2014 Lincoln MKS
This year drew an ordinary 44 complaints for a Lincoln MKS — the model's median is 43. What they were about is the unusual part: 18.2% of them mention fuel, against 2.1% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 44 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 43 |
| Involving a crash | 1 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 21 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- fuel — 18.2% of this year's complaints, against 2.1% across the model's other years (8.8×).
- mechanic — 18.2% of this year's complaints, against 6.1% across the model's other years (3×).
- screen — 6.8% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the model's other years (34.1×).
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
THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START-UP WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND DIAGNOSED AS FUEL PUMP FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FUEL P…
THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY FAILED TO START. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE MADE AN ABNORMAL CLICKING SOUND AND THE AIR CONDITIONER INDEPENDENTLY TURNED OFF. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 16V621000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 14V393000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Lincoln MKS 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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