general problems of the 2009 Lincoln MKS

The telescoping feature of the steering wheel has a gear inside of the steering column that is known to fail in this particular vehicle, which could cause safety concerns if the steering wheels needs to be raised in the event of a collision. The failure of the telescoping gear prevents the steering wheel to be moved up or down.

Taking off from a signal and the transmission made a clunking sound and feel. The car rev'd up and would not shift out of 1st or 2nd gear. This has now happened twice. On more than 5 occasions, when accelerating from a stopped position, the tires hit a small patch of sand and the car will jerk and stop immediately with the over drive light flashing. The car will take up to 30 seconds to recover before it will let you move forward once again.

From day one my sunroof has leaked on passenger side after raining, I have unclogged the (2) drains at the sunroof. . . . . . . . Doors hold water from day one. . . . . . What is going on here???.

The contact owns a 2009 Lincoln Mks. The contact discovered that all of the windows were down when the vehicle was not in operation. The dealer suggested that the key fob must have been touched and caused the windows to go down. She was unable to roll the windows back up until the vehicle warmed up. The dealer stated that the global opening system needed to be disarmed in order to remedy the failure. They further stated that in order to pinpoint the failure exactly, the keyless entry global system needed to be re-armed. Her concern was the sensitivity of the vehicle fob opening. No repairs have been made to date. The failure and current mileages were less than 150.