2019 Lincoln MKZ: owner complaints and recalls

Owners have filed 17 complaints about the 2019 Lincoln MKZ and NHTSA has issued 1 recall campaign. The most-reported system is unknown or other, named in 4 of them.

17
Complaints
1
Recalls
2
Crash reports
0
Fire reports
1
Injuries
94.1
Severity index

Severity index 94.1 - Medium. It weights crashes, fires, injuries and fatalities per 100 complaints, so a vehicle attracting serious reports scores above one attracting many trivial ones (how this is calculated).

Middle half of all tracked vehiclesThis vehicle: 94.1p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2019 Lincoln MKZ sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

What actually fails

Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 4 complaints (23.5%)4 24%EngineEngine: 4 complaints (23.5%)4 24%SteeringSteering: 3 complaints (17.6%)3 18%Electrical SystemElectrical System: 3 complaints (17.6%)3 18%Power TrainPower Train: 2 complaints (11.8%)2 12%Forward Collision Avoid…Forward Collision Avoidance: 2 complaints (11.8%)2 12%Fuel/Propulsion SystemFuel/Propulsion System: 1 complaints (5.9%)1 6%StructureStructure: 1 complaints (5.9%)1 6%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
UNKNOWN OR OTHER423.5%
ENGINE423.5%
STEERING317.6%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM317.6%
POWER TRAIN211.8%
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE211.8%
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM15.9%
STRUCTURE15.9%

Complaints filed per year

0362019: 12023: 22024: 42025: 42026: 6 (partial year)19232425266
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
20191
20232
20244
20254
2026 (year to date)6
Complaint volume is rising - the last three years carry 10.0x the filings of the three before them, which usually signals a wear-related defect surfacing with age.

Recall campaigns

CampaignReportedComponentSummary
25V44200027/06/2025BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWAREFord Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2018-2022 Transit Connect, 2019-2020 MKZ, MKX, Edge, Continental, F-150, Nautilus, Fusion, 2019-2023 Ranger, Mustang, 2020-2021 EcoSport, Expedition, Navigator, 2020-2022 Escape, F-250 SD, Corsair, 2020-2023 Aviator, Transit, 2020-2
Source. US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public complaint and recall APIs (api.nhtsa.gov), retrieved 2026-07-25. Complaints are unverified consumer reports; volume is influenced by how many units were sold and how long the vehicle has been on the road. Not affiliated with NHTSA or any manufacturer.