2018 Lincoln MKC
This year drew an ordinary 70 complaints for a Lincoln MKC — the model's median is 130. What they were about is the unusual part: 25.7% of them mention came, against 8.4% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 70 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 130 |
| Involving a crash | 3 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 21.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- came — 25.7% of this year's complaints, against 8.4% across the model's other years (3.1×).
- found — 17.1% of this year's complaints, against 4.9% across the model's other years (3.5×).
- new engine — 14.3% of this year's complaints, against 5.1% across the model's other years (2.8×). Owners wrote it as: new engine, engine because, fully.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
Ford is well aware of the scam and refuses to fix the faulty engine for millions of these vehicles. 2018 MKC is trash. Already rebuilt the engine, turbo is garbage and the coolant will continue to leak with new engine because it’s a flawed design. They are ful…
Engine light came on and my LinolnWAy app told me to not drive over 45 mph because my car may start having smoke come out. I took the car to the dealership and was told that I needed a new engine because the coolant has leaked over . I was told that my car was…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 18V104000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 23V378000 ENGINE Fixed free of charge.
- 25V572000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 25V685000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Lincoln MKC was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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