There are 4 stored owner reports matching the body & structure leading-label group for the 2016 Lincoln MKX in our NHTSA-sourced dataset. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
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Loaded 4 of 4 matching reports.
Open the full vehicle complaint log (all categories)Rear doors would not latch after being opened in 24° weather. This situation happened after the car was preheated outdoors and persisted throughout a 60 mile trip. Car had to be parked with the doors held shut using the seat belts to keep them closed. After returning during above freezing temperatures the door worked as it should. Children had to hold doors shut during trip.
WHEN LOADING GROCERIES IN THE TRUNK OF THE SUV, I HAD KEYS IN MY POCKET AND MY 8 YEAR OLD WAS LEANING OVER IN THE TRUNK PUTTING THE BAGS IN THE BACK- HER FEET WERE UNDER NEATH THE BACK OF THE CAR AND THE TRUNK STARTED CLOSING BC I WAS WITHIN RANGE FOR THE HANDLESS ENTRY (WHERE YOU WAVE YOUR FOOT UNDER THE REAR OF THE CAR FOR THE TRUNK TO OPEN) THE TRUNK STARTED CLOSING WITH HER LEANED INTO THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE... I TRIED TO GRAP THE TAILGATE TO GET IT TO STOP AND OPEN BACK UP, IT DIDN'T!!!! IF I HAD NOT OF ACTED SO QUICKLY AND GRABBED HER, THE TRUNK WOULD HAVE SHUT ON HER! THIS IS A MAJOR DANGER AND COULD NOT HAVE TURNED OUT OK!!! THERE NEEDS TO BE A SAFETY FEATURE WHERE IF YOU TOUCH IT TAILGATE IT STOPS CLOSING AND OPENS BACK UP
ON OR ABOUT AUGUST 2017, WHILE DRIVING I NOTICED EXHAUST FUMES COMING INTO INTERIOR OF 2016 LINCOLN MKX SUV WHICH SMELLED BAD AND MADE EYES WATER. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP FOR THE PROBLEM: 1. THEY FOUND THAT REAR WELD SEAMS BEHIND LEFT AND RIGHT TAIL LIGHTS WERE CRACKED AND ALSO WELD SEAMS BELOW LEFT AND RIGHT TAIL LIGHTS WERE CRACKED. 2. RUBBER GROMMET WAS MISSING (HOLE) BEHIND LEFT TAIL LIGHT, REAR AIR VENT ON RIGHT SIDE BEHIND TAIL LIGHT WAS NOT WORKING. 3. DEALER SEALED WELD SEAMS ON BOTH SIDES, (LT & RT) INSTALLED BLACK TAPE OVER GROMMET HOLE WITH SEALANT AND REPLACED RIGHT REAR VENT. 4. THEN PRESSURE TESTED INTERIOR FOR LEAKS.
1.) FRONT BUMPER COVER DEVELOPED A BULGE (CAME A LOOSE) JUNE 2016 ON RIGHT FRONT SIDE BECAUSE THE BUMPER TABS ARE TOO THIN OR FLIMSY AND WILL NOT HOLD BUMPER COVER UNDERNEATH THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY PROPERLY. THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT BY THE LINCOLN MOTOR COMPANY AND THEY HAVE FAILED TO REPAIR MY CAR BUMPER FOR ONE WHOLE YEAR. THE CAR DEALERSHIP THEY SENT ME TO CANNOT FIX THIS BUMPER BECAUSE IT IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT, THEY ACTUALLY MAKE THE BULGE ON BUMPER WORSE. LINCOLN KNOWS THE BUMPER COVER IS DEFECTIVE AND HAS FAILED TO COME UP WITH A FIX THAT WILL LAST. THIS IS POOR WORKMANSHIP BY LINCOLN. CAR WAS STATIONARY IN MY DRIVEWAY. I WANT LINCOLN TO FIX MY CAR PROPERLY OR GIVE ME ANOTHER CAR OF EQUAL VALUE. 2.) BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT FRONT DOOR EXTERIOR BOTTOM BLACK PLASTIC DOOR PANELS WITH CHROME INSERTS HAVE COME LOOSE AND SHAKE WHEN OPENING OR CLOSING DOORS. THIS IS POOR WORKMANSHIP BY LINCOLN. CAR WAS STATIONARY AND IN MY DRIVEWAY.
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Vehicle import recorded: Apr 28, 2026. This is the stored import date, not confirmation that every source was successfully refreshed.