FaultScore

Worst years for a Lincoln Mark

Owners have filed 106 complaints about the Lincoln Mark with NHTSA across model years 1984 to 1999. More of them are about the lights than anything else.

Avoid

1996 Lincoln Mark

33 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly windows, mirrors & wipers.

Cleanest on record

1995 Lincoln Mark

10 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Lincoln Mark year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
1999 1 0 0 Lights
1998 B 12 0 1 Steering
1997 4 0 0 Steering
1996 D 33 1 0 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
1995 A 10 0 0 Lights
1994 7 1 1 Lights
1993 A 12 0 0 Electrical System
1992 1 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
1990 5 0 0 Brakes
1988 8 0 1 Tires
1987 3 0 1 Steering
1986 2 0 0 Brakes
1985 6 0 4 Electrical System
1984 2 0 0 Electrical System

What breaks on a Lincoln Mark

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Lights 18 17.0%

Worst in 1996

Electrical System 14 13.2%

Worst in 1985

Steering 11 10.4%

Worst in 1998

Brakes 11 10.4%

Worst in 1990

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 9 8.5%

Worst in 1996

Transmission & Drivetrain 8 7.5%

Worst in 1996

Body & Structure 7 6.6%

Worst in 1996

Other & Unspecified 7 6.6%

Worst in 1993

Equipment & Accessories 6 5.7%

Worst in 1996

Engine & Cooling 5 4.7%

Worst in 1996

Suspension 4 3.8%

Worst in 1993

Tires 2 1.9%

Worst in 1988

Acceleration & Cruise Control 1 0.9%

Worst in 1994

Fuel & Propulsion 1 0.9%

Worst in 1996

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Lincoln Mark, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Mar 1995 peak 13 Mar 2017

Compare the Lincoln Mark

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.