2008 Lincoln MKX
Complaints about this year name takata recall far more often than the model's other years — 43% of them, about 109× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 253 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 84 |
| Involving a crash | 3 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 7 |
| EPA combined | 18.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- takata recall — 43.5% of this year's complaints, against 0.3% across the model's other years (141.7×).
- replacement — 11.9% of this year's complaints, against 3.7% across the model's other years (3.2×). Owners wrote it as: replacement, replacement parts.
- notice — 11.1% of this year's complaints, against 3.8% across the model's other years (2.9×). Owners wrote it as: notice, recall notice, received notice, holdings.
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.
Also unusual this year
- air bags — 28% of complaints, 42× usual
- bags however — 18% of complaints, 44× usual
- failure vin — 23% of complaints, 17× usual
What owners wrote
TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LINCOLN MKX. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V384000 (AIR BAGS). THE DEALER (CHAPMAN FORD, 9371 ROOSEVELT BLVD, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19114) STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE FOR TH…
TAKATA RECALL. UNABLE TO GET AIRBAGS REPLACED. THERE HAS BEEN NO INCIDENT AS OF YET.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V158000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 21E013000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V081000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 17V024000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 14V682000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 16V384000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 08V301000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Lincoln MKX 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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