Owner complaints · every model year, every system

Lincoln MKZ problems, by model year and system

288 complaints owners filed with NHTSA about the Lincoln MKZ 2016–2020, and the 1 system the record is deep on — engine (120). 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

120complaints, engine

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

Lincoln MKZ complaints, year by system

Source: NHTSA complaint database

Model year	engine
2020 3 in all	—
2019 22 in all	7
2018 37 in all	15
2017 156 in all	91
2016 70 in all	7

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).

From here

Every 2027 model on file, by price Compare two vehicles, trim vs trim See what a VIN was priced at See what owners reported

Common questions

Source: NHTSA complaint database

Which Lincoln MKZ system draws the most complaints?

Engine: 120 complaints across 5 model years, 42% of everything owners filed about the Lincoln MKZ. A count, not a rate — it says nothing about how many were sold.

Which Lincoln MKZ year has the most complaints?

2017 (156), 2016 (70), 2018 (37). Older years have had longer to collect them; the year pages show each year's share by system.