2011 Lincoln MKZ: ABS light or ABS activating

Filed Jun 21, 2024 · Brakes · MD

I was stopping at a stop sign and was unable to stop immediately, instead I coasted a little bit before stopping. Then the brake warning lights and ABS and traction lights came on. I pulled over to a parking lot and turned the car off and turned it back on: all the lights came back on. I put on my flashers and very carefully and slowly drove my car to Jiffy Lube. They did an $108 oil change and checked the brake pads and brake fluid levels and said everything was fine and I would need to take it to a larger shop. I contacted the Apple Ford dealer near me and had my family follow me as I dropped it off. They said it would be a total of $310 for diagnostic and brake flush. I did the flush and it didn’t work. They said it would cost just shy of $3k to replace the entire hydraulic system. I took the car home because that is too much for a 2011 vehicle. I ended up having to get a new car because I need transportation for me and my two young children. My neighbor took a look at the car (he works on trucks) and the battery wouldn’t work. I bought a new battery for the car at $238.14. The lights are still on. I would like to have this car fixed or be able to trade it in. I am now being recommended to run a computer test on it to reset the codes. I would like to have this fixed as this seems to be a known issue with this car and I could have crashed if I wasn’t already driving slowly.

Filed Jan 10, 2023 · Brakes · AZ

Brakes worked perfectly until I had to stop suddenly. Brake pedal went almost to the floor before brakes engaged, and then only slightly. I made it home with them in that same condition. When I took it to the shop, the brakes worked perfectly again. At no time was any code shown. So far the shop can't get the brakes to do it again, but I can't trust the car I paid for. the federal safety agency had a recall for the Lincoln MKZ up to 2010, but my 2011 has the same ABS module issue. Please expand the recall before someone else gets injured or killed.

Filed Nov 28, 2021 · Brakes · MI

During a braking event that caused my ABS to activate, my brake pedal traveled almost all the way to the floor. I was able to stop the car without accident but feel unsafe driving it. After much research I located Ford safety recall 19S54 which describes my issue exactly, unfortunately Ford has decided to only issue the recall for model years 2006 to 2010.

Filed Apr 10, 2021 · Brakes · 116,427 miles · FL

My car couldn't break, suddenly got warning while driving through a parking lot by walmart store. Red "check brake system" yellow "service advance trac" "break" and "ABS" dash lights started popping up and I could not even break a little bit even after stepping on the break pedal real hard, I was fortunate enough to not having anyone in front of me on the parking lot as I absolutely couldn't break!!!!!! I put my blinkers on and placed the car in parking gear, yet it wouldn't stop!! I finally had to turn off the ignition then there was a big shake and the engine stalled finally and vehicle came to a halt. Vehicle had to be towed to the local dealership via aaa towing. The local lincoln dealership did not show any concern and were completely ignorant of my narrating this to them. They simply slapped a charge of $3061 and said that it needs replacing ABS module and a change of hcu (hydraulic control unit) and stated that there is no recall on these components. I called lincoln global to place a complaint and to check if this was a 'known' issue with lincoln mkz 2011 model. They said currently they do not have a recall on this component. I strongly believe this is a serious safety concern as it affects brakes directly and there is zero possibility to stop the vehicle. I was fortunate this occurred in a parking lot where there was not anyone in front of my vehicle while it occurred. While I'm working with the dealership on getting the price of the service a little down, thats not of my main concern. The brake failure of this nature could be fatal for both driver/passenger and people on the way of the vehicle. Please lodge this as a recall investigation/complaint. There is no issue found with the break pads or break lining, drum etc. All are normal. Vehicle is regularly maintained with same lincoln dealership at all times at all given intervals.

Filed Mar 5, 2021 · Brakes · 135,000 miles · OH

I was driving, normally around town. My brakes have been working find and normal up until this point. Then, all of sudden I went to press my brakes and the pedal almost went to the floor. Luckily, there was not any cars in front of me or was at an intersection. Several warning lights came on: check engine wrench, ABS light, service advance track and e brake light. So, I was close to my home and I drove it slowly to my house and checked underneath the hood. The brake fluid level was fine and no brake line leaks whatsoever. Next, I researched the problem online and found out that it is an ABS module failure. I also found out that ford had a recall on their ABS system, but for only years 2006-2010. Go figure, the new module costs over $500 plus, then labor charges and a dealer has to reprogram the ABS system. Wow, what a super expensive unforeseen repair pill.

Filed Dec 2, 2019 · Acceleration, Brakes · 101,484 miles · NY

Car in question: 2011 lincoln mkz hybrid, 163,287 km (101,484 miles). Driving on a city street all of the sudden warning lights come on: ABS, traction control, giant wrench, p/brake light, service advancetrac. Brake pedal all the way to the floor, I blew a stop sign, as car was slowing down, but than just rolled thru the intersection. Had to use a parking brake to come to a complete stop when I was looking for a safe spot to pull over. Had to replace hydraulic control module and ABS module.

Filed Sep 23, 2019 · Brakes · 127,000 miles · OH

At any given time the brakes will go out in the car and give a fault code to check ABS system. This has happened 4 times over a 2 year period, one of those times I was going 55 MPH and went to stop at a yellow light. My brakes failed and I ended up running the red light almost hitting a car starting to cross from the other direction. Once you shut off the car and turn it back on the brakes work again like nothing was ever wrong. I took the car to the dealership and they were not able to find anything wrong with the car. Each time it has done this the dealership can't find anything wrong. I've seen other people having the same issue that has caused accidents, I'm not sure why there hasn't been anything done about it yet.

Filed Mar 12, 2015 · Brakes · 40,668 miles · AZ

After my wife driving approximately 1/2 mile out of the driveway she lost all of her brakes. The brake pedal went to the floor with no resistance,she shut off the ignition and the car coasted to a stop. She managed to get it back home by turning the ignition on and off. She called autonation ford and had them toe it in. Autonation ford confirmed that all braking was lost and they said there was a short in the ABS control module. My service advisor stated that he had never seen an entire brake system failure like this. I asked them why an ABS control module failure would result in loss of hydraulic braking. They had no answer and were quite indifferent to the loss in braking since they stated that the car is equipped with an emergency brake. Can you believe it???? Since the car was 4 months out of warranty they wanted to charge me $2,000.00 for the repair. I negotiated with a ford warranty associate and she agreed to pay half of the repair costs. Any vehicle that can lose all braking without a redundant backup is unacceptable. After getting the car fixed I traded it in. The total cost to me was about $20,000.00. I am particularly concerned for all of the unsuspecting families driving the mkz. Just imagine! No brakes at 50 MPH coming to a stop light, hitting the car stopped in front of you, and having your family and the other vehicles' family carted off to the morgue. I tried to explain the potentially serious outcome of a total brake failure to both the autonation ford service advisor and to the ford warranty associate. They were more interested in not covering the car under the warranty than the seriousness of the failure. In conclusion, I sincerely hope that the federal safety agency investigate this failure mode and have ford make the necessary design changes and recall the vehicles with an appropriate fix.