Lincoln MKX News and Notes

Ford has issued a small but important electrical recall for 87 vehicles with improperly secured power supply cables.

The cables are at the starters and alternators and the unsecured connections could cause electrical arcs. Those arcs could easily start fires.

The recall includes the Lincoln MKT and MKX.

The MKX, MKZ, and Zephyr are part of another Takata recall expansion announced by Ford.

The whole situation is a mess.…

Earlier this year, Lincoln’s parent company–Ford–petitioned the government to delay an important Takata recall.

Their reason? The airbags in question contain calcium sulfate which is supposed to stabilize the inflators and prevent them from exploding and the automaker wanted more time to research the issue.…

These days you never want to hear that your car has been recalled because of a defective Takata airbag, what with their explosive, shrapnel-hurling nature and all.

So when Ford announced that the 2nd generation MKX and all-new 10th generation Continental, owners had every right to be concerned.…

Ford is recalling more than 816,000 Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles to replace passenger-side frontal Takata airbag inflators as part of a recent Takata recall of 5.7 million inflators.

Last year many of these vehicles were recalled for the same problem.

This latest recall includes some additional model years and is broken down into what NHTSA is calling "zones."

A massive new recall covering 35-40 million vehicles with defective Takata inflators is underway.

Many of the major automakers are affected, including Lincoln which announced the 2007-2010 MKX, 2006-2011 MKZ, and 2006-2011 Zephyr have been recalled.…