Lincoln MKX
Owners filed 1,418 complaints across 14 model years of the Lincoln MKX. The 2007 drew the most (298).
Which Lincoln MKX years should you avoid?
Going by 1,418 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Lincoln MKX years to avoid are 2007 and 2008.
- 2007298 complaints, 2.7× a typical MKX year, most often about the airbags.
- 2008253 complaints, 2.3× a typical MKX year, most often about the airbags.
Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2018, 2014 and 2017 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 MKX model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2018 | 31 | 5 | — | 2 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2017 | 52 | 5 | — | — | Service Brakes, Hydraulic | Routine | |
| 2016 | 156 | 7 | 3 | 6 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2015 | 19 | 0 | — | 1 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2014 | 35 | 1 | — | 2 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2013 | 164 | 1 | 2 | 7 | Service Brakes | Fatalities reported | |
| 2012 | 84 | 1 | — | 2 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2011 | 149 | 3 | 4 | 6 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2010 | 111 | 7 | 1 | 9 | Air Bags | Do not drive | |
| 2009 | 66 | 7 | — | — | Air Bags | Do not drive | |
| 2008Avoid | 253 | 7 | 2 | 3 | Air Bags | Do not drive | |
| 2007Avoid | 298 | 6 | 8 | 14 | Air Bags | Do not drive |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.