FaultScore
See all results →
All makes Worst years, ranked Problems by part Problems by model year Recalls in Canada Compare two cars How we grade

Lincoln engine problems

Owners have filed 2,343 complaints with NHTSA about the engine on Lincoln vehicles — 12% of everything reported about the brand, across 23 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.

2,343

Complaints

12%

Share of all Lincoln complaints

40

Crashes

204

Fires

Which Lincoln models have the most engine problems

Town CAR 520 22.2%

Worst in 1997

Continental 457 19.5%

Worst in 1994

MKC 354 15.1%

Worst in 2017

Navigator 188 8.0%

Worst in 1999

LS 181 7.7%

Worst in 2000

MKZ 178 7.6%

Worst in 2017

MKX 154 6.6%

Worst in 2016

Aviator 67 2.9%

Worst in 2004

MKS 52 2.2%

Worst in 2013

Nautilus 29 1.2%

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 90 65% 58,277 F
2017 Lincoln MKZ 83 45% 74,744 F
1993 Lincoln Continental 81 41% 69,000 F
1991 Lincoln Continental 67 17% 39,800 D
1992 Lincoln Continental 53 27% 61,774 D
2018 Lincoln MKC 52 60% 57,000 F
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

Other Lincoln problems

Engine problems on other brands