NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Lincoln MKC Recalls
The 2017 Lincoln MKC has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 10, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 Lincoln MKC. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 192
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 Lincoln MKC, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2017 Lincoln MKC
Equipment: electrical: engine block heater
- Campaign
- 25V685000
- Reported
- October 10, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 59,006
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2016, 2018–2019 MKC, 8 other models
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 25V572000
- Reported
- September 3, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,456,417
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015–2016, 2018–2019 MKC, 12 other models
Engine
- Campaign
- 23V378000
- Reported
- May 26, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 142,734
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 2015–2016, 2018–2019 MKC
2017 Lincoln MKC complaints by year
NHTSA has received 192 owner complaints about the 2017 Lincoln MKC, the newest on October 8, 2026. Of these, 7 describe a crash (4%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2017 Lincoln MKC, the component group named most often is the engine (57%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (12%) and the back over prevention (10%).
1 of the 2017 Lincoln MKC's 3 recalls also concerns the engine.
Where 2017 Lincoln MKC owners gave the mileage (61 complaints), the median was 63,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine110
- Engine And Engine Cooling23
- Unknown Or Other21
- Back Over Prevention20
- Electrical System20
- Power Train10
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 8 | |
| 2023 | 36 | |
| 2024 | 36 | |
| 2025 | 51 | |
| 2026 | 40 |
Complaints about the 2017 Lincoln MKC peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 51. 8% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 192 complaints about the 2017 Lincoln MKC are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Lincoln MKC by model year
Other 2017 Lincoln models
Newest record on this page: October 8, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted