2007 Lincoln Mkx problems, complaints & recalls
Most-reported problem areas: Air Bags (147) · Fuel/Propulsion System (30) · Power Train (23)
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🛣️ Complaints by mileage
142 NHTSA complaints that reported an odometer reading.
Safety recalls (6)
Air Bags:frontal:driver Side:inflator Module 2021-03-10 · campaign 21V158000 · 2,602,668 vehicles
Defect: Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2007-2011 Ranger, 2006-2012 Fusion, Lincoln Zephyr, Lincoln MKZ, 2006-2011 Mercury Milan, 2007-2010 Ford Edge, and Lincoln MKX vehicles. The driver's side air bag inflator may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity, high temperatures, and high temperature cycling.
Risk: An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants, resulting in serious injury or death.
Fix: Ford will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver-side airbag inflator or module with an alternate one, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on April 9, 2021 for the passenger side, and November 14, 2022 for the driver side. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 21S12.
Air Bags:frontal:passenger Side:inflator Module 2021-02-16 · campaign 21E013000 · 249 vehicles
Defect: Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain air bag inflator and/or module replacement service parts that may have been used as part of a collision repair. The parts include certain driver-side air bag inflators and/or modules, designed to fit 2005-2014 Ford Mustang and Mustang GT500. It also includes certain passenger-side air bag inflators and/or modules designed to fit 2005-2014 Ford Mustang, 2010-2012 Lincoln MKZ, 2010-2012 Ford Fusion, 2010-2011 Mercury Milan, 2007-2011 Ford Ranger, an
Risk: In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the frontal air bag, an inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
Fix: Ford will notify dealers that purchased the affected parts, and dealers will provide replacement parts to purchasers, free of charge. The recall began March 18, 2021. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 21S05.
Air Bags:frontal:passenger Side:inflator Module 2021-02-16 · campaign 21V081000 · 1,067 vehicles
Defect: Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2005-2014 Mustang, 2004-2011 Ranger, 2009-2011 Mercury Milan, 2006 Ford GT, 2008-2012 Fusion, 2007-2010 Edge and Lincoln MKX, and 2009-2010 Lincoln MKZ vehicles. These vehicles may be equipped with a driver or passenger frontal air bag inflator used as a replacement service part, that may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity, temperature and temperature cycling.
Risk: In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the frontal air bag, an inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
Fix: Ford will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the driver and passenger air bag module, and replace either the module or the inflator, if necessary, free of charge. The recall began March 17, 2021. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 21S05.
Air Bags:frontal:passenger Side:inflator Module 2017-01-10 · campaign 17V024000 · 654,695 vehicles ⚠ DO NOT DRIVE
Defect: Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2012 Ford Fusion and Mustang and Lincoln Zephyr and MKZ vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan), and the U.S. Virgin Islands, or "Zone A." Additionally, unless included in "Zone A" above, Ford is recalling certain 2009 Ford Ranger, Edge, Fusion and Mustang, Lincoln MKX, MKZ
Risk: An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
Fix: Owners are advised not to drive their vehicles until the repair has been performed. Ford will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag inflator, free of charge. Interim letters informing owners of the recall and that parts are not yet available began mailing March 1, 2017. Owners will receive a second notice when remedy parts become available. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 19S01.
Air Bags:frontal:passenger Side:inflator Module 2016-05-31 · campaign 16V384000 · 1,892,343 vehicles ⚠ DO NOT DRIVE
Defect: Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2007-2011 Ford Ranger vehicles, 2006-2011 Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan and Lincoln Zephyr/MKZ vehicles, 2007-2010 Ford Edge, Lincoln MKX vehicles, 2005-2006 Ford GT vehicles, and 2005-2011 Ford Mustang vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan), and the U.S. Virgin Islan
Risk: An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
Fix: Owners are advised not to drive their vehicles until the repair has been performed. Ford will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag inflator, free of charge. Ford mailed interim letters informing owners that parts are not yet available on July 15, 2016. Owners will receive a second notice when remedy parts become available. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 19S01.
Fuel System, Gasoline:storage:tank Assembly 2014-10-29 · campaign 14V682000 · 186,024 vehicles
Defect: Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2007-2008 Lincoln MKX, and Ford Edge vehicles, manufactured June 15, 2006, to September 22, 2008, and originally sold, or currently registered in, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia. Due to corrosion from salt water expos
Risk: A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source increases the risk of a fire.
Fix: Interim notices were mailed to owners on December 12, 2014. The recall began on October 6, 2015. Dealers will inspect the vehicles and either clean and treat the fuel tank with a corrosion preventative or replace the tank, free of charge. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 14S22.
Service bulletins (127)
Technical service bulletins are repair instructions manufacturers send dealers for known issues. Unlike recalls, the fix is not automatically free — but naming the bulletin at the service desk can save diagnosis time and support goodwill repairs.
Power Train 2026-04-26 · TSB 26-2194 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this bulletin supersedes 25-2627. reason for update: to add a step to reprogram the all-wheel drive (awd) module for bronco sport vehicles. some of the vehicles listed in the model statement above may exhibit all of the following conditions: shudder chatter condition, most noticeable at low speeds
Unknown Or Other 2026-04-24 · SSM 54773 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
some 2021-2023 nautilus vehicles may exhibit inoperative phone as a key and no communication with the remote function actuator (rfa) module. there may also be diagnostic trouble code (dtc) u0214 stored in various modules for loss of communication with the rfa module. to correct the condition, remove
Engine 2026-04-17 · TSB 26-2171 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this article updates tsb 25-2154. reasons for update: *parts list *service procedure to replace the output planetary carrier assembly *added 2023-2024 model year vehicles some of the vehicles listed in the model statement above may exhibit all of the following conditions: shudder condition, most n
Unknown Or Other 2026-03-25 · 25N17 · Other
advance notice – customer satisfaction program 25n17 certain 2015-2025 model year multiple vehicle lines rear view camera replacement if required after dealer evaluation
Unknown Or Other 2026-03-09 · TSB 26-2092 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this article supersedes tsb 25-2466 to add bronco sport, escape, maverick and corsair, as well as removing expedition and navigator. one time use parts for corsair and bronco sport were also added to the parts list. some of the vehicles listed in the model statement above may exhibit a headliner rat
Power Train 2026-02-09 · TSB 25-2627 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this article supersedes tsb 25-2552 to update the parts list some of the vehicles listed in the model statement above may exhibit all of the following conditions: shudder chatter condition, most noticeable at low speeds turning no diagnostic trouble codes dtcs present this may be due to rear dri
Showing the 6 most recent of 127 bulletins. Search all of them free at nhtsa.gov.
What owners report
2024-10-11 · Service Brakes · 💥 crash“ my 2007 lincoln mkx had an sua and within 10 feet totaled the front end when it was thrust into a cement building. this happened on [xxx] and the vehicle is available for inspection here in ft. wayne, indiana. in 2010 lincoln implemented an override device to the brake system knowing of the problem and there was no recall for vehicles prior to 201…”
2024-09-03 · Vehicle Speed Control · 💥 crash“my 2007 lincoln mkx was in drive with the brake depressed waiting to back up into a traffic lane from an angled parking space in front of a small shop in our historic downtown area. suddenly, the vehicle accelerated forward at a high rate of speed jumping the shallow curb and slamming into the cement foundation of the store. continuing to depress…”
2022-09-21 · Air Bags · 240,000 mi · 💥 crash“the contact owned a 2007 lincoln mkx. the contact stated that while driving at 50 mph, he dosed off and hit a tree. the air bags did not deploy upon impact. a police report was not filed. the vehicle was able to be driven back to his home after the accident. the contact sought medical treatment for an injury to his pelvis due to the accident. the v…”
2022-09-16 · Fuel System, Gasoline · 195,000 mi“the contact owns a 2007 lincoln mkx. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v682000 (fuel system, gasoline). the contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the contact stated that the vehicle was taken to the dealer for the recall repair; however, the dealer was waitin…”
2022-05-29 · Air Bags“i purchased the vehicle a few months ago from a small used dealership in anderson, sc. the seller/owner raved about the condition of the car and all seemed well until after the purchase when i discovered there was an open recall for the driver's airbag. however, when i contacted the local ford dealership and the nhtsa website i found there is "no…”
2022-04-12 · Air Bags · 230,000 mi“the contact owns a 2007 lincoln mkx. the contact received a notification for nhtsa campaign number: 21v158000 (air bags) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. the dealer had been notified of the issue and confirmed that parts were not yet available. the contact stated that the driver’s and passenger’s side airbag warning lights…”
2022-01-05 · Air Bags“manufacturer has not supplied the front air bag replacement part.…”
2021-12-28 · Power Train“while driving between 35 to 60 the car is very noisy in gear. checked all fluids and under carriage and it’s leaking oil from the ptu …”
2021-12-28 · Unknown Or Other“dual climate control only heating on passenger side driver’s side is not heating it has 115000 it’s a 2007 mkx it is also leaking fluid from the ptu the car is only 10 months old this is ridiculous ford should be issuing recalls for these as there are many people that have the same complaints for the faulty parts someone is going to get hurt if f…”
2021-12-06 · Unknown Or Other“transmission shudders at various shift points but mostly during slight increase in acceleration between 40 to 55 mph.…”
Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.