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Lincoln engine problems

Owners have filed 2,358 complaints with NHTSA about the engine on Lincoln vehicles — 100% of everything reported about the brand, across 24 models. The model that accounts for most of them is the Lincoln Town CAR, worst in 1997.

These are raw counts. A model that sold in millions appears near the top for that reason alone — the grade never compares one model with another.

2,358

Complaints

100%

Share of all Lincoln complaints

40

Crashes

204

Fires

Which Lincoln models have the most engine problems

Town CAR 520 22.1%

Worst in 1997

Continental 457 19.4%

Worst in 1994

MKC 359 15.2%

Worst in 2017

Navigator 189 8.0%

Worst in 1999

MKZ 182 7.7%

Worst in 2017

LS 181 7.7%

Worst in 2000

MKX 154 6.5%

Worst in 2016

Aviator 67 2.8%

Worst in 2004

MKS 52 2.2%

Worst in 2013

Nautilus 30 1.3%

Worst in 2019

MKT 28 1.2%

Worst in 2010

Worst Lincoln model years for engine problems

Vehicle Complaints Share of that year Median miles Grade
2017 Lincoln MKC 130 56% 80,000 F
1994 Lincoln Continental 98 32% 54,432 D
1997 Lincoln Town CAR 98 25% 91,000 C
1996 Lincoln Town CAR 94 30% 88,500 D
2019 Lincoln MKC 93 65% 58,777 F
2017 Lincoln MKZ 85 45% 74,744 F
1993 Lincoln Continental 81 41% 69,000 F
1991 Lincoln Continental 67 17% 39,800 D
2018 Lincoln MKC 54 61% 57,000 F
1992 Lincoln Continental 53 27% 61,774 D
1992 Lincoln Town CAR 50 16% 94,000 F
2016 Lincoln MKC 49 46% 82,296 F
1990 Lincoln Continental 48 20% — D
2000 Lincoln LS 48 10% 59,000 A
1998 Lincoln Town CAR 34 18% 92,500 C
2015 Lincoln MKC 33 20% 40,008 C
2016 Lincoln MKX 33 15% 7,225 C
1990 Lincoln Town CAR 32 12% 98,000 F
1989 Lincoln Continental 31 12% — D
2001 Lincoln LS 31 10% 88,410 B

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