2013 Lincoln MKZ complaints

WHEELS ARE 19". SPARE TIRE IS 17".DROVE A 100 MILES ON THE SPARE. AFTER WHEELS WAS REPLACE. I HAD TO HAVE 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT CORRECTED. SERVICE DEPT. SAID A CONTROL ARM HAD SHIFTED. STANDARD WHEELS ARE 18". I HAD 19" FACTORY INSTALLED WHEELS. THERE IS A FULL SIZE SPARE AVAILABLE WHICH DID NOT COME WITH THE CAR. *TT

CAME TO A STOP AT STOP SIGN. MADE A LEFT HAND TURN AT APPROX. 7 MPH. WHILE THE CAR WAS MOVING AT WENT FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL AND THEN INTO PARK. THIS IS THE 3RD TIME IT HAS HAPPENED. CAR WAS TAKEN BACK TO DEALER ON 4/14 FOR REPAIRS. THIS IS ALSO THE 3RD ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTION. *JS

VEHICLE LOCKED OUT OF ABILITY TO SHIFT FROM PARK TO REVERSE. THE CAR NEEDED TO BE RESTARTED SEVERAL TIMES OVER 20 MINUTES IN ORDER TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE. CAUSED OBSTACLE TO TRAFFIC. BLIND CROSS TRAFFIC ALERT AND FORWARD COLLISION WARNING ALARM IS ACTIVATED WITHOUT PROPER STIMULUS, SLOWING THE VEHICLE AUTOMATICALLY WHEN THERE IS NO THREAT OF COLLISION. THIS ALMOST CAUSED THREE SEPARATE ACCIDENTS. LINCOLN SERVICE SUGGESTED DISABLING THIS SAFETY FEATURE. NOTE THAT THE FORWARD COLLISION WARNING DOES NOT MEET NHTSA STANDARD ACCORDING TO JD POWERS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT RENTED A 2013 LINCOLN MKZ. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, HIS HAND ERRONEOUSLY BRUSHED AGAINST THE PUSH-TO-START BUTTON. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE ONCE IT WAS SECURED IN PARK. THE RENTAL COMPANY WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS NOT ADVISED IF THE MANUFACTURER. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,865. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

THE CAR SHIFTS FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL WHEN DRIVING. THE CAR SHIFTS FROM DRIVE TO LOW WHILE DRIVING. THE CAR SHIFTS FROM REVERSE TO PARK WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES A FEW TIME IT ALMOST RESULTED IN A ACCIDENT. I FINALLY TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS AND WILL WAIT AND SEE IF IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. THIS IS A SITUATION THAT COULD AND WILL LIKELY RESULT IN A DEATH IF THIS CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT SEEM SURPRISE ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THERE IS A RECALL ABOUT THE REPAIR BUT I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL. MY CAR DID NOT ACCEPT THE REPAIR AS THERE WERE MORE COMPUTER ISSUES GOING ON THEN A SIMPLY FIX TO THE SHIFT MODULATOR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 LINCOLN MKZ. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE STOP SAFELY NOW WARNING MESSAGE ILLUMINATED AND A GASOLINE ODOR WAS NOTICED. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING AT AN ALARMING RATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FUEL LINE HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 3,600.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 LINCOLN MKZ. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REMEDIED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V227000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO COMPLETE THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE INCIDENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3000.

2013 LINCOLN MKZ. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE DAY HE AND HIS WIFE PICKED UP THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS A MESSAGE ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER THAT READ PARK BRAKE LIMITED FUNCTION SERVICE REQUIRED. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG AND THE MESSAGE WOULD RECYCLE AND WOULD NOT APPEAR AFTER A DAY OR SO. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE SALESMAN AT HIS WORD AND DROVE AWAY. THE WARNING DID NOT GO AWAY AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. IT WAS DETERMINED, THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE, AND THE SERVICE MANAGER EXPLAINED THAT THE FAULT WAS WITH THE ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM AND IT ALSO ADVERSELY IMPACTED THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 LINCOLN MKZ. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE POWER LINE TO THE BATTERY JUNCTION WAS LOOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 175.