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Model years to avoid

Lincoln MKX

What it says about you

Opinion

The mid-size crossover, later renamed Nautilus once Lincoln gave up on letters.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

12 model years on record, 1,407 complaints filed.

The years to look at closely: 2008 (takata recall), 2007 (takata recall). Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.

What owners report, and when

Faults that dominated the complaints of more than one model year. Not the same question as which year to avoid — a car can have an ordinary number of complaints every year and have most of them be about the same thing.

  • takata recall 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 peak 43.5% of that year's complaints
  • pedal 2012, 2013 peak 28.2% of that year's complaints
  • working 2011, 2012 peak 24.3% of that year's complaints
  • replacement 2008, 2010 peak 13.5% of that year's complaints

Every year

  1. 2018 5 recalls 29 complaints
  2. 2017 5 recalls 52 complaints
  3. 2016 7 recalls 150 complaints
  4. 2015 0 recalls 19 complaints
  5. 2014 1 recall 35 complaints
  6. 2013 1 recall 163 complaints
  7. 2012 1 recall 84 complaints
  8. 2011 3 recalls 148 complaints
  9. 2010 7 recalls 111 complaints
  10. 2009 7 recalls 65 complaints
  11. 2008 takata recall 253 complaints
  12. 2007 takata recall 298 complaints

What does a Lincoln MKX say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.