2010 Lincoln Mks

WE HAVE BEEN HAVING ONGOING ISSUES OVER THE PAST 6 MONTHS, AT LEAST. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES FOR SAME THING. SOME OF THE ISSUES I HAVE READ REGARDING THE F150 ARE THE ISSUES I AM HAVING WITH MY 2010 LINCOLN MKS. DRIVING HIGHWAY, CRUISE WILL FALL OFF, YOU FEEL IT SOMEWHAT JERK OFF. CRUISING LATER AND IT FALLS OFF AGAIN, THEN YOU CANNOT DETERMINE IF IT WILL CONTINUE RUNNING OR DIE. IT SHUTTERS, JERKS, IT SEEMS TO LOSE POWER. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES OF HIGHWAY DRIVING. IT IS VERY INTERMITTENT, BUT HAS BEEN MORE FREQUENT LATELY. IT DOES SEEM TO STUMBLE/MISFIRE. JERKING AROUND, NOT SURE IF IT WILL DIE. THE TACK JUMPS CONSIDERABLE DURING THESE INCIDENTS. CONCERNS TO TAKE ON LONGER JOURNEYS. THERE ARE TIMES IT IS JERKY AND NOT CERTAIN IF IT WILL GO OR KILL WHEN I HAVE ALSO LEFT A STOP LIGHT. THE LAST 2 INCIDENTS JUNE 18TH AND THE ONE ON JUNE 15TH WERE VERY CONCERNING, SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE. WE WERE UNSURE IF WE SHOULD CONTINUE ON OUR WAY TO APPLETON FROM FOND DU LAC, ABOUT 40 MINUTES OF HIGHWAY DRIVING AS IT WAS KIND OF TWITCHING AND DROPPING OFF THE CRUISE, THEN THE JERKING AS TO IF IT COULD KILL WITH THE TACHOMETER GOING TO 5 AND JUMPING BACK AND FORTH. SOMETHING IS JUST NOT RIGHT. I DRIVE 25 MINUTES TO WORK EACH DAY AND IT DOES HAPPEN ON AND OFF, HIT AND MISS, NOTHING REGULAR TO IT FOR HOW OFTEN. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I WAS PULLING INTO MY PARKING SPOT IN FRONT OF MY HOME, APPLYING THE BRAKE, WHEN THE ENGINE THROTTLED UP AND THE CAR BOLTED FORWARD. APPLYING THE BRAKE EVEN MORE DID NOT STOP THE CAR. I SWERVED TO KEEP FROM HITTING MY HOUSE AND HIT THE POST HOLDING UP THE FRONT PORCH. I APPLIED BOTH FEET TO THE BRAKE AND THE CAR CAME TO A STOP 10" FROM MY HOUSE. IT ALL HAPPENED IN A MATTER OF SECONDS. *TR

CAR WAS STALLED AND COULD NOT BE RESTARTED SO I TRIED SHIFTING TO NEUTRAL TO PUSH IT OUT OF THE WAY BUT THIS CAR WILL NOT SHIFT TO ANY GEAR IF IT IS NOT RUNNING, EVEN WHEN THE TOWTRUCK CAME THE DRIVER LOOKED FOR A RELEASE MECHANISM BUT THIS CAR HAD NONE, IF THERE IS ONE IT COULD NOT BE FOUND SO HE DRAGGED THE CAR ONTO THE FLATBED TOWTRUCK. I UNDERSTAND THAT LINCOLN CORRECTED THIS IN THE NEWER MODELS BUT I THINK THEY SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO CREATE AN OVERRIDE MECHANISM FOR MY MODEL YEAR BECAUSE IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD. ALL CARS SHOULD BE ABLE TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL WHETHER RUNNING OR NOT. *TR

TL* LTHE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 LINCOLN MKS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, AND CHANGING LANES, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED EVEN FARTHER. AFTER KICKING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FORCEFULLY, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE PANEL FOR THE CONSOLE BECAME LOOSE AND JAMMED THE PEDAL, CAUSING THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 28,385....UPDATED 01/30/13 *BF UPDATED 02/04/2013 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 LINCOLN MKS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED. AS THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ENGAGED, THE CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATED WITH AN ABNORMAL ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE THEN CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED OF THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT AUTO MECHANIC AND HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 LINCOLN MKS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 1 MPH, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A LARGE ROCK. AS A RESULT, THE FRONT BUMPER CRACKED THE WINDSHIELD WIPER RESERVOIR WHICH MADE LIQUID SPILL OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE BUMPER WAS PUSHED BACK IN PLACE BUT THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE WIPER WASHER FLUID TANK. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 10,000. UPDATED 03/07/11*LJ UPDATED 11/22/11 *CN

TL* THE CONTACT LEASED A 2010 LINCOLN MKS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE PUSH TO START BUTTON WAS DEPRESSED, THE RADIO WOULD ENGAGE AS OPPOSED TO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO DEPRESS THE BUTTON TWICE BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD START. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO LOAD CD'S INTO THE CD PLAYER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE CD'S WERE THE CAUSE OF THE CD PLAYER FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHORTLY AFTER, THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 5,500. UPDATED 1/25/11 *CN UPDATED 02/04/11*JB

LINCOLN 2009/2010 THROTTLES DOWN WHEN A/C ENGAGES. AFTER 1 YEAR OF REPLACEMENT OF PARTS. INCLUDING A/C COMPRESSOR. MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR. THROTTLE SYSTEM. CAR REPLACED 1&1/2 LATER WITH 2010. AT FIRST USE OF A/C 2010 CAR THROTTLED DOWN CAUSING IT TO JERK..REPORTED TO SERVICE MANAGER WHO STATED WITHOUT INSPECTION IT WAS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CAR. I REQUESTED A FIELD ENGINEER TO INSPECT. CAR INSPECTED AND 2010 MKS DID THROTTLE DOWN 50-70 RPM . THE CAR THROTTLES DOWN GOING DOWN THE ROAD. ENGINEER STATED HE WOULD REPLACE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR AT 1ST SERVICE OF CAR ON5/28/10. WHEN I CALLED TO SCHEDULE SERVICE ,SERVICE MANAGER STATED HE RECEIVED REPORT AND MATTER CLOSED IT WAS A CHARACTER OF THE CAR. THERE IS AN ELECTRONIC PROBLEM THAT CAUSES THE MKS TO THROTTLE DOWN WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THAT IS A POSSIBLE SAFETY CONCERN FOR ANYONE. NOTE THIS PROBLEM IS NOT AS BAD AS THE 2009 I HAD AS IT SHOOK EVEN AT IDLE. I BELIEVE FORD/LINCOLN MKS HAS AN ELECTRONIC MANUFACTURES DEFECT. SOMEONE NEEDS TO HAVE FORD CORRECT THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE THEM ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM. IF THE ELECTRONIC PROBLEM CONTINUES AS WITH THE PREVIOUS MKS THE PROBLEM INCREASES SUGGESTING COMPUTER DEGRADATION. *TR

I WAS DRIVING 62 MPH IN CRUISE AND DECIDED I WANTED TO GO 70 MPH. I THEN PROCEEDED TO HOLD DOWN THE "SET +" BUTTON UNTIL MY SPEED REACHED 70 AT WHICH POINT I RELEASED THE BUTTON. TO MY SURPRISE THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO 95 MPH AND HELD THAT SPEED. I THEN SLOWED THE CAR WITH MY BRAKES TO 65 AND AGAIN HELD THE "SET+" BUTTON UNTIL I REACHED 70MPH. THIS TIME THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO 80MPH AND HELD THIS SPEED. *TR