general problems of the 2008 Lincoln MKX

The contact owns a 2008 Lincoln Mkx. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the transmission unexpectedly downshifted. There was no warning light illuminated. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 165,000.

Mkx has 75000 miles on it and the tss and oss sensors have gone out. Car goes into limp mode and will barely move, it shifts very hard, speed odometer quits and all the warning lights come on. If you stop let it sit and restart car it resets issue but you never know when it will happen again. It can happen at cruising speed or at start of car. Very unsafe.

Engine computer /transmission /alt at bill talley Ford electrical system installed alt. Then was told I had transmission problems never had before they programed engine computer two times and gave the car back back to me with problems I never had and could solve.

The vehicle will initially have the speed odometer drop to 0 mph while still moving. A "wrench" light will illuminate along with the airbag light. The vehicle will lose power and not shift properly. Once the vehicle comes to a stop, the driver must push the accelerator down until the tach reads approx. 3000 rpms before the vehicle will start moving again. When it is moving it shifts irradically and "bang" the gears. If the driver, after stopping, takes the vehicle out of drive and puts in reverse, it bangs the transmission so hard it feels it going to drop out of the vehicle. This happened to me a number of times. The image I attached I was going 55 mph.

Tl-the contact called on behalf of the owner of a 2008 Lincoln Mkx. The contact stated that while driving at 65 mph, without warning the vehicle stalled. The contact stated that there was a heavy truck in front of the vehicle that started to slow down. The brake pedal was depressed but failed to slow the vehicle. Additionally, the power steering function became inoperable. The contact was able to safely guide the vehicle off of the roadway. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the throttle body position sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure recurred. A local dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was contacted and informed of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 115575. Ah.

My 2008 Lincoln Mkx starts cutting out and chugging at the speed of 45 mph you have to give it gas to get it up over 50ish to come out of it. It will do again at time out on the interstate around the speed of 60 mph but at this time the abs and skid light come on. I'm afraid with having my granddaughters in the car that something bad will happen when I'm out on the road with them. I have taken it to the Ford dealership and they want an arm and a leg and will not just give a suggestion or advice, the transmission shop put a machine on it but can't detect any certain cause.

Takata recall, shifting misfire, faulty battery and low gas mileage.

Transissilon has been slippinbg for months. Told it was misfire. Now car inches alolng with high acceleration attempt. Several noises and stopped. Was able to creep out of traffic and park. Now wont move at all.

Ptu unit leaking out vent onto exhaust . . Heat has caused seals to fail as well. .

Odo error. Wrench and airbag lights on. Transmission would barely move car, even when revving engine. Stopped on highway in traffic. Turned engine on/off several times then odo worked, but transmission banged really hard, then engaged normally, and ran normally. Happened 2 more times in two weeks. With just 200,000 miles, the ptu leaked and was replaced by dealer. After one week, the odo error firs t occurred. I believe that the ptu replacement might have caused this problem!.

Driving on interstate highway at 65 mph and I notice the odo fault light on with airbag and wrench symbols lit. The odometer read only dashes but seemed to be okay at that speed. Seemed to be in 3rd gear? when I stopped at a red light, the car had no power at all. Took forever to get it up to 20 mph. Very dangerous as I was almost stuck in an intersection. Does someone need to die before you recall this?.

When I start my car it makes a clunk then when I shift it into gear it will go into reverse but will clunk and when I put it in drive and I can't go over 5 mph. It's happening more and more started about 3 years ago but when I took it into the dealer nothing they could do cause it wasn't happening then. It's happened when I've been sitting at a light or stop sign as well. We will then unhook the batter for a few mins and then everything is fine.

This has actually happened to me once before about two months ago, but after it happened again yesterday I decided to take my car in to the shop. I got in and started my car. When I put it in reverse there was a pause then a very loud 'bang' as I thought it settled into gear. Because I was backing out of a driveway that is on a hill, I didn't realize the car really wasn't functioning. But when I went to put it in drive, there was a pause again and then a very loud 'bang'. The car then proceeded to inch down the street even though I was applying gas. I took it to aamco and they told me after running the computer diagnostics there was nothing they could find that was wrong with the car and that they wanted to run some more tests. Good thing I happened upon this site. I'm very disappointed that Lincoln / Ford could get away with problems such as this without a recall to fix a problem they know has been occurring for years!.

I recently filed a complaint about this truck not accelerating in traffic and replaced the turbo speed sensor aprox 1 month prior to this. This trip engine light flashed on and car struggled to accelerate, I assumed same issue, put it in cruise control, car stabilized for about 3 miles then started jerking forward, I took cruise off, and whole truck stopped accel, then engine light came on and then entire truck shut down! no power steering, no heat, no nothing! I pulled into on ramp v section to get out of slow lane (i95s) it was 6:20 am so still dark. Very dangerous! known issue with this truck. Had to get tow. He changed price from $75 $4 amile to $175 $4 a mile as soon as my truck was on his carrier. Dealership said if truck had caught fire it'd be a recall. Fix cost me $1100 plus $465 for rental car, then after repair I got home with truck, next am I started it and engine light on with code display saying exhaust issue catalytic converter or oxygen sensor or pistons. I tried to trade truck noone will take it!! fix is 299-???? serious issue and very dangerous vehicle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

Without warning or driver action, vehicle shifts into high gear and remains there for some period of time while warning lights come on including, engine, airbags and others, odometer and speedometer go blank or display error. This condition has lasted from 4 min to 20 min and has happened approximately 20 times since first incident. Sometimes shutting off vehicle and restarting after several minutes seems to help but until the problem corrects itself, putting it in gear results in a bang and jolts the vehicle as it goes into high gear. When in high gear, the vehicle has no power until it reaches higher speeds. At speeds below 55, the vehicle does not not respond well to pressing the accelerator. It becomes dangerous when entering or crossing an intersection and it goes into high gear on its own. The internet has many posts of this problem with this vehicle.

Dealer found transmission leaking at ptu axle seal. Removed/replaced. Issue has re-occurred on same vehicle at 44879 miles as of 10 Feb. 2012 and dealer is again recommending remove/replace.