FaultScore

Worst years for a Lincoln MKX

Owners have filed 1,759 complaints about the Lincoln MKX with NHTSA across model years 2007 to 2018. More of them are about the airbags than anything else.

Avoid

2007 Lincoln MKX

350 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly airbags.

Cleanest on record

2009 Lincoln MKX

77 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Lincoln MKX 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
2018 B 39 2 0 15,000 Brakes
2017 B 68 0 0 35,000 Brakes
2016 D 213 13 4 12,000 Brakes
2015 B 28 2 0 27,500 Engine & Cooling
2014 C 50 3 0 28,000 Brakes
2013 C 205 7 2 61,800 Brakes
2012 B 108 2 0 64,258 Brakes
2011 C 193 9 5 82,000 Electrical System
2010 C 125 12 3 86,000 Airbags
2009 A 77 0 0 86,500 Airbags
2008 C 303 3 2 91,670 Airbags
2007 D 350 24 12 90,000 Airbags

What breaks on a Lincoln MKX

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

Airbags 411 23.4%

Worst in 2008

Brakes 297 16.9%

Worst in 2013

Electrical System 177 10.1%

Worst in 2011

Engine & Cooling 154 8.8%

Worst in 2016

Worst in 2007

Worst in 2011

Worst in 2007

Worst in 2011

Worst in 2008

Worst in 2013

Worst in 2007

Lights 30 1.7%

Worst in 2011

Wheels 29 1.6%

Worst in 2016

Steering 24 1.4%

Worst in 2016

Exactly what failed on a Lincoln MKX

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Body 44 48.4%
Blind Spot Detection 8 8.8%
Automatic Transmission 7 7.7%
Automatic Emergency Braking 6 6.6%
Sun/Moon Roof Assembly 6 6.6%
Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/Studs 5 5.5%
Rearview System Braking 4 4.4%
Warnings 4 4.4%
Latch 4 4.4%
Control Module 3 3.3%

Complaints filed over time

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

Jul 2007 peak 69 Aug 2026

Lincoln MKX problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Lincoln MKX

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