Vehicle was purchased used from a 3rd party in march 2010 with 46,000 miles and was under factory warranty. We discovered the wheels had chrome flaking badly soon after purchase, and rob sight lincoln mercury (now dba rob sight ford) only agreed to replace two of the wheels under warranty claiming it was a cosmetic issue. Since the car had been purchased through another dealer, rob sight was hesitant to honor the warranty even on the two wheels they did replace. Subsequently, we have experienced at least10 flat tires on the remaining wheels, even after replacing all four tires. Clearly the original flaking issue is far more than cosmetic, it's a safety issue. At a cost of nearly $1,000 each to replace wheels, that has not been considered an acceptable alternative. We had the wheels rebuilt at a car wheel specialist in merriam, ks (hubcap & wheel) and while the bead seal failures improved for a period of time, additional corrosion has rendered the wheels inoperable. The car has less than 80,000 miles and the temptation is to sell it to someone else, with the hope that subsequent tire failures do not result in a fatality. There can be little doubt that most other 2007 mkz owners unfortunate enough to own this vehicle, and having received the same treatment from ford/lincoln that we have, are tempted to do the same thing.
2007 Lincoln MKZ wheels complaints
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The vehicle start experiencing a roar coming from the front end. Took vehicle to dealer who advised that tires were our of balance and also needed an alignment. The alignment was done and wheels balanced. Did not solve problem. Took back to dealer who stated would need a new set of tires to correct situation. Advised dealer that tires were only 13 months old that I would take to tire store where tires were purchased. Tire dealer agreed to adjust tires and put a new set of four tires and balanced again. Noise still existed and started to get worse. Went back to auto dealer and explained new tires were put on. Dealer decided to pull front wheel assemblies to investigate further for problem. Both front wheels were found to have broken bearing seals and bearings were corroded, one roller bearing was missing as well. New bearings installed and problem solved. First vehicle owned that has had bearing problems, particularly at 62,000 miles. Owned vehicles in the past with over 200,000 miles and never had to have bearings replaced.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 lincoln mkz. The contact stated that the air pressure in the tires was extremely low and she would have to constantly add air to the tires. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where they advised her that the chrome hub caps were pinching the tires, causing air to seep out. The vehicle was repaired by replacing all four tires. The manufacturer was contacted and offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 39,000. The current mileage was approximately 40,000. The VIN was unavailable.
While leaving work for the day I noticed I had a flat tire. I've had several since purchasing this vehicle in january 2010. I spent $800.00 purchasing new tires and I have gotten several flat tires after this.I was told by the place who sold me the tires that my rims were corroded and that this was common with this make and model. I've gotten 2 flat tires since and I've spent $200.00 more dollars replacing tires. I have spent a total of $1000.00 on tires because of this problem. I took my car to the lincoln dealer who told me that I could spend $1,500 on a new set of rims which is ludicrous. Ford/lincoln should replace all rims for free as a goodwill considering they know that this is a problem. I even had them shaved down and cleaned and my tires are still loosing air pressure as of today.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 lincoln mkz. The contact stated that the factory rims were corroding and causing the tires to loose air pressure in colder temperatures. The manufacturer advised the contact that the rims were not covered under warranty and provided no assistance. The failure mileage was 48,000 and the current mileage was 75,000. Updated 02/22/12
I own a 2007 lincoln mkz. The wheels on the vehicle are totally delaminating and corroding. It has gotten so bad the rims will not hold the tires. We have had one tire go flat because it lost its seal and the other tire came completely off the rim at 65 MPH.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 lincoln mkz. The contact stated that the chrome on the wheel was corroding. The vehicle was taken to a local repair shop who pointed out the corrosion on the wheel that was causing the tires to go flat. The manufacturer was contacted but did not offer any assistance since the vehicle was not covered under the warranty. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 45,000.
Lincoln mk7 2007. Car has consistant slow tire leaks due to poor wheel and rim quality. This is evidenced by the large amounts of chrome that has flaked off the wheels. Both ford and the dealerhsip refuse to do any thing to correct.
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