NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Lincoln MKX Recalls
The 2016 Lincoln MKX has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 22, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Lincoln MKX. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 156
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Lincoln MKX, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2016 Lincoln MKX
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- Campaign
- 25V544000
- Reported
- August 22, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 499,129
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2017–2018 MKX, 1 other model
Service brakes
- Campaign
- 20V469000
- Reported
- August 10, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 488,594
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2017–2018 MKX, 1 other model
Seats: front assembly: power adjust
- Campaign
- 20V414000
- Reported
- July 17, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 19,299
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2017–2018 MKX, 1 other model
Electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery: cables
- Campaign
- 19V809000
- Reported
- November 12, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 54,411
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2017 MKX
Steering: electric power assist system
- Campaign
- 19V632000
- Reported
- August 29, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 116,160
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V123000
- Reported
- February 27, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 27,531
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2017 MKX, 2 other models
Child seat: tether: connector/clip
- Campaign
- 16V343000
- Reported
- May 24, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 225, child restraint anchorages
- Same campaign
- only the 2016 Lincoln MKX
2016 Lincoln MKX complaints by year
NHTSA has received 156 owner complaints about the 2016 Lincoln MKX, the newest on September 28, 2026. Of these, 6 describe a crash (4%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Lincoln MKX, the component group named most often is the service brakes (25%), followed by the engine (21%) and the electrical system (17%).
1 of the 2016 Lincoln MKX's 7 recalls also concerns the service brakes.
Where 2016 Lincoln MKX owners gave the mileage (87 complaints), the median was 20,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes39
- Engine32
- Electrical System27
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic22
- Unknown Or Other22
- Fuel/Propulsion System12
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 28 | |
| 2017 | 12 | |
| 2018 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 9 | |
| 2020 | 13 | |
| 2021 | 17 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 11 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 18 | |
| 2026 | 27 |
Complaints about the 2016 Lincoln MKX peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 28. 38% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Lincoln MKX drew 3.2× the complaints of the median Lincoln MKX year in the same window: 1st highest of the 9 ranked years.
That makes 2016 one of the Lincoln MKX years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 156 complaints about the 2016 Lincoln MKX are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Lincoln MKX by model year
Other 2016 Lincoln models
Newest record on this page: September 28, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted