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These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.
5 of 204 complaints match · Electronic Stability Control (esc) · clear filters
THE ELECTRONIC STEERING STOPPED WORKING AND THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON AT THE SAME TIME. I WAS TRAVELING AT LESS THAN 5 MILES PER HOUR AND RAN INTO MY GARAGE DAMAGING THE RIGHT FRONT OF MY CAR. LOCAL DEALER WITHOUT SEEING THE CAR SAID COST WOULD BE AROUND $1800 TO FIX STEERING AND STABILITRAK. THIS WAS A 2012 LINCOLN MKZ HYBRID.
NHTSA ODI 11337748
STARTED MY CAR TO LET IT WARM UP, WHEN I RETURNED AND WENT TO LEAVE THE DRIVEWAY IT FLASHED SERVICE STABILITRAC AND SERVICE POWER STEERING. TRIED TO DRIVE IT AND HAD NO POWER STEERING. THERE IS A RECALL ON MANY OF THIS SAME CAR FOR THE SAME REASON BUT NONE FOR MY VIN #.
NHTSA ODI 11306599
WHILE DRIVING THERE IS A LARGE POP SOUND AND THEN EXTREME STATIC / "WHITE NOISE" THAT COMES THROUGH THE SPEAKER SYSTEM EVEN IF THE AUDIO IS TURNED OFF. IT WILL PERIODICALLY DO THIS OFF AND ON AND IS EXTREMELY LOUD AND DISTRACTING WHILE DRIVING. ALSO BECAUSE IT IS SO SPORADIC AND THE POP AND STATIC NOISE IS NEVER KNOWN WHEN IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IT HAS NEARLY CAUSED ACCIDENTS FROM BEING SCARED WHEN IT COMES ON SUDDENLY. IT DOES THIS WHILE CITY DRIVING OR HIGHWAY DRIVING. I CAN NOT TAKE A PICTURE OF A SOUND BUT I DO HAVE VIDEO AND YOU CAN ALSO YOUTUBE OTHER PEOPLES COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE. IT BEGAN FOR ME ON JULY 24, 2018 AND HAS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN ON A DAILY BASIS SINCE THEN.
NHTSA ODI 11115266
THE ELECTRIC ASSIST POWER STEERING HAS FAILED
NHTSA ODI 11061505
I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THE ENTIRE STEERING ASSEMBLY AND THE ELECTRONIC STEERING MUST BE REPLACED DUE TO A FAILURE OF THE STEERING MOTOR SENSOR. THIS REPAIR IS ESTIMATED TO COST $2100. OTHER 2012 LINCOLN MKZ HYBRIDS WERE RECALLED FOR THIS SAME FAULT, NHTSA ID 15V340000, BUT MY CAR DOES NOT SEEM TO BE COVERED. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT MY CAR HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AND WHATEVER CORRECTION OR RUNNING CHANGE THEY MADE TO THE PRODUCTION LINE DID NOT ADEQUATELY FIX THE ISSUE. I WAS DRIVING THE CAR WHEN A WARNING LIGHT (YELLOW WRENCH) CAME ON. I STOPPED THE CAR, CHECKED THE MANUAL AND COULD FIND NO REFERENCE TO THIS WARNING LIGHT. IT DID NOT REAPPEAR WHEN I RESTARTED THE CAR AND NEVER CAME BACK ON.
NHTSA ODI 11019443
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