Model-year matrix

Lincoln MKT
which year?

Compare every Lincoln MKT model year the EPA recorded, 2010 to 2019. See complaint patterns, fuel economy and configurations side by side, then open any year for recall campaigns and the full dossier. Confirm against the official NHTSA recall search.

Evidence-led answer

Looking for the best Lincoln MKT year—or years to avoid?

The official records cannot honestly name a best, worst or most reliable year. Complaint totals have no sales, mileage or age denominator. They can show where more reports were filed and which components were named, giving you years to investigate more closely before checking the exact car and its VIN.

What is the best year for the Lincoln MKT?

No official dataset can support one universal best year. Use the table to compare complaint patterns and EPA figures, then open the shortlisted years for recall campaigns and exact specifications.

Which Lincoln MKT years should you avoid?

The records cannot justify a blanket avoid label. Years with more reports are surfaced below as research priorities, not predictions about every car from that year.

01 · More reports to inspect2013

69 indexed complaint reports; steering is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2013 dossier →02 · More reports to inspect2010

65 indexed complaint reports; steering is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2010 dossier →03 · More reports to inspect2014

54 indexed complaint reports; structure is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2014 dossier →

Do not read this as an avoid list. Older and higher-selling model years usually accumulate more reports. A low count can also mean a newer, rarer or poorly matched vehicle—not a safer one.

Read this as evidence, not a ranking.

Complaint totals are counts of owner-submitted allegations, not confirmed defects, and they carry no denominator: they are not adjusted for how many cars were sold, how old they are, how far they are driven, or how much publicity a fault received. A high-volume or older year will usually show more reports than a rare or recent one. The site does not convert these into a reliability score, because the data needed to do that honestly is not in the public record.

Direct comparison

Compare two Lincoln MKT model years.

Choose any two years. The URL keeps the pair so you can return to the same comparison. Every figure below is an observed official record or EPA estimate—not a reliability score.

First model year

2018 Lincoln MKT

NHTSA complaint allegations: 7
Combined EPA economy: 16–19 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 5
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $3,250–3,850
Fuel labels: Regular Gasoline

Most-reported component labelsstructure 3unknown or other 3back over prevention 1

Open the 2018 evidence dossier →

Second model year

2019 Lincoln MKT

NHTSA complaint allegations: 14
Combined EPA economy: 15–19 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 5
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $3,250–4,100
Fuel labels: Regular Gasoline

Most-reported component labelsback over prevention 10structure 6suspension 1

Open the 2019 evidence dossier →

Observed complaint-record difference

2019 has 7 more indexed complaint allegations than 2018.

This is not a rate or reliability finding. The counts have no sales, mileage, age or exposure denominator, and newer years have had less time to accumulate reports.

Side by side

Lincoln MKT by year.

Complaint bars are scaled against this model’s own highest year, so they compare years with each other and with nothing else.

Lincoln MKT model years with NHTSA complaint totals, most-reported components, EPA fuel economy and configuration counts
Year	Complaints	Most-reported components	Combined MPG	EPA configs	Annual fuel cost	Dossier
2019	14	back over prevention 10structure 6suspension 1	15–19	5	$3,250–4,100	Dossier →
2018	7	structure 3unknown or other 3back over prevention 1	16–19	5	$3,250–3,850	Dossier →
2017	3	engine and engine cooling 1steering 1structure 1	15–19	5	$3,250–4,100	Dossier →
2016	9	structure 3back over prevention 2unknown or other 2	17–21	4	$2,950–3,600	Dossier →
2015	24	unknown or other 9back over prevention 6structure 5	18–23	4	$2,650–3,400	Dossier →
2014	54	structure 13unknown or other 11visibility 11	18–23	4	$2,650–3,400	Dossier →
2013	69	steering 31fuel/propulsion system 9electrical system 7	18–23	4	$2,650–3,400	Dossier →
2012	27	steering 19electrical system 2engine 2	18–20	2	$3,100–3,400	Dossier →
2011	19	steering 11engine 4power train 2	16–19	4	$3,250–3,850	Dossier →
2010	65	steering 29engine 11power train 8	18–19	3	$3,250–3,400	Dossier →

Evidence snapshot generated August 25, 2026. “Not indexed” means NHTSA holds no complaint record matching this exact year, make and model — not that no fault occurred. Recall campaigns are not summarised here: NHTSA publishes no bulk recall dataset, and fetching them per year would take longer than the page should. Each year’s dossier shows its recalls in full, live from NHTSA.