLARS. REASON IS HEAT WOULD BLOW COLD AIR ON DRIVERS SIDE AND HEAT ON PASSAGEM SIDE. DEALER SAID THE VEHICLE VIN NUMBER NEEDED TO BE CORRECTED IN BOTH THE HVAC AND PCM MODULES.. DEALER SAID IT IS A GLITCH? VEHICLE IS USED REGULARLY AND THE CABIN AIR FILTER HAD JUST BEEN CHANGED BY THE DEALER WHEN PROBLEM STARTED.

WHEN YOU HIT THE GAS PEDAL YOU LOSE ALL ACCELERATION. YOU HAVE TO DRIFT TO A COMPLETE STOP, TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN RESTART IT. HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT MULTIPLE TIMES AND ONCE ON THE HIGHWAY TRAVELING ABOUT 50 MPH. THANKFULLY TRAFFIC WAS NOT HEAVY AND I WAS ABLE TO GET MY CAR STOPPED AND RESTARTED BEFORE THE POSSIBILITY OF SOMEONE RUNNING INTO US. THERE WAS NO SHOULDER TO PULL OFF ON BECAUSE OF CONSTRUCTION. IT WAS TERRIFYING. IT HAPPENS RANDOMLY AND THERE IS NO WARNING AS TO WHEN. A VEHICLE IN THIS CONDITION IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AND LINCOLN SEEMS TO NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS SO THEY SEND PEOPLE HOME IN THEIR DEFECTIVE VEHICLES BECAUSE AS THEY SAY THEY CAN'T GET THE PROBLEM TO DUPLICATE SO THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY CAR AND SENT ME HOME NOW TWICE. TRUST ME THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY CAR AND MANY OTHERS AND IT IS A HUGE SAFETY HAZARD!!!

I TOOK MY 2013 LINCOLN MKX FOR MAINTENANCE. I WAS TOLD THAT MY POWER TRANSFER UNIT, (PTU) WAS DEFECTIVE, IT IS A SEALED UNIT AND BEING AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE DRIVE TRAIN, IT NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. VEHICLE WAS STATIONERY. I CONTACTED LINCOLN TO SEE WHY AN ESSENTIAL PART SHOULD HAVE FAILED. I WAS TOLD THERE ARE NO RECALLS, NOTHING COULD BE DONE. 1.OTHER PEOPLE HAD SIMILAR ISSUES. 2. THE POLICE CARS WERE EQUIPPED WITH COOLERS SO THAT THE PTU WOULD NOT OVERHEAT. 3. THE CARS WITH THE PTUS SOLD OVERSEAS WERE GIVEN A DRAIN PLUG. 4. FORD SWITCHED THE MAKERS TO A NEW ONE BECAUSE OF THE INCIDENTS. I SENT AN EMAIL TO NANCY JOY FALOTICO, PRESIDENT, THE LINCOLN MOTOR COMPANY, NOT HEARING I CALLED THE EXECUTIVE OFFICES, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM ANOTHER REP. WHO WAS RESPONDING FOR MS. FALOTICO, SHE SAID AGAIN, NOTHING COULD BE DONE. KEEP YOUR RECEIPTS AND IF THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL YOU CAN GET REIMBURSEMENT. THE MALFUNCTION OF THIS PART COULD HAVE CATASTROPHIC RESULTS. LINCOLN MOTORS GAVE THE BBB AN UNACCEPTABLE RESPONSE. 2.CONTACTED ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE OF CT RESPONSE NOT ACCEPTABLE. SAME RESPONSE AS TWAS SENT TO BBB. 3.RECCOMMENDED TO CONTACT YOU. 4. LETTER FROM FORD TRIED TO MAKE IT JUST A WARRANTY ISSUE. IT OBVIOUSLY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WARRANTY.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT OVER 70 WITH MY WHOLE FAMILY IN THE VEHICLE THE VEHICLE SIMPLY STOPPED RESPONDING AND WENT INTO WHAT I HAVE NOW BEEN INFORMED IS LIMP MODE BY THE GRACE OF GOD WE SURVIVED THIS FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE ON ANOTHER INSTANCE AFTER THAT ANOTHER CAR HIT ME THANKFULLY NO DAMAGE, WHILE DOING SOME RESEARCH I SEE THERE IS A SAFETY CAMPAIGN 13NO3 BUT FOR SOME REASON THIS MODEL WAS NOT INCLUDED. I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE AND BELIEVE THIS VEHICLE AND OTHERS LIKE IT HAVE A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT IS GOING TO COST SOMEONE THERE LIFE.

CAR WAS IN MOTION AT 65MPH ON A 4 LANE FREEWAY TRAVELING IN LANE 2 OR 3. IT MADE A LOUD THUD AND THE WRENCH ICON APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. AT THE SAME TIME, THE GAS PEDAL NO LONGER PROVIDED ACCELERATION AND THE ONLY THING I COULD DO WAS COAST TO A STOP, WHILE MANEUVERING THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER. AFTER STOPPING I RESTARTED THE CAR AND IT FUNCTIONED PERFECTLY FINE. THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS NO LONGER ILLUMINATED. TWO MONTHS LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE IN A FORWARD MOTION ON CITY STREETS...MADE A LOUD THUD, THE WRENCH ICON APPEARED. I WAS AT THE WEST SIDE OF A 4 LANE INTERSECTION AND BARELY HAD ENOUGH POWER TO COAST THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND PULL OVER ON THE EAST SIDE. AFTER SHUTTING THE CAR OFF, IT STARTED UP FINE AGAIN. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT NOW

IN REGARDS TO MY 2013 LINCOLN MKX, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FREQUENTLY DOES NOT ENGAGE IN PARK --- ABOUT HALF THE TIME. WHEN STATIONARY, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFT LEVER IS PUSHED INTO THE "P" POSITION, BUT THE VEHICLE WARNS VIA A DINGING AND DASH WARNING THAT IT IS NOT IN PARK. STATIONARY LOCATIONS INCLUDE MY GARAGE, WHICH IS LEVEL, AND PUBLIC PARKING LOTS, WHICH ARE TYPICALLY LEVEL IN MY AREA. THERE IS AN EXISTING RECALL FOR THE 2013 LINCOLN MKX (NTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14N393000), WHICH REGARDS A DEFECTIVE "HALF-SHAFT DISENGAGEMENT". IT INCLUDES COMMENT THAT UNTIL REPAIRED, WHEN STOPPED TO ENGAGE THE PARKING BRAKE OR THE VEHICLE COULD ROLL AWAY. I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER THAT RECALL INVOLVES THE PROBLEM WITH MY LINCOLN. A SEARCH WAS PERFORMED ON YOUR WEBSITE FOR A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE USING ITS VIN, BUT NO RECALL WAS FOUND.