NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Lincoln MKX Recalls
The 2017 Lincoln MKX has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 22, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 Lincoln MKX. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 52
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 Lincoln MKX, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2017 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 2016, 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 2016, 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 2016, 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 2016 MKX
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 2016 MKX, 2 other models
2017 Lincoln MKX complaints by year
NHTSA has received 52 owner complaints about the 2017 Lincoln MKX, the newest on June 23, 2026.
In complaints about the 2017 Lincoln MKX, the component group named most often is the electrical system (25%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (25%) and the engine (13%).
1 of the 2017 Lincoln MKX's 5 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2017 Lincoln MKX owners gave the mileage (22 complaints), the median was 29,426 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System13
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic13
- Engine7
- Service Brakes6
- Unknown Or Other6
- Power Train3
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 12 |
Complaints about the 2017 Lincoln MKX peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 12. 37% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 Lincoln MKX drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Lincoln MKX year in the same window: 5th highest of the 9 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 52 complaints about the 2017 Lincoln MKX are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Lincoln MKX by model year
Other 2017 Lincoln models
Newest record on this page: June 23, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted