NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Lincoln MKZ Recalls
The 2009 Lincoln MKZ has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 10, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 Lincoln MKZ. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 114
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 Lincoln MKZ, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2009 Lincoln MKZ
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21V158000
- Reported
- March 10, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,602,668
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2008, 2010–2012 MKZ, 6 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 21V081000
- Reported
- February 16, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,067
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010 MKZ, 7 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 19V904000
- Reported
- December 18, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 600,166
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2008, 2010 MKZ, 3 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 18V046000
- Reported
- January 11, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 327,796
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2010 MKZ, 6 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V024000
- Reported
- January 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 654,695
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2008, 2012 MKZ, 8 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V384000
- Reported
- May 31, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,892,343
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2008, 2010–2011 MKZ, 8 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 14E028000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2008, 2010–2011 MKZ, 3 other models
2009 Lincoln MKZ complaints by year
NHTSA has received 114 owner complaints about the 2009 Lincoln MKZ, the newest on August 15, 2025. Of these, 8 describe a crash (7%); owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2009 Lincoln MKZ, the component group named most often is the air bags (58%), followed by the service brakes (16%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (6%).
5 of the 2009 Lincoln MKZ's 7 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2009 Lincoln MKZ owners gave the mileage (38 complaints), the median was 66,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags66
- Service Brakes18
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic7
- Power Train5
- Unknown Or Other5
- Wheels5
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 39 | |
| 2018 | 26 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 12 | |
| 2021 | 9 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2009 Lincoln MKZ peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 39. 4% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 114 complaints about the 2009 Lincoln MKZ are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Lincoln MKZ by model year
Other 2009 Lincoln models
Newest record on this page: August 15, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted