2010 Lincoln MKT
Complaints about this year name power steering far more often than the model's other years — 38% of them, about 5× the usual rate of 7.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 65 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 19 |
| Involving a crash | 1 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 0 |
| EPA combined | 18 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- steering wheel — 17% of complaints, 42× usual
- mkt driving — 17% of complaints, 42× usual
- difficult — 14% of complaints, 35× usual
What owners wrote
WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE POWER ASSIST FAULT WARNING INDICATOR SUDDENLY DISPLAYED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED AN UNKNOWN LOCAL DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS RELATED TO THE VI…
WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY FAILED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER (BOB HURLEY FORD OF TULSA, 745 W. 51ST ST., TULSA, OK) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRIC POW…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Lincoln MKT 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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