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Every model year 2016–2018: recalls, owner complaints, NHTSA crash ratings and EPA efficiency side by side, each value traced to the file it came from.

3 Model years 2016–2018
17 Recalls NHTSA campaigns, all years
239 Complaints owner reports, all years
C Newest grade 2018 Safety Signal
2018 Best on record cleanest filed year
Lincoln MKX — photograph via Wikimedia Commons
Lincoln MKX · Photo: Dinkun Chen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Every Lincoln MKX model year

Source: NHTSA · EPA · one row per year
YearPowertrainsSafetyRecallsComplaintsCrashBest efficiency
2018GasC531★★★★★20 mpg
2017GasD552★★★★★20 mpg
2016GasF7156★★★★★20 mpg

Which model year the record favours

Source: recalls and complaints per year on the road
Best on the record 2018

On the filed record so far, the 2018 is the cleanest MKX year we hold, and the 2016 the one to check hardest.

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.

YearSafety SignalRecalls /yrComplaints /yr
2018C0.64
2017D0.661 critical
2016F0.7161 critical

What owners filed about the Lincoln MKX, 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.

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Common questions about the Lincoln MKX

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

Which Lincoln MKX year is the best used buy?

On the recall record, the 2018 MKX comes out top of the years before the current one: Safety Signal grade C (70/100), 5 recalls and 31 owner complaints on file. That ranks paperwork, not condition — a specific car's history and service record still decide it.

What Lincoln MKX years should I avoid?

2016, 2017 have the weakest recall records in this range. The year pages list every campaign, its severity and whether a repair exists yet.

How many recalls does the Lincoln MKX have?

Across model years 2016–2018, NHTSA has posted 17 recall campaigns for the Lincoln MKX. They are counted per model year in the table above, because a campaign almost never covers the whole run — it covers a build range.