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2014 Lincoln Mkx

Owner reports · Recalls · Investigations

Fewer warning signs than most model years

Owner complaints for the 2014 Lincoln Mkx are lower than the model-year median of 75.

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What to inspect

Issues worth paying extra attention to based on owner reports.

  • Service Brakes. Review the 10 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
  • Engine. Review the 7 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
  • Power Train. Review the 7 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →

NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.

2 crash reports0 fire reports1 injury reports

What owners actually said

35 reports
Mileage unknown · Jan 6, 2019
VisibilityVisibility/wiper

WINDOWS FOG IN WHOLE CAR DEFROST WONT CLEAR THE CAR BECOMES A DEATH TRAP BECAUSE YOU CANT SEE A THING . IF THE TEMP CHANGES FROM 32 TO 30 AS YOU ARE DRIVING WINDOWS INSTANTLY FOG EVEN WITH BLOWER ON HIGH DEFROST WONT CLEAR. IN CITY ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MILES A HOUR EVERY WHERE. CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM

NHTSA ODI #11165477

Mileage unknown · Sep 24, 2018
Unknown Or Other

I WAS IN BACK OF MY MKX IN DRIVEWAY OF MY SISTERS HOME. I WAS TRYING TO GET THE TAILGATE DOOR TO OPEN AND IT WOULDN'T OPEN. I TRIED THREE TIMES TO OPEN WITH THE RELEASE BUTTON. IT WOULD NOT OPEN. SO I WENT OPENED AND STOOD AT THE DOOR TO PRESS THE RELEASE BUTTON FROM INSIDE TWICE AND IT STILL WOULDN'T OPEN THE TAILGATE. AS MY SI…

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I WAS IN BACK OF MY MKX IN DRIVEWAY OF MY SISTERS HOME. I WAS TRYING TO GET THE TAILGATE DOOR TO OPEN AND IT WOULDN'T OPEN. I TRIED THREE TIMES TO OPEN WITH THE RELEASE BUTTON. IT WOULD NOT OPEN. SO I WENT OPENED AND STOOD AT THE DOOR TO PRESS THE RELEASE BUTTON FROM INSIDE TWICE AND IT STILL WOULDN'T OPEN THE TAILGATE. AS MY SISTER WAS COMING OUT OF HER HOME SHE WAS YELLING FOR ME TO MOVE MOVE BECAUSE I HAD NOT NOTICED THAT THE MKX WAS ROLLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY. WITH ME STILL STANDING OUTSIDE OF IT. I FINALLY JUST FEEL BECAUSE I COULDN'T KEEP UP OR JUMP IN TO STOP IT. I FELL TO CEMENT IN MIDDLE OF STREET. MY SISTER KEPT YELLING FOR ME TO MOVE AS THE MKX WAS ROLLING AND THE WHEELS WERE TURNING TOWARDS MY LEGS. THANK GOD IT DIDN'T RUN OVER ME. THIS WAS A HORRIBLE AND SCARY EXPERIENCE. MY SISTER GOT IN THE MKX TO GET IT OUT OF THE STREET. SHE SAID IT WAS IN REVERSE. IT WAS IN PARK FOR A FACT AS I WAS IN THE BACK FOR MINUTES TRYING TO OPEN THE TAILGATE. THIS HAPPENED ON 1426 PEPPERTREE LN 77015 WHERE MY SISTER LIVES.

NHTSA ODI #11131036

57,000 miles · Jul 20, 2018
Power TrainService BrakesCrashInjury

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 LINCOLN MKX. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND THE CONTACT WAS EXITING, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL FORWARD DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED F…

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 LINCOLN MKX. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND THE CONTACT WAS EXITING, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL FORWARD DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED FRACTURED RIBS, COLLARBONE INJURIES, AND SCRAPED KNEE INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS AWAITING DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000. *TT

NHTSA ODI #11112571

44,000 miles · May 25, 2018
EnginePower Train

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 LINCOLN MKX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS ENGAGED IN PARK, THE LETTER "P" WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE SHIFTER DISPLAY. ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, THE MESSAGE "TRANSMISSION NOT IN PARK AS INDICATED" WAS DISPLAYED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE HAD BEEN OCCURRING FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE WEE…

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 LINCOLN MKX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS ENGAGED IN PARK, THE LETTER "P" WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE SHIFTER DISPLAY. ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, THE MESSAGE "TRANSMISSION NOT IN PARK AS INDICATED" WAS DISPLAYED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE HAD BEEN OCCURRING FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. A FEW SECONDS LATER, THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE NORMALLY. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,000.

NHTSA ODI #11097906

52,000 miles · May 15, 2018
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WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME IN MKX, LESS THAN 1000' FROM HOME, AND HEARD A LOUD POP THAT SOUNDED LIKE A GUN SHOT. DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED UNTIL SHE GOT HOME AND WE LOOKED ALL AROUND. DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING UNTIL WE RAISED BACK HATCH DOOR AND HEARD GLASS BREAKING AND FALLING. LOOKED ON TOP AND NOTICED THAT THE VISTA ROOF HAD EXPLODED…

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WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME IN MKX, LESS THAN 1000' FROM HOME, AND HEARD A LOUD POP THAT SOUNDED LIKE A GUN SHOT. DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED UNTIL SHE GOT HOME AND WE LOOKED ALL AROUND. DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING UNTIL WE RAISED BACK HATCH DOOR AND HEARD GLASS BREAKING AND FALLING. LOOKED ON TOP AND NOTICED THAT THE VISTA ROOF HAD EXPLODED. SHE WAS GOING LESS THAN 30 MPH THANKFULLY AND SUN ROOF WAS COMPLETELY CLOSED. RESEARCHED THIS ONLINE AND FOUND IT TO BE A PROBLEM ON A LOT OF CARS, EVEN FOUND CLASS ACTION CASE BUT IT WAS DISMISSED IN 2016 FOR SOME REASON. WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR THIS TO BE CORRECTED...DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO LOSE THEIR LIFE BECAUSE OF THIS? WHAT IF YOU WERE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AND THIS HAPPENED? COULD BE A REAL PROBLEM! I DON'T HAVE PICS TO DOWNLOAD YET BECAUSE I TOOK IT TO FORD DEALERSHIP BUT THEY STILL HAVE THE CAR. SERVICE MANAGER HAS TRIED TO GET HELP FROM FORD BUT THEY REFUSE. I DO SEE WHERE SEVERAL HAVE GOTTEN SOME MONETARY RESPONSE FROM FORD, BUT IT WAS AFTER A LOT OF TROUBLE AND HASSLE. SOMEONE, EITHER FORD OR THE GLASS MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE EVER FILED ANY TYPE OF COMPLAINT BUT THOUGHT IT TO BE NECESSARY IF IT MIGHT SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE.

NHTSA ODI #11093979

10,000 miles · Nov 14, 2017
Unknown Or Other

EXHAUST FUMES ENTERING THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE.

NHTSA ODI #11045893

Mileage unknown · Jul 7, 2016
Electrical SystemEngine And Engine CoolingPower Train

2014 LINCOLN MKX. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE MOVES WHEN GEAR SHIFTER IN PARK POSITION, POWER LIFT GATE SPORADICALLY OPENS/RISES, CARBON MONOXIDE ODORS INSIDE VEHICLE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED A LIGHT ILLUMINATED THAT INDICATED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN PARK, WHEN THE CONSUMER MOVED THE GEAR TO PARK. THE CONSUMER STA…

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2014 LINCOLN MKX. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE MOVES WHEN GEAR SHIFTER IN PARK POSITION, POWER LIFT GATE SPORADICALLY OPENS/RISES, CARBON MONOXIDE ODORS INSIDE VEHICLE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED A LIGHT ILLUMINATED THAT INDICATED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN PARK, WHEN THE CONSUMER MOVED THE GEAR TO PARK. THE CONSUMER STATED HE SHOOK THE GEAR SHIFT A LITTLE AND THE LIGHT WENT OUT. A FEW DAYS LATER, BEFORE HE COULD RAISE THE HATCH, THE VEHICLE STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS INTO THE STREET. THE CONSUMER MANAGED TO GET IN THE VEHICLE, AND ONCE AGAIN A LIGHT WAS ON, INDICATING THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN PARK, DESPITE HIM PLACING THE VEHICLE IN PARK. ALSO, THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR WOULD SPORADICALLY GO ALL THE WAY UP WHILE DRIVING, WHICH MADE THE ENTIRE RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE A BLIND SPOT. AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF OF COMPLAINTS, THE DEALER INSPECTED THE MIRROR AND DETERMINED IT WAS DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED IT. THE REAR HATCH WOULD SPORADICALLY OPEN, AND RISE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OR BEING DRIVEN. THE CONSUMER STATED INTERMITTENTLY, A LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE ON THE VEHICLE, SAYING A KEY WAS NOT DETECTED EXHAUST FUMES ENTERED THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING AT TIMES. *JB *JS

NHTSA ODI #10883226

28,000 miles · Mar 20, 2016
Power TrainUnknown Or Other

1ST TRACKING NUMBER 10849876 - ADVANCE SERVICE TRACT (PROVIDED TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR) ON 3/16/2016, CONTACTED 24 HR DEALERSHIP TO RETRIEVE SUV. IN ADDITION TO THE SERVICE TRACT FAILURE (INDICATOR LIGHT SHOWING 2 CARS), NOW HAVE MULTIPLE PROBLEMS. PROBLEMS CONSIST OF: CROSS SERVICE SYSTEM FAULT, VEHICLES ROLLS FORWARD &…

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1ST TRACKING NUMBER 10849876 - ADVANCE SERVICE TRACT (PROVIDED TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR) ON 3/16/2016, CONTACTED 24 HR DEALERSHIP TO RETRIEVE SUV. IN ADDITION TO THE SERVICE TRACT FAILURE (INDICATOR LIGHT SHOWING 2 CARS), NOW HAVE MULTIPLE PROBLEMS. PROBLEMS CONSIST OF: CROSS SERVICE SYSTEM FAULT, VEHICLES ROLLS FORWARD & BACKWARD AFTER STOPPING, AND A BIG CLUNK WHEN PUTTING IN A GEAR. SPOKE WITH THE (A) GM OF THE DEALERSHIP AND INFORMED HIM VEHICLE WAS IN FOR THE SERVICE TRACT FAILURE ON 2/8/2016 AND NOW I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND ADDITIONAL PROBLEM. I WAS ON A CITY STREET WHEN THE ADVANCE SERVICE TRACT IMMEDIATELY LIT UP WITH 2 INDICATORS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STEERING WHEEL. ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN AND THE CROSS SERVICE SYSTEM FAULT LIGHT APPEARED WITH A TOOL LIKE OBJECT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STEERING WHEEL. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, THE CAR DID NOT WANT TO GO FORWARD, BARELY MOVING AND A TINY HILL TO PULL WAS IMPOSSIBLE. I IMMEDIATELY START DETOURING AWAY FROM MAJOR CITY STREET BECAUSE I HAD NOT IDEA WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND I NEEDED TO GET HOME WITH A SENIOR CITIZEN OVER 80 WITH ME. THE SUV HAD DIFFICULTY MOVING FORWARD. FOR A 2014 LINCOLN MKX, I WAS INFORMED THAT I HAD A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND APPARENTLY A CALL WAS MADE TO THE HOT LINE TO FIX THE ADVANCE SERVICE TRACT AND THE CROSS SERVICE SYSTEM FAULT. MY CONCERN, IS THE 2014 MKX A LINCOLN LEMON? RECEIVED SUV BACK ON 3/18/2016

NHTSA ODI #10850656

25,066 miles · Mar 15, 2016
Unknown Or Other

ADVANCE SERVICE TRAC ON 2/8/2016. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OFF, SHOWING ONE INDICATOR AUTO LIGHT. INVOICE #FOCS386956.

NHTSA ODI #10849876

16,490 miles · Sep 11, 2015
Engine

ON MONDAY (LABOR DAY), I WAS DRIVING AND STARTED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN WHEN THE CAR STALLED. I WAS BESIDE A GAS STATIONED SO I MANAGED TO PULL IN (VERY HARD TO STEER) AND I NOTICED THE LOW OIL PRESSURE ICON ON. I CAME TO A STOP AND PUSHED THE START BUTTON AND THE CAR STARTED AND DROVE WITHOUT ANY MORE PROBLEMS. MY HUSBAND CHEC…

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ON MONDAY (LABOR DAY), I WAS DRIVING AND STARTED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN WHEN THE CAR STALLED. I WAS BESIDE A GAS STATIONED SO I MANAGED TO PULL IN (VERY HARD TO STEER) AND I NOTICED THE LOW OIL PRESSURE ICON ON. I CAME TO A STOP AND PUSHED THE START BUTTON AND THE CAR STARTED AND DROVE WITHOUT ANY MORE PROBLEMS. MY HUSBAND CHECKED THE OIL WHEN I GOT HOME AND IT IS FULL. WHILE AT LONG LEWIS FORD IN HOOVER, THIS MORNING TO HAVE IT CHECKED WE HEARD A WOMAN DESCRIBE THE SAME SCENARIO WITH HER FORD. SHE STATED IT STALLED ABOUT 3 OR 4 TIMES ON HER WHILE DRIVING. I FEEL THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE AND SOUNDS SIMILAR TO THE ISSUE ONE OF THE OTHER AUTOMOBILE MODELS HAD CAUSING DEATH AND INJURY.

NHTSA ODI #10763193

Official recalls

1

14V393000 · Power Train:axle Assembly:axle Shaft

Jul 2, 2014

Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2012-2014 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX vehicles manufactured September 2, 2010, to November 30, 2013; 2013-2014 Ford Taurus and Lincoln MKS vehicles manufactured August 25, 2011, to November 30, 2013; and 2013-2014 Ford Flex and Lincoln MKT vehicles manufactured September 12, 2011, to November 30, 2013. In the affected vehicles, the halfshaft retention circlip may not have been properly installed, and as a result, the halfshaft may move outward and disengage from the linkshaft while driving and without prior warning.

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: If the halfshaft and linkshaft become disengaged while driving, power will no longer be transmitted to the wheels, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash. Additionally, if the parking brake is not applied before exiting the vehicle, the vehicle may roll away despite the transmission being placed in 'Park', increasing the risk of injury to exiting occupants and bystanders.

Remedy: Ford will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the vehicles to make sure that the halfshaft is properly retained. If it is not, dealers will replace the linkshaft and also replace the halfshaft if it shows evidence of spline damage, free of charge. The recall began on August 4, 2014. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-800-392-3673. Ford's number for this recall is 14S10.

Model-level recall history does not show whether a particular VIN is affected or has received a repair. Check a VIN with NHTSA ↗

NHTSA investigations

0

No exact-year investigations in this snapshot.