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Lincoln MKC

Every model year 2016–2019: recalls, owner complaints, NHTSA crash ratings and EPA efficiency side by side, each value traced to the file it came from.

4 Model years 2016–2019

15 Recalls NHTSA campaigns, all years

471 Complaints owner reports, all years

D Newest grade 2019 Safety Signal

2017 Best on record cleanest filed year

The 2019 MKC →Which years to avoid Compare it

Lincoln MKC — photograph via Wikimedia Commons — Lincoln MKC · Photo: Dinkun Chen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Active NHTSA advisory on 4 model years of the MKC — park outside or do not drive. The year rows below carry it.

Every Lincoln MKC model year

Source: NHTSA · EPA · one row per year

Year	Powertrains	Safety	Recalls	Complaints	Crash	Best efficiency
2019	Gas	D	3	123	★★★★☆	23 mpg	Park outside
2018	Gas	D	4	76	★★★★☆	23 mpg	Park outside
2017	Gas	D	3	192	★★★★☆	23 mpg	Park outside
2016	Gas	F	5	80	★★★★☆	23 mpg	Park outside

Which model year the record favours

Source: recalls and complaints per year on the road

Years to avoid, with the reasons →Best on the record 2017

On the filed record so far, the 2017 is the cleanest MKC year we hold, and the 2016 the one to check hardest. The 2016 carries a standing park-outside or do-not-drive advisory, which outranks every other number on this page.

Both figures are divided by the number of years the car has been on sale, because otherwise the oldest year on the page loses every time simply for having been around longer. The current model year and any year under three on the road are left out: their records are not finished.

Year	Safety Signal	Recalls /yr	Complaints /yr
2017	D	0.3	21	Advisory
2019	D	0.4	18	Advisory
2018	D	0.5	10	Advisory
2016	F	0.5	8	Advisory

What owners filed about the Lincoln MKC, by system

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communicationsEvery system, every year →

The systems the federal record is deep on for this nameplate: the complaints per model year, the mileage owners reported them at, and every recall, investigation and manufacturer bulletin filed under the heading — each one linked, none a failure rate.

engine problems 339 complaints, every model year

Also on file Beside the Lincoln MKC

Best year on file The 2019 MKC Recalls Every Lincoln recall on file Compare The 2019 MKC against anything

What changed year to year

Source: computed from the filed record

2017: 3 → 4 EPA configurations

Common questions about the Lincoln MKC

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

Which Lincoln MKC year is the best used buy?

On the recall record, the 2017 MKC comes out top of the years before the current one: Safety Signal grade D (66/100), 3 recalls and 192 owner complaints on file. That ranks paperwork, not condition — a specific car's history and service record still decide it.

What Lincoln MKC years should I avoid?

2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 have the weakest recall records in this range — one carries an active park-outside or do-not-drive advisory. The year pages list every campaign, its severity and whether a repair exists yet. Every MKC model year ranked, with the reasons.

How many recalls does the Lincoln MKC have?

Across model years 2016–2019, NHTSA has posted 15 recall campaigns for the Lincoln MKC. They are counted per model year in the table above, because a campaign almost never covers the whole run — it covers a build range.