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Owner complaints · every model year, every system

Lincoln MKX problems, by model year and system

239 complaints owners filed with NHTSA about the Lincoln MKX 2016–2018, and the 1 system the record is deep on — brake (89). Each system has a page across the years; 1 model-year page goes deeper still. Every figure is a linked federal record; none is a failure rate or a verdict on one car.

The systems the record is deep on

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communications
89complaints, brakes

Brake problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →

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Lincoln MKX complaints, year by system

Source: NHTSA complaint database
Model yearbrake
2018 31 in all8
2017 52 in all19
2016 156 in all62

Complaints owners filed with NHTSA naming each system, per model year; a bold count links the year’s own page on that system. Counts scale with sales and with time on the road; nothing here is a rate, and NHTSA’s headings are coarse (“Power Train” is the transmission and the driveline).

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Common questions

Source: NHTSA complaint database

Which Lincoln MKX system draws the most complaints?

Brake: 89 complaints across 3 model years, 37% of everything owners filed about the Lincoln MKX. A count, not a rate — it says nothing about how many were sold.

Which Lincoln MKX year has the most complaints?

2016 (156), 2017 (52), 2018 (31). Older years have had longer to collect them; the year pages show each year's share by system.