Five problems related to steering have been reported for the 2011 Lincoln Mkz Hybrid. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2011 Lincoln Mkz Hybrid based on all problems reported for the 2011 Mkz Hybrid.
The contact owns a 2011 Lincoln Mkz Hybrid. The contact stated that upon starting the vehicle, the power steering failure message was displayed. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or independent mechanic to be diagnosed or repaired. The contact was relating the failure to NHTSA campaign number: 15v34000 (steering). The manufacturer was notified of the failure and confirmed that the vehicle was not repaired under the recall, and that the recall had expired. The approximate failure mileage was 128,000.
Takata recall. My defective airbags have never been remedied. Offer of temporary rental car never done. Dealership sas they don't have any available to them. I can't drive car. What am I supposed to do? need help.
The problem is, every time they replaced the part the new part was no good either and broke back down taking out our power steering out time and time again and �increasing the risk of accident� like the recall letter to Ford and Lincoln dealers sent by michael berardi said it would. I have a copy. The response as can be seen enclosed revisited day one when we called Lincoln about the recall, and they told us it wasn't under recall. You don't know your own recall and your calling it a warranty. Part one of the recall reprograms the power steering control module if it is throwing a code. Section 2 then kicks in, and if in the next 100,000 miles the module goes wrong it gets replaced at your cost for parts, labor, etc. Yet, not only was I told no go pay for it myself the first time, now after the 6th breakdown and my plea for help they answer as cluelessly as the first. They are also addressing a recall as a warranty. Nor could you even fill in my vehicle type where that went when you had all the info it's a Lincoln Mkz Hybrid.
Loss of power steering in the vehicle - power steering assist fault, while driving the vehicle. Pulled the vehicle over and after 5 times of turning the vehicle off, and then restarting it, the alert would go away and the power steering would be active again. Has been an ongoing issue for the last 6 months, however it has been a daily issue for the last week.
While driving slowly (less than 30 mph), a chime sounded and two messages appeared on my dash-board, "power steering assist fault," and "service advancetrac. " simultaneously, power steering assist stopped working, requiring me to muscle the steering wheel around in order to maneuver out of harms way. In addition to the incident described above, the same thing (loss of power steering and those two messages) occurred several other times, at various speeds and conditions. I was always able to restore function by restarting the engine once or twice while parked.