Recall Register

Lincoln MKZ: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 32 recall campaigns for the Lincoln MKZ, model years 2006 to 2020. NHTSA has 13 complaints on file for this model line. 13 of the 15 model years have a page on this register.

Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 20064
  2. 20074
  3. 20084
  4. 20096
  5. 20107
  6. 20115
  7. 20125
  8. 201312
  9. 201413
  10. 201510
  11. 20166
  12. 20174
  13. 20182
  14. 20191
  15. 20201
Lincoln MKZ: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2020 Lincoln MKZ NHTSA page100%200,237
2019 Lincoln MKZ NHTSA page100%200,237
2018 Lincoln MKZ200%2,582,712
2017 Lincoln MKZ400%2,588,763
2016 Lincoln MKZ600%3,032,813
2015 Lincoln MKZ1000%5,850,224
2014 Lincoln MKZ1300%7,869,085
2013 Lincoln MKZ1200%6,470,794
2012 Lincoln MKZ500%4,433,585
2011 Lincoln MKZ500%5,671,233
2010 Lincoln MKZ72231%6,206,639
2009 Lincoln MKZ61115%6,078,735
2008 Lincoln MKZ44462%5,749,872
2007 Lincoln MKZ46692%5,749,872
2006 Lincoln MKZ400%5,749,872

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

16 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Lincoln MKZ: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Air Bags187.53
Structure1252
Electrical System1252
Visibility1252
Seat Belts62.51
Tires62.51
Service Brakes, Hydraulic62.51
Engine and Engine Cooling62.51
Vehicle Speed Control62.51
Steering62.51

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Lincoln MKZ, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2015, with 5 campaigns.
Complaints about the Lincoln MKZ, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2010, with 7 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Lincoln: all 23 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Lincoln MKZ: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/lincoln/mkz/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
Manufacturer in the recall file
Ford Motor Company

The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Lincoln MKZ model years have the most recall campaigns?
2014 with 13, 2013 with 12, 2015 with 10. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Lincoln MKZ model year has the most complaints?
The 2007 model year, with 6 of the 13 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Lincoln MKZ name?
Air Bags: 3 component mentions. Structure: 2 component mentions. Electrical System: 2 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Lincoln MKZ?
9 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.