1.5
hardly worth mentioning- Crashes / Fires:
- 0 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 0 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 109,435 miles
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Sometimes while starting the car, the power steering does not work and the car can barely be maneuvered out of a parking spot. Turning the car off and re-starting it fixes the problem however this happens about every other week. This has not happened while the car has been in motion thankfully as I-€™m sure this would cause an accident. The mileage this started was about 200,000 miles. There is a recall but apparently this car does not qualify for a free fix by the manufacturer. It is an expensive repair according to internet searches or vehicle owners with the same issues and reports that most people do not have the repair done due to the high cost.
- Castle Rock , CO, USA
Power steering assist fault error. The power steering stopped working.
- Pleasant Grove , UT, USA
The contact owns a 2011 Lincoln MKT. The contact stated that at start-up the power steering assist failed to operate as needed with the power steering assist message on the instrument panel. Due to the failure, the contact had the vehicle towed to the dealer and was informed that the vehicle was included in NHTSA Campaign Number: 15V340000 (Steering). The contact was referred to the dealer for assistance. The contact then had the vehicle towed to the dealer where he was informed that the recall had expired. The contact was able to drive the vehicle back to the dealer and the vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed him that his vehicle was not under recall. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 84,000.
- Tallahassee, FL, USA
The contact owns a 2011 Lincoln Mkt. While driving 70 mph, the power steering seized without warning and the vehicle became difficult to maneuver. The vehicle was towed to leith Lincoln (located at 7900 capital blvd, raleigh, nc 27616, (919) 872-9500) where it was diagnosed that the power steering module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 15340000 (steering). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 131,500.
- Raleigh, NC, USA
On 12/10/2018 at 5 pm I made a right turn to merge into traffic when my power steering failed mid turn. Shocked and surprised at to what was happening, I veered into the on coming traffic not being able to keep the vehicle in the proper lane because of the amount of effort required to steer. I missed having an accident by inches and cut off a driver whom got angry with me and I thought might follow me home. I was in rush hour traffic and was not able to stop the car and restart it for several blocks. When I was able to pull over and stop, I restarted the car and the power steering returned as normal. On the my Lincoln owner website, it reported my car needing a power steering update. On 2 separate occasions during the past year when I had my car in to the Lincoln dealer for other services, I reported this to the dealer. He looked something up on his computer and reported my car was ok, ignore the message.
- Arnold, MO, USA
"takata recall" I am reaching out to NHTSA for the second time do to a recall that was issue back on June 2, 2015 for 2011 Lincoln Mkt. The recall number is 15S18. A few weeks ago I had a message that came across my dashboard that read services power steering and 2 sec later it read services power steering now. As we speak my car is at the dealership and I had a diagnostic test done. The code that come up on the test was P07ae. After researching the code description it is the same the description that was identified in the recall. Lincoln is not trying to honor the recall because my VIN doesn`T show up.
- Upper Marlboro, MD, USA
"failure of electric power steering assist"- my vehicle is not showing up when looking for my VIN number but it clearly has this issue. While driving I received a service power steering now message and the steering wheel is no longer easy to turn. Recall number 15V340000.
- Upper Marlboro, MD, USA
The contact owns a 2011 Lincoln Mkt. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to the dealer for routine maintenance. The mechanic stated that there was a failure with the steering wheel. As a result, the steering gear assembly needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 15V340000 (steering). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 157,900.
- Bloomfield, KY, USA
- Grand Rapids, MI, USA