NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Lincoln MKX Recalls
The 2018 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 2018 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
- 31
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2018 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 2018 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 2016–2017 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 2016–2017 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 2016–2017 MKX, 1 other model
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 18V612000
- Reported
- September 11, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 503
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 206, door locks and door retention
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Electrical system: alternator/generator/regulator
- Campaign
- 18V548000
- Reported
- August 20, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 87
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
2018 Lincoln MKX complaints by year
NHTSA has received 31 owner complaints about the 2018 Lincoln MKX, the newest on September 16, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (6%); owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2018 Lincoln MKX, the component group named most often is the electrical system (16%), followed by the service brakes (13%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (13%).
1 of the 2018 Lincoln MKX's 5 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Component groups named in complaints
- Unknown Or Other8
- Electrical System5
- Service Brakes4
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic4
- Engine3
- Exterior Lighting3
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 8 | |
| 2026 | 7 |
Complaints about the 2018 Lincoln MKX peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 8. 32% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2018 vehicles, the 2018 Lincoln MKX drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Lincoln MKX year in the same window: 8th highest of the 9 ranked years.
That makes 2018 one of the three best-measured Lincoln MKX years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 31 complaints about the 2018 Lincoln MKX are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Lincoln MKX by model year
Other 2018 Lincoln models
Newest record on this page: September 16, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted