{"id":"2016_lincoln_mkz","make":"Lincoln","make_slug":"lincoln","model":"MKZ","model_slug":"mkz","year":2016,"url":"/lincoln/mkz/2016/","pts":["hev","gas"],"configs":[{"id":36161,"model":"MKZ Hybrid FWD","pt":"hev","drive":"Front-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (variable gear ratios)","cyl":4,"displ":2.0,"eng":"","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":true,"city":41,"hwy":39,"comb":40,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":null,"range":null,"range_city":null,"range_hwy":null,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":null,"charge240b":null,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"280V Li-Ion","fuel":"Regular","vclass":"Midsize Cars","co2":227,"fe_score":9,"ghg_score":9,"fuel_cost":1550,"save_spend":3500,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"FMX","modified":"Fri Dec 02 00:00:00 EST 2016"},{"id":36163,"model":"MKZ FWD","pt":"gas","drive":"Front-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (S6)","cyl":4,"displ":2.0,"eng":"SIDI","turbo":true,"super":false,"start_stop":false,"city":22,"hwy":33,"comb":26,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":null,"range":null,"range_city":null,"range_hwy":null,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":null,"charge240b":null,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"","fuel":"Regular","vclass":"Midsize Cars","co2":341,"fe_score":6,"ghg_score":6,"fuel_cost":2400,"save_spend":-750,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"FMX","modified":"Mon Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2016"},{"id":36162,"model":"MKZ AWD","pt":"gas","drive":"All-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (S6)","cyl":4,"displ":2.0,"eng":"SIDI","turbo":true,"super":false,"start_stop":false,"city":22,"hwy":31,"comb":25,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":null,"range":null,"range_city":null,"range_hwy":null,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":null,"charge240b":null,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"","fuel":"Regular","vclass":"Midsize Cars","co2":357,"fe_score":6,"ghg_score":6,"fuel_cost":2500,"save_spend":-1250,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"FMX","modified":"Mon Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2016"},{"id":36164,"model":"MKZ FWD","pt":"gas","drive":"Front-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (S6)","cyl":6,"displ":3.7,"eng":"","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":false,"city":18,"hwy":27,"comb":21,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":null,"range":null,"range_city":null,"range_hwy":null,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":null,"charge240b":null,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"","fuel":"Regular","vclass":"Midsize Cars","co2":415,"fe_score":5,"ghg_score":5,"fuel_cost":2950,"save_spend":-3500,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"FMX","modified":"Mon Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2016"},{"id":36165,"model":"MKZ AWD","pt":"gas","drive":"All-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (S6)","cyl":6,"displ":3.7,"eng":"","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":false,"city":17,"hwy":24,"comb":20,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":null,"range":null,"range_city":null,"range_hwy":null,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":null,"charge240b":null,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"","fuel":"Regular","vclass":"Midsize Cars","co2":450,"fe_score":4,"ghg_score":4,"fuel_cost":3100,"save_spend":-4250,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"FMX","modified":"Mon Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2016"}],"vclass":"Midsize Cars","segment":"Midsize car","recalls":[{"campaign":"23V775000","component":"LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH","mfr":"Ford Motor Company","reported":"2023-11-17","owner_notified":"2023-12-20","units":45173,"summary":"Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2015 Fiesta, 2016 Fusion, and 2016 Lincoln MKZ vehicles sold, or ever registered in Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Washington, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan), and the U.S. Virgin Islands.  A component inside the door latches may break, which can make it difficult to latch or possibly allow the doors to open while driving.","consequence":"Vehicle doors opening unexpectedly while driving can increase the risk of a crash or injury.","remedy":"Dealers will inspect the door latch date codes and if necessary, replace all four side door latches, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed December 20, 2023.  Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332.  Ford's number for this recall is 20S15.  This recall is an expansion of NHTSA recall number 20V-177.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"20S15","initiated_by":"ODI","variants":[],"severity":"high"},{"campaign":"23V162000","component":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS","mfr":"Ford Motor Company","reported":"2023-03-10","owner_notified":"2023-06-27","units":1280726,"summary":"Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2013-2018 Fusion and Lincoln MKZ vehicles.  The front brake hoses may rupture and leak brake fluid.","consequence":"A brake fluid leak will increase brake pedal travel and extend the distance needed to stop the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.","remedy":"Dealers will replace the front brake hoses, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed June 27, 2023.  Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332.  Ford's number for this recall is 23S12.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"23S12","initiated_by":"ODI","variants":[],"severity":"high"},{"campaign":"20V177000","component":"LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH","mfr":"Ford Motor Company","reported":"2020-03-23","owner_notified":"2020-09-21","units":288110,"summary":"Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2014-2015 Fiesta, 2014-2016 Fusion and Lincoln MKZ vehicles sold, or ever registered in Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Washington, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan), and the U.S. Virgin Islands.  A component within the door latches may break making the doors difficult to latch and/or leading the driver or a passenger to believe a door is securely closed when, in fact, it is not.","consequence":"A door that is not securely latched could open while the vehicle is in motion, increasing the risk of injury to a vehicle occupant.","remedy":"Ford will notify owners, and Ford or Lincoln dealers will replace the side door latches, free of charge.  The recall began September 21, 2020.  Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332.  Ford's number for this recall is 20S15.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"20S15","initiated_by":"ODI","variants":[],"severity":"moderate"},{"campaign":"19V632000","component":"STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM","mfr":"Ford Motor Company","reported":"2019-08-29","owner_notified":"2019-10-18","units":116160,"summary":"Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2013-2016 Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ, 2015-2016 Ford Edge, and 2016 Lincoln MKX vehicles originally sold, or currently registered in Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.  Road salt or other contaminants may corrode the electric power steering gear motor attachment bolts.","consequence":"If the bolts corrode, the steering gear motor may detach from the gear housing resulting in a loss of power steering assist, requiring a greater steering effort, especially at lower speeds, and increasing the risk of a crash.","remedy":"Ford will notify owners, and dealers will replace the steering gear motor bolts and apply a wax sealer.  If any of the steering gear motor attachment bolts are broken or missing, a new steering gear will be installed in the vehicle.  These repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall began October 18, 2019.  Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332.  Ford's number for this recall is 19S26.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"19S26","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"high"},{"campaign":"18V167000","component":"STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR","mfr":"Ford Motor Company","reported":"2018-03-12","owner_notified":"2018-04-30","units":1301986,"summary":"Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2014-2018 Lincoln MKZ and Ford Fusion vehicles.  The steering wheel retaining bolt may loosen allowing the steering wheel to detach while driving.","consequence":"A steering wheel detachment can cause a loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash.","remedy":"Ford will notify owners, and dealers will replace the steering wheel bolt with a longer bolt, free of charge.   Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332.  Ford's number for this recall is 18S08.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"18S08","initiated_by":"ODI","variants":[],"severity":"high"},{"campaign":"15V618000","component":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE","mfr":"Ford Motor Company","reported":"2015-10-01","owner_notified":"2015-10-19","units":658,"summary":"Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2016 Ford Fusion vehicles manufactured September 3, 2015, to September 13, 2015, and 2016 Lincoln MKZ vehicles manufactured September 3, 2015, to September 12, 2015.  The affected vehicles have a fuel tank that may have insufficent wall thickness.  As a result, the fuel tanks may crack in the event of a crash and thus the vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 301, \"Fuel System Integrity.\"","consequence":"A fuel tank that cracks may leak fuel, increasing the risk of a fire.","remedy":"Ford will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuel tank, free of charge.  The recall began on October 19, 2015.  Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332.  Ford's number for this recall is 15C11.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"15C11","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"critical"}],"recall_count":6,"critical_count":1,"park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"score":47,"grade":"F","complaints":{"count":68,"crash":8,"fire":0,"injured":6,"deaths":0,"comps":[["Steering",12],["Electrical System",11],["Air Bags",11],["Service Brakes",10],["Unspecified",7],["Engine",5]],"by_year":{"2016":3,"2017":6,"2018":5,"2019":5,"2020":2,"2021":5,"2022":6,"2023":12,"2024":6,"2025":12,"2026":6},"excerpts":[["2023-08-26","Engine","Check engine light came on, car ran hot, and emitted smoke. It also began to run rough. Frightening to say the least. I immediately drove home and took it to my mechanic the next day. He found coolant leaked into cylinder 3. He did research and found tons of reports of the same problem with the Ford 2.0 eco boost engin\u2026"],["2023-08-04","Engine And Engine Cooling","The contact owns a 2016 Lincoln MKZ. The contact stated while driving 40 MPH, the check engine warning light illuminated and the contact smelled a odor of burning. The contact was able to pull over into a parking lot and examined under the hood and notice that coolant had leaked. The vehicle was towed to an independent\u2026"],["2023-08-03","Service Brakes","The contact owns a 2016 Lincoln MKZ. The contact stated while driving 45 mph, another vehicle intercepted his lane from the left, and when depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle independently shifted to the right causing the vehicle to hit a curb and damaging the front passenger side tire. No air bags deployed. The co\u2026"]]},"investigations":[{"action":"DP22005","component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM","opened":"2023-01-27","closed":"2023-08-07","campaign":"22V063000","subject":"Pedestrian alert sounds","summary":"NHTSA received a petition on or about July 18, 2022, requesting that Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 141 be applied to all electric and hybrid vehicles operating in the United States. The petition can be reviewed at NHTSA.gov under ODI Number 11486072. FMVSS 141 establishes performance requirements for pedestrian alert sounds for motor vehicles. The standard applies to hybrid and electric vehicles that have a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,536 KG or less or are defined as low-speed vehicles. The standard became fully applicable to all such vehicles manufactured on or after March 1, 2021.On January 27, 2023, NHTSA opened Defect Petition (DP) 22-005 to evaluate the subject matt"},{"action":"RQ22004","component":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS","opened":"2022-08-08","closed":"2023-03-24","campaign":"23V162000","subject":"Front Brake Jounce Hose Failures","summary":"On August 8, 2022, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened this investigation based on 50 Vehicle Owner Questionnaires (VOQs) alleging front brake jounce hose ruptures on model year (MY) 2013-2018 Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ vehicles. A ruptured front brake hose results in a brake fluid leak. As a result, the driver may experience an increase in pedal travel and a reduction in the rate of deceleration, increasing the risk of a crash. It should be noted that the subject vehicles identified fell outside the scope of NHTSA Safety Recall 20V-469, which addressed front brake hoses rupturing on certain MY 2015-2018 Ford Edge and 2016-2018 Lincoln MKX vehicles. The result causes a brake fl"},{"action":"EA21002","component":"AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE","opened":"2021-09-17","closed":"","campaign":"","subject":"Desiccated Air Bag Inflator Rupture","summary":"From 2000 through 2017, Takata produced millions of air bag inflators using two types of phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate (\"PSAN\") propellant -- propellant 2004 and propellant 2004L. After prolonged exposure to high temperature cycles and humidity, inflators using propellant 2004 can degrade, causing the propellant to burn too quickly when ignited. The rapid burning can cause the inflator to rupture during deployment, potentially causing serious or even fatal injury to vehicle occupants. See 2016 Blomquist Report at www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/documents/expert_report-hrblomquist.pdf.Consequently, all frontal inflators using propellant 2004 that do not contain a \"desiccant\" (a substa"},{"action":"RQ19005","component":"STRUCTURE:BODY","opened":"2019-12-19","closed":"2022-02-07","campaign":"20V331000","subject":"Door Latch Failures","summary":"In December 2019, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened this investigation based on 235 Vehicle Owner Questionnaires (VOQs) alleging doors failed to latch when closed, and/or inadvertently opened while driving, on model year (MY) 2012-2014 Ford Fiesta, and 2013-2014 Fusion and Lincoln MKZ. Some VOQs reported the failure occurred after the latch had been remedied under a prior recall which involved fracture of the latch pawl spring tab due to thermally induced cyclic fatigue. Other VOQs alleged a similar failure in vehicles not previously recalled. A latch with a fractured pawl spring tab typically results in a ?door will not close? condition, however in certain somewhat rare circu"}],"ncap":[{"desc":"4 DR AWD","overall":5,"frontal":5,"side":4,"rollover":4,"rollover_risk":0.109,"seats":5,"fcw":"Optional","ldw":"Optional","aeb":"No","esc":"","backup_cam":"Standard","variant":null},{"desc":"4 DR FWD","overall":5,"frontal":5,"side":4,"rollover":4,"rollover_risk":0.109,"seats":5,"fcw":"Optional","ldw":"Optional","aeb":"No","esc":"","backup_cam":"Standard","variant":null},{"desc":"4 DR FWD","overall":5,"frontal":5,"side":4,"rollover":4,"rollover_risk":0.109,"seats":5,"fcw":"Optional","ldw":"Optional","aeb":"No","esc":"","backup_cam":"Standard","variant":"hev"}],"popularity":999,"headline":{"range":null,"mpg":40,"ncap":5,"complaints":68},"presskit_trims":[],"generated_at":"2026-09-11 05:01 UTC","sources":["EPA fueleconomy.gov","NHTSA recalls","NHTSA complaints","NHTSA NCAP","NHTSA investigations"]}