2013 Lincoln Mkx

ON JULY 18, 2019, THE BRAKES ON MY 2013 MKX SUDDENLY BECAME VERY STIFF WITH POOR BRAKING WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT TO A LOCAL SERVICE CENTER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A SAFETY RECALL ON THE 2013 MKX BRAKES AND IT WAS SUGGESTED I TAKE IT TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. I WENT DIRECTLY THERE (LESS THAN 1 MILE) IT WAS DIAGNOSED BY THE SERVICE WRITER TO BE A DEFECTIVE BRAKE BOOSTER (BRAKE PEDAL STIFF, THEN WHILE PRESSING THE PEDAL, IT WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND A WHISTLING NOISE WAS HEARD) I HAD THE BRAKE BOOSTER REPLACED THE FOLLOWING DAY, HOWEVER THAT WAS NOT THE ONLY PROBLEM. THE BRAKES WENT FROM STIFF WITH POOR BRAKING ABILITY TO ABSOLUTELY NO BRAKES AT ALL. INFORMED THAT THE PART NEEDED (ABS MODULE) IS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER-NONE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN THE UNITED STATES. MY CAR IS STILL AT THE REPAIR SHOP WAITING FOR THE NECESSARY PART TO COMPLETE THE BRAKE JOB. TODAY'S DATE IS AUGUST 7, 2019. THE PART IS ON EMERGENCY ORDER, THERE IS NO INDICATION AS TO WHEN THE PART WILL BECOME AVAILABLE. I AM STRANDED WITHOUT A CAR. I HAVE READ SEVERAL REPORTS OF EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE 2013 LINCOLN MKX BRAKES AND SOME WERE RECALLED. I WAS INFORMED THAT MINE WAS MANUFACTURED IN MAY 2013 AND THE RECALL ONLY COVERED THOSE MANUFACTURED THROUGH MARCH 2013. I SEEMS OBVIOUS TO ME THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES WAS NOT RESOLVED AT THE MANUFACTURING PLANT, OR THE EXACT SAME ISSUE WOULD NOT STILL BE OCCURRING. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. DO WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES OCCUR BEFORE FORD COMPANY WILL DO THE RIGHT THING AND RECALL ALL 2013 LINCOLN MKX. I HAD PLANS TO DRIVE MYSELF AND 2 GRANDSONS 300 MILES TO THE BEACH ON JULY 19, WE WERE ALL DISAPPOINTED THAT OUR VACATION HAD TO BE CANCELLED, BUT I SHUTTER AT THE THOUGHT OF DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND SUDDENLY HAVING NO BRAKES. PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING - RECALL 2013 MKX

I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 69 IN HOUSTON, TEXAS WHEN I FEEL LT LIKE THE BRAKE PETAL WAS HARD TO PUSH AND ALSO HEARD A SOUND FROM THE DASH. THIS TERRIFIED ME SO I GOT OFF THE FREEWAY AND IMMEDIATELY LOOKED UP BRAKE CHECK LOCATION TO GO GET THE BRAKES CHECKED. I FOUND ONE 8 MILES AWAY AND DROVE THERE AND EXPLAINED TO A TECHNICIAN WHAT HAD HAPPEN. THE TECHNICIAN GOT INTO MY LINCOLN AND STEPPED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND SAID IT'S GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOORBOARD AND HARD TO PUSH. AND HE ASKED ME IF IT FELT HARDER TO PUSH. I TOLD HIM YES. HE CHECKED THE BRAKES OUT AND TOLD ME IT WAS THE BRAKE BOOSTER. HE SAID WITH ONLY 41,700 MILES HE HIMSELF WOULD TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. WE DON'T LIVE IN HOUSTON, AND WE WERE ON THE WAY HOME FROM HOUSTON AFTER MY HUSBAND HAVING SURGERY AND I NEEDED TO GET HIM HOME. WE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO DRIVE HOME. I DROVE IN THE MIDDLE LANE AT 55 MPH AND KEEPING A DISTANCE IN FRONT OF ME. WHEN I WOULD USE THE BRAKE I WOULD HAVE TO START BRAKING WAY AHEAD WHEN SOMEONE WOULD CUT I FRONT IF ME BECAUSE THE BRAKES WERE BARELY WORKING. I BABIED THE BRAKES ALL OUR 4 HOUR DRIVE HOME. PLEASE INFORM ME WHAT CAN BE DONE. THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING TO A VEHICLE WITH ONLY 41,700 MILES. WE BOUGHT IT USED IN 2017 AFTER HURRICANE HARVEY. I'M THINKING THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE BRAKING SYSTEM AND IT WAS NEVER DONE BY THE PRIOR OWNERS AND THEY DECIDED TO SELL IT. THIS SHOULD APPLY TO THE LEMON LAW. BECAUSE WE WERE SOLD A DEFECTIVE VEHICLE. WE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED DRIVING ON A BUSY INTERSTATE IN HOUSTON TX. TERRIFYING DRIVING HOME. I

I PURCHASED THIS CAR IN SEPTEMBER 29, 2013, WITH 3 MILES ON IT. IT CURRENTLY HAS JUST OVER 20,000 MILES ON IT. THE BRAKE BOOSTER STARTED HISSING, SQUEALING, WHEN I DEPRESSED THE BRAKES TO START THE CAR LAST WEEK, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE I HAD JUST WASHED THE CAR. NOW THE CAR WAS JUST OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY, BUT LINCOLN WANTS $1,000 TO REPAIR.

WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, A HISSING NOISE CAN BE HEARD COMING FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE PEDAL EFFORT REQUIRED TO STOP THE VEHICLE HAS BECOME HARDER. WHILE INVESTIGATING THIS MATTER, MY MECHANIC FOUND A RECALL CONCERNING THE EXACT SAME ISSUE I WAS HAVING ON THE SAME EXACT MAKE, MODEL, AND YEAR AS MINE (RECALL NUMBER 13NO2). WHEN I WENT TO THE FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT, I WAS TURNED AWAY AS MY VIN WASN'T FOUND UNDER THAT RECALL EVEN THOUGH THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT MY VEHICLE WAS HAVING THE SAME ISSUES AS THE RECALL STATED FOR THE EXACT SAME VEHICLE AS MINE.

BRAKE BOOSTER DIAPHRAGM LEAK, AIR HISSING SOUND FROM BRAKE BOOSTER. FORD HAS ALREADY ISSUED 'CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM' 13N02 REGARDING BRAKE BOOSTER/MASTER CYLINDER PROBLEM' "CERTAIN 2010-2013 MODEL YEAR EDGE AND MKX VEHICLES BUILT AT THE OAKVILLE ASSEMBLY PLANT FROM MAY 3, 2010 THROUGH MARCH 28, 2013. AFFECTED VEHICLES ARE IDENTIFIED IN OASIS." OUR MKX WAS BUILT IN JULY OF 2013 AND IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 LINCOLN MKX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNKNOWN.

STARTED CAR IN DRIVEWAY. CAR STALLED AND LOST ALL POWER. TRIED TO RESTART AND CAR STARTED AGAIN. 1 WEEK LATER, WHILE DRIVING DASHBOARD CONTROL PANEL (PHONE, NAVIGATION, CLIMATE,SIRIUS BLACKED OUT. CAR STALLED IN MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY. NO POWER. LATER THE SAME DAY, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT DIRECTLY TO THE FLOOR WHEN STARTING. *TR

STARTED CAR IN DRIVEWAY. CAR STALLED AND LOST ALL POWER. TRIED TO RESTART AND CAR DID RESTART. 1 WEEK LATER WHILE DRIVING THE DASHBOARD CONTROL PANEL (PHONE, NAVIGATION, SIRIUS, CLIMATE BLACKENED OUT. CAR STALLED IN MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY. NO POWER. LATER THE SAME DAY, BRAKE PEDAL WENT DIRECTLY TO THE FLOOR WHEN STARTING CAR. *TR