2010 Lincoln MKT

Typical pattern

9.8% of complaints about the 2010 Lincoln MKT came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 2010 vehicle — around the middle of the 203 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 7.0 yr in service. The most-reported system is steering (29 complaints), typically at 8.8 yr or about 97,000 miles.

Complaints: 92
Median age at failure: 7.0 yr
Median mileage: 70,000 n=81
Crash / fire / tow: 4.3% of reports
Safety recalls: 0

In owners’ own words

Steering 105,000 mi 6.1 yr in service

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 LINCOLN MKT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE POWER STEERING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED, AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.

Steering 77,000 mi 6.7 yr in service

SUDDEN LOSS OF STEERING ASSIST. MESSAGES APPEARED TO "SERVICE ADVANCETRACK" AND "SERVICE STEERING". TWO INCIDENCES WITHIN 3 DAYS. BOTH TIMES THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, ONCE ON AN EXIT RAMP AND ONCE ON A STATE HIGHWAY. NEAR LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO THE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT MANUAL STEERING MODE THAT RESULTED. VERY UNNERVING AND DANGEROUS TO SUDDENLY LOSE STEERING WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. FORTUNATELY I WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN VEHICLE CONTROL. MY WIFE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN SO FORTUNATE.

Steering 99,000 mi 7.0 yr in service

I WAS DRIVING ALONG AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY POWER STERRING WENT OUT, ALMOST HAD A ACCIDENT

Other MKT model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

2010 Lincoln MKT

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

In owners’ own words

Other MKT model years

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