Lincoln MKT

Owners filed 299 complaints across 10 model years of the Lincoln MKT. The 2013 drew the most (70).

Model years10
Complaints299
Recalls31
Fires3
Deaths0

Which Lincoln MKT years should you avoid?

No Lincoln MKT year stands out. Across the 5 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 54), and none shows an unusual share of fires, crashes or deaths for its age.

Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2012 drew the fewest complaints without an unusual share of serious ones.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Lincoln MKT model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
201918
4——Back Over PreventionRoutine
20187
2——Unknown or OtherRoutine
20174
3——StructureRoutine
20169
3——Structure › BodyRoutine
201525
6—2Unknown or OtherRoutine
201454
4—2Structure › BodyRoutine
201370
721SteeringRoutine
201228
1——SteeringRoutine
201119
1——SteeringRoutine
201065
011SteeringRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.