2.3

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
67,643 miles

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2012 Lincoln MKX electrical problems

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2012 Lincoln MKX Owner Comments

problem #13

Jan 062021

MKX

  • 110,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Driver side front door sensor says car door is open even when door is firmly shut. Causes doors not to lock, interior and puddle lights remain on, drains battery, doors won't lock even with car in motion.

- Rhoadesville, VA, USA

problem #12

Nov 012020

MKX

  • 129,000 miles
While driving on the highway, brake pedal goes to the floor board. Replaced rotors brake pads and calipers. A couple of weeks later, pedal goes to floorboard again. Replaced master cylinder, but was told it was probably the ABS booster. Needs to be a recall. This is the 60 th complaint. Also back up camera is upside down.

- Royal, AR, USA

problem #11

Oct 282020

MKX

  • 144,000 miles
While in motion it states that the sensors for collision are blocked. While running but parked the electrical/ electronics that run the entertainment system and touch screen are off and will not turn on. The back hatch buttons do not open or close the rear door properly. The sun roof does not fully open whether parked or in motion.

- Battle Creek, MI, USA

problem #10

Oct 012019

MKX

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Since 2017, touch screen went to black several times when I started the car on a city street, and would not turn on within 24 hours. Got more serious in 2019, the screen didn't turn on after 3 days. I took the car to a local dealer. Was diagnosed and replaced defective apim and updated to latest level for pmi on Oct 1, 2019, mileage: 60759. Paid for $965.64.

- Kalamazoo, MI, USA

problem #9

Aug 052019

MKX

  • 130,000 miles
Left rear door ajar sensor will not shut off. The car consistently thinks the door is ajar when in fact the door is closed. This sets the vehicle car alarm off when the vehicle is parked 2-4 times a day. Additionally, when driving the vehicle at night, all of the interior lights remain on as it thinks the door is open, causing night time driving very difficult. We have to disconnect the battery at night to stop draining the battery. This is obviously a flaw in the design since the switch is built into the door latch. The cost to repair this design flaw has been pushed off onto the consumer which is unethical and wrong.

- Old Town, ME, USA

problem #8

Jun 012018

MKX

  • 90,000 miles
Driver door latch electrical component consistently thinks the door is ajar when in fact the door is closed. This sets the vehicle car alarm off when the vehicle is parked 2-4 times a day. Additionally, when driving the vehicle at night, all of the interior lights remain on as it thinks the door is open, causing night time driving very difficult. This is obviously a flaw in the design since the switch is built into the door latch.

- Whippany, NJ, USA

problem #7

Nov 122017

MKX

  • 89,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

When shifting into "park" there is a warning that appears on the dash as "shift to park". the "P" indicator light will not illuminate and does not engage safety features associated with placing the vehicle in "park". this also causes the display to stay on and drains the battery if not corrected. This is a known issue addressed on tsb 15-0047 but should be a safety recall as it could lead to a stranded motorist.

- Waterloo, IA, USA

problem #6

Jun 012017

MKX

  • miles
2012 Lincoln Mkx. Consumer writes in regards to door warning light problems. The consumer stated the vehicle warning light failed. Updated 08/31/2017

- Hollsopple, PA, USA

problem #5

May 152016

MKX

  • 74,555 miles
The dash light tells us the passenger door is ajar all the time (while driving and parked) and sometimes it shows the driver door is ajar when, in fact, the doors are shut. The dash lights and exterior rear view mirror lights stay lit a long time after the car is parked and the lights are turned off. The horn (alarm) will start honking in the middle of the night or when it sits in a parking lot for an hour or so after it is parked and we will have to find the keys to shut it off. Very annoying and embarrassing when sitting in church and this happens in the middle of a sermon or parked at a motel and the alarm goes off at 2 a.M. we have taken it to a mechanic and they ran a diagnostic test on the computer system and found nothing wrong. We are annoyed and angry and don't want to pay huge sums of money for them to keep running tests and telling us "nothing is wrong", when it is! how do we resolve this?

- Canby, OR, USA

problem #4

Jan 062016

MKX

  • 58,000 miles
While driving on the freeway car started jerking while pressing on the gas, then car began to slow down, and power shut down. So luckily I was able to pull over and avoid a accident. Sat for awhile then restarted the car and drove off. On another occasion, while trying to merge on to a freeway, while trying to accelerate, car jerks and acts as if it wants to shut down. Also door sensors beep every time you get out of car, and you have to keep slamming doors in order for interior, lights to go off. Dash reads doors are still open. No power to my radio and cant even get my display screen to turn on.

- Cleveland, OH, USA

problem #3

Apr 062015

MKX 6-cyl

  • 38,500 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

After closing the drivers door the car detects and says the door is still open. After numerous attempts of closing the door...sometimes it will go off. Now, the light stays on constantly. This seems to be happening on the Lincoln Mkx and the Ford edge (same type vehicle) and has been for years. This is a safety issue and needs to be address with a recall for Ford and Lincoln which is charging customers up to $500 in some cases to repair these faulty switches/sensor.

- Rainsville, AL, USA

problem #2

Jul 292013

MKX 6-cyl

  • 15,200 miles
Vehicle power & computer failed (shut off) while driving at 40 mph in clear weather.

- Eastover, SC, USA

problem #1

Nov 122011

MKX

  • 1,100 miles
The rear passenger door latch mechanism closed without the door actually being closed. This caused a false positive condition for the "door ajar" warning system. I thought that the door was secure, however the door was in fact not latched to the vehicle. My eight year old daughter was sitting in the seat. Were it not for the perception of my wife who suspected that the door was insecure I would have been driving with a door that would open while the car was moving. This false positive condition is caused by the fact that Ford has placed the sensor that tests for the door being closed on the latch mechanism rather than on the vehicle body. As our circumstances demonstrate the simple fact of the door latch being closed does not insure that the door is actually secured to the vehicle body. While no injuries occurred in our incident the potential for a serious injury is obvious. Had the door actually opened my child may have easily fallen out of a moving vehicle. The driver of the car must know with absolute certainty that all doors are truly secured. Testing the latch for being closed is not a sufficient test for the closure of the doors.

- Wilmette, IL, USA

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