general problems of the 2012 Lincoln MKZ

My brakes stopped working with no warning while driving. All of the brake related lights came on and the pedal went to the floor and I was unable to stop the car. This is a safety issue for the driver and everyone else because there seems to be no warning that the brakes will stop working. I brought the vehicle into a repair shop and they could not find anything wrong with the brakes, however there are multiple reports on this website of the very same issue that I dealt with. When attempting to report this to the Ford/Lincoln manufacturing, they stated that their system was down and they had no way of taking a report. This is very dangerous and needs to be addressed.

The contact owns a 2012 Lincoln Mkz. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, he observed abnormal soft feedback from the brake pedal and that the brake pedal depressed all the way to the floorboard before bringing the vehicle to a complete stop. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed a possible brake fluid leak with the brake master cylinder or hydraulic control module. The vehicle was not repaired. After investigating the failure, the contact related the failure to NHTSA campaign number: 19v904000 (service brakes, hydraulic) but the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but referred the contact to the NHTSA hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was 138,000.

I was driving and all of a sudden break light came on service break system came on all at one time I never had a problem with this never got a warning before hand , I couldn’t stop the car, break pedal literally on the floor, almost hit 2 cars trying to stop the vehicle, I have brand new break pads, break fluid was checked, had to get the car towed back home because its no longer drivable.

Breaks suddenly stopped working. Lights on dash including abs came on. Car would not stop until pedal pressed almost to floor. Almost as quickly it started working again and our mechanic can not reproduce it. There a number (17) of other complaints describing the problem with more drama. (see 11403440 for one) incident happened three times, twice going forward and once backing up. Please recall this quickly before someone is killed.

There have been several occasions now where I go to brake and there is no brake! my foot goes all the way down to the floor. This can happen at a steady speak of 50 or at 10 miles an hour. It is very scary and very dangerous. I have had to use my emergency brake to stop the car. I have had my brakes changed and "bled" several times. I am concerned this is going to cause a catastrophic accident. In researching this issue, I have seen that this is a common issue with the Lincoln Mkz. In fact prior years have already had a recall. Please, remedy this issue.

The contact owned a 2012 Lincoln Mkz. The contact stated while entering a gated garage, when lifting his foot from the brake pedal, the vehicle accelerated independently and crashed into a parked vehicle and continued to accelerated and pushed the first vehicle into two additional vehicles. The contact stated he depressed on the brake pedal but failed to stop the vehicle. The contact stated he was not aware if any warning light were illuminated. The front driver air bag did deploy. The contact stated he sustained a cut on his left hand from the seat belt but did not seek medical attention for the cut. A ambulance did come to the location and verified he did not have any other injuries. A police report was filed. The insurance company deemed the vehicle a total loss. The vehicle was towed to a towing lot first and then the insurance towed to an unknown location. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure in letter form. The failure mileage was approximately 72,000.

My wife and son left the house in our Mkz and 1/2 mile down the road the Mkz suddenly lost braking capability. My wife had to steer uphill in order to come to a complete stop. Multiple lights are now displayed on the dashboard including "service advancetrac", "brake", "abs", and "check brake system". This incident happened without any advance warning of an issue. Research shows that this is a common occurrence for 2011-2012 Mkz/fusions. There is an active recall for 2009 Mkz/fusions for this issue that mirrors this scenario exactly. This recall should be expanded to cover 2011 and 2012 models.

While driving, alarms dinged and lights popped up in my instrument panel. The warning lights illuminated were: brake system & parking brake system (or brake system warning?), check brake system, abs, advancetrac, advancetrac off, throttle control/powertrain, check engine, and press reset to turn off rear parking assist. Pressing my brakes revealed that the warning lights were not all bark and no bite; there was in fact something going on. The pedal was soft, too easy to depress at first. Then it was very difficult to depress and ineffective. Not stopping at all until all the way down. This previously happened on 9/6/2020, but resolved after 2 days. This current incident happened on 10/2/2020 and remains active 5 days later. The service station found no cause previously. The first incident happened right after leaving my home. I was driving about 20mph on a rainy day. The alarms sounded and lights came on, when I attempted to brake for a stop sign is when I discovered the brakes not working properly. The second incident that is continuing began a bit differently. The lights popped up and alarm sounded while driving approximately 45 mph on a sunny, dry day. The check engine light and powertrain light both came on about 2 days later. They came on while sitting at a red light.

The warning lights for traction control malfunction, abs malfunction and brake malfunction simultaneously illuminated on the dash, along with warning chimes, and the brakes stopped functioning as designed. The vehicle would not stop with brake pedal application (pedal was soft, far too easy to depress, but ineffective). Car was steered into a residential lawn and emergency hand brake applied to avoid a collision.

Driving on a local major road the brakes did not work, brakes went low and car would not stop. Pumping did not help. Went through 2 lights. No accident. Took car to service station, they could not find the problem. Car works fine now but I'm worried about it happening again.

While driving on city streets, brake pedal sinks to the floor when attempting to stop for lights, traffic, stop signs. Stopping distance is longer than expected until brakes finally engage. On highway (50+ mph), pedal sinks for normal stops, and for emergency stops, if you stomp the brakes the pedal sinks and it seems that the abs does not engage, because there is no noise or vibration.

Traveling n on 95 just beyond richmond va on 11/26/16 traffic came to a stop and I was attentive and recognized the need to brake quickly. The car initially slowed but did not respond further to applying brakes. I rear ended a Jeep grand cherokee. Major damage to my car - minimal to the Jeep. Airbags did not deploy. I am still confused by what happened - I had time to stop the vehicle but it did not respond. I am 60 years old and a long time city commuter along with having travelled this route regularly since 1979. I cannot help but conclude there was some type of brake malfunction with my 2012 Lincoln Mkz.

I was on a city street making a left turn when I was hit by a barreling car after he hit me once then he backed up and hit me again to push me out of the way he took off then my car accelerated going up curbs the steering an brakes did not work it took two of us to avoid a brick wall after pulling the emergency brake twice it finally stopped with a bang.