general problems of the 2013 Lincoln MKZ

Noted a natural gas smell in my car only when heat on in car and not constent, just in spirts I would get a strong smell. Then last week my car started making a weird whinning noise that has gotten louder and more consistent over the past week. I noted the 2013 Mkz had recalls for issues like this before. I just purchased this car used 3 months ago.

Tl- the contact owns a 2013 Lincoln Mkz. The contact stated that on Monday they had taken the vehicle to an auto shop to have oil placed in their transmission and have it examined. The contact their transmission was cleared, however, the next day when they turned on their vehicle and attempted to place the gear in drive, however, the vehicle failed to shift into the drive. The vehicle's warning light stating that a shifter system failure had occurred and to check the manual. The contact contacted the dealership (west herr Ford Lincoln service address: 10 campbell blvd, getzville, NY 14068 phone: (716) 688-5464) who informed the contact that there was no recall on their vehicle, however, they had not officially diagnosed as of yet. The contact contacted the manufacturer who confirmed no recall. The approximate failure mileage 103,270. Gl.

Mkz 2013 Lincoln with same symptoms and required component (bushing) change as safety recall 18s20. Please include the Mkz 2013 Lincoln series in the recall 18s20 (view attached).

Car complete stalls and says "run power active". Very unsafe situation. Car was not able to be moved. Was not able to be started again for over a minute.

Tl-the contact owns a 2013 Lincoln Mkz. The contact stated that the part for NHTSA campaign number: 14v597000 (air bags, seat belts) was not available. The recall report date was on September 26,2014 and the recall remedy was still not available in February of 2015. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact did not disclose if a failure was experienced or not. Djr.

The car shifts from drive to neutral when driving. The car shifts from drive to low while driving. The car shifts from reverse to park while driving. This has happened multiple times a few time it almost resulted in a accident. I finally took it to a dealership for repairs and will wait and see if it continues to happen. This is a situation that could and will likely result in a death if this continues to happen. The dealership did not seem surprise about what was happening. There is a recall about the repair but I was never notified of the recall. My car did not accept the repair as there were more computer issues going on then a simply fix to the shift modulator.

Vehicle locked out of ability to shift from park to reverse. The car needed to be restarted several times over 20 minutes in order to shift into reverse. Caused obstacle to traffic. Blind cross traffic alert and forward collision warning alarm is activated without proper stimulus, slowing the vehicle automatically when there is no threat of collision. This almost caused three separate accidents. Lincoln service suggested disabling this safety feature. Note that the forward collision warning does not meet NHTSA standard according to jd powers.

When driving the car it will shift from drive to s1, s2, s3, s4, it will decrease in speed, like a hesitation and slowing down. I am afraid if this constantly happens some one will hit me in the rear. , causing a serious accident. We have taken this car in twice for repairs, still isn't fixed. First, OH its need to be put on the computer and recalibrated. Second, after test driving the dealership service department couldn't assess the cause and it didn't occur while they did a test drive. This is a serous defect and danger to me, my family and others on the highway. It needs to be investigated and repaired. This is still occurring while driving daily. Seriously thinking about returning this vehicle.