2011 Lincoln Mkx

Car just went from complete cool to over heating and engine light to flash. Checked to make sure I had fluids. All full. While I had car turned off turned it back on after 15 minutes and car went straight to overheating again. Had a garage look at my car, there’s a 3 cylinder misfire on just the one side of the engine. They agree and don’t understand why this happened or how.

I have had fairly issues with overheating and have had several repairs done including: 12/29/2019 - Radiator Fan Assembly and Electric Fan Motor Replacement 10/02/2021 - Replace Thermostat and Gasket & Replace Coolant Recovery Tank 8/9/2022 - Installed Module, Control, Sensors and Fuel Filler (all done with regards to presumably fixing the overheating and RPM fluctuation while overheating) I paid $3K for the August 2022 repairs and they told me they could not replicate the issue but believe that the repairs are related to the problems I am experiencing. I use my car to drive to periodically drive to another town (60 miles away) and then to drive to the airport for work (about 25 miles). After August, I took my car on the 60 mile drive and 30 miles in, the car started overheating. I called the Ford dealership and they told me to check the radiator (it was full and slightly bubbling). The idea of driving a vehicle that is not safe (not going to make it to my destination after repairs intended to do so) is terrible. When I got back home (terrified after having to drive the same car back 60 miles later that evening), I took the car back to the same Ford dealership. After a couple of days, they told me they THINK it is the internal water pump. When I asked them if that would guarantee the fix, they said NO because no codes are showing up and there are no other signs of overheating (so it SHOULD be the internal water pump). This does not seem right to me. The car has electronic sensors everywhere and the dealership put me back on the road with a car that started to overheat within 30 miles.

The contact owns a 2011 Lincoln MKX. The contact stated that while the husband was driving approximately 50 mph a 2nd vehicle crashed into the front passenger side of the vehicle. During the crash, the front driver side seat belt failed and did not secure the driver and the driver side air bag did not deploy. The driver sustained fractured sternum, chest, head, neck, and back injuries and was transported to the local hospital. A police report was filed at the scene and the vehicle was towed away. The cause of the failures was not determined. The local dealer and manufacturer were not notified of the failures. The failure mileage was 130,000.

VEHICLE HAS LESS THAT 50K MILES AND RARELY DRIVEN. THREE DIFFERENT INSTANCES OF THE BRAKES FAILING WITH THE PEDAL BEING PUSHED GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WAS DIAGNOSED TO BE AN ISSUE WITH A RECALL FOR THE BRAKE BOOSTER (RECALLL 13N02). SYMPTOMS OF "SPONGY BRAKES" ALWAYS PRESENT. OTHER BRAKE COMPONENTS WERE CHECKED AND VERIFIED TO BE OPERATIONAL. DEALER INDICATED THIS IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE AND WILL NOT BE FIXED BECAUSE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. YET I HAVE A DANGEROUS VEHICLE THAT I AM EXPECTED TO PAY FOR A MANUFACTURING DEFECT.

FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE ONLY HAD MY CAR FOR ONE YEAR. DURING THIS YEAR MY CAR IS ON ITS THIRD TIME LOOSING ITS BRAKES. ALL TIMES IT HAS HAPPENED OUT OF NOWHERE, AND WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND APPLYING BRAKES TO EITHER STOP OR TURN ON A ROAD. ALL THREE TIMES I ALMOST CRASHED. I KNOW WHAT I AM ABOUT TO SAY NEXT, I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE BUT I DON'T HAVE A SPARE CAR AND NEEDED TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE IT UNTIL I COULD AFFORD TO GET IT FIXED. I WOULD DRIVE EXTREMELY SLOWLY WITH MY CAUTION LIGHTS ON AND BREAK WAY BEFORE I NEEDED TO STOP. AFTER DRIVING IT SEVERAL WEEKS, IT WOULD SLOWLY FIX ITSELF BACK TO WORKING. THIS PAST WEEKEND I TOOK MY DAUGHTERS TO THE MOUNTAINS TO SEE THE AUTUMN LEAVES CHANGING. ANYWAY, I CAN'T IMAGINE MY DAUGHTERS OR MYSELF SURVIVING COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN AND THE BREAKS GOING OUT. TWO DAYS AFTER BEING HOME, THEY GO OUT ON MY WHILE DRIVING. I AM SO THANKFUL AND LUCKY THAT OVER THE PAST YEAR THAT NO ONE HAS DIED FROM THE BRAKE FAILURES, MY FAMILY OR SOMEONE FROM ANOTHER FAMILY. ALL THREE TIMES THAT MY BRAKES WENT OUT IT WAS WHILE IN MOTION. HIGHWAY, CITY AND ONCE TURNING. WHEN IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY FOR THE THIRD TIME, I WAS APPLYING BRAKES WHILE PULLING UP TO A STOP SIGN AND MY BRAKES FELT FINE AT FIRST WHILE I WAS APPLYING PRESSURE BUT THEN IT WAS ALMOST LIKE IT BROKE SOME SORT OF SEAL (OR I HAD SUPPER POWERS) AND PUSH STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. VERY SCARY! I COULD FEEL SOMETHING LIKE RUBBER OR PARTS KIND OF RUBBING AGAINST EACH OTHER, BUT NO GRINDING OF THE ACTUAL BRAKE PADS. TO SUM ALL OF THE UP, I AM 50 YEARS OLD AND HAVE ONLY PURCHASED CARS THAT RANGE AROUND $5,000. I THOUGHT I DESERVED A NICER AND SAFER CAR FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE. THIS CAR IS THE MOST DANGEROUS CAR I HAVE EVERY BOUGHT AND I WOULD RATHER HAVE A CAR WITHOUT ALL THE EXTRAS TO HAVE ONE THAT WOULD GET ME TO A LOCATION SAFELY WITHOUT PUTTING MY LIFE OR THE LIFE OF SOMEONE ELSE IN DANGER.

MY BACKUP CAMERA HAS STOPPED WORKING AND TURNED BLACK JUST LIKE OTHER LINCOLN MODELS THAT ARE BEING RECALLED AND I BELIEVE MY CAR SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE RECAL... ALSO MY TRANSMISSION LEAKS FLUID JUST LIKE OTHER LINCOLN'S THAT ARE BEING RECALLED FOR THE SAME ISSUE, I FEEL LIKE MINE SHOULD ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THAT RECALL AS WELL