Lincoln fuel system problems
Across all Lincoln models in NHTSA's complaint database, 570 complaints involve fuel system. The Town Car accounts for the largest share (21%). The single worst model year is the 2007 MKX with 48 fuel system complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 570 about fuel system, all Lincoln models
- Most affected
- Town Car 21% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 74,000 miles 288 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 15 and 42
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Lincoln models
Worst model years for fuel system
- 2007 Lincoln MKX48 complaints
- 2008 Lincoln MKX22 complaints
- 1997 Lincoln Town Car18 complaints
- 2013 Lincoln MKS16 complaints
- 2005 Lincoln LS15 complaints
Fuel system complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 15 |
| 1991 | 11 |
| 1992 | 12 |
| 1993 | 13 |
| 1994 | 16 |
| 1995 | 11 |
| 1996 | 14 |
| 1997 | 24 |
| 1998 | 9 |
| 1999 | 10 |
| 2000 | 14 |
| 2001 | 13 |
| 2002 | 9 |
| 2003 | 9 |
| 2004 | 15 |
| 2005 | 27 |
| 2006 | 20 |
| 2007 | 65 |
| 2008 | 25 |
| 2009 | 5 |
| 2010 | 14 |
| 2011 | 13 |
| 2012 | 10 |
| 2013 | 41 |
| 2014 | 28 |
| 2015 | 24 |
| 2016 | 18 |
| 2017 | 18 |
| 2018 | 7 |
| 2019 | 7 |
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2021 | 17 |
| 2022 | 18 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2024 | 5 |
| 2025 | 1 |
Among the 288 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 74,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.