NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Lincoln MKT Recalls
The 2016 Lincoln MKT has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 1, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Lincoln MKT. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 9
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2016 Lincoln MKT, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2016 Lincoln MKT
Structure: body
- Campaign
- 25V827000
- Reported
- December 1, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 11,852
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2017–2019 MKT
Suspension: rear
- Campaign
- 20V072000
- Reported
- February 10, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 211,207
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2015, 2017–2018 MKT, 2 other models
Engine and engine cooling: engine: gasoline: turbo/supercharger
- Campaign
- 16V925000
- Reported
- December 22, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,163
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2017 MKT, 3 other models
2016 Lincoln MKT complaints by year
NHTSA has received 9 owner complaints about the 2016 Lincoln MKT, the newest on July 23, 2026. Owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Lincoln MKT, the component group named most often is the structure (33%), followed by the back over prevention (22%) and the electrical system (11%).
1 of the 2016 Lincoln MKT's 3 recalls also concerns the structure.
Component groups named in complaints
- Structure3
- Back Over Prevention2
- Unknown Or Other2
- Electrical System1
- Engine1
- Steering1
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2016 Lincoln MKT peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 3. 56% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
The 9 complaints about the 2016 Lincoln MKT are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Lincoln MKT by model year
Other 2016 Lincoln models
Newest record on this page: July 23, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted