My brakes stopped working with no warning while driving. All of the brake related lights came on and the pedal went to the floor and I was unable to stop the car. This is a safety issue for the driver and everyone else because there seems to be no warning that the brakes will stop working. I brought the vehicle into a repair shop and they could not find anything wrong with the brakes, however there are multiple reports on this website of the very same issue that I dealt with. When attempting to report this to the ford/lincoln manufacturing, they stated that their system was down and they had no way of taking a report. This is very dangerous and needs to be addressed.
2012 Lincoln MKZ: brake failure
8 of the 146 complaints about the 2012 Lincoln MKZ describe brake failure.
- owner complaints
- 8
- of this car's complaints
- 5%
- typical mileage
- 60,200
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 2 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below
Brake failure by model year
What owners say
The ABS system malfunction. All sensors light up and brakes did not work. You could push the brakes to the floor. Very dangerous situatiuon. This is the same ABS malfunction that has been the subject of a ford recalled of 600, 000 vehicles in the fusion,and mk's in the years thru 2010 but not 2011 and 2012 which yse the same braking system. This is a unacceptable and dangerous.
In january 2021, my vehicle had reached about 60,000 miles. As I was backing out of my driveway, I noticed multiple warning lights on the instrument panel and as I tried to stop the car discovered that the brakes were not working. I pulled the emergency brake handle and stopped the car. Had the car not stopped, I probably would not have avoided going into the street. I turned off and restarted the car but the brakes did not work (after you start the car, the ABS light goes on and then the brake warning light goes on; the brakes only work a little near the floor). The vehicle was taken to the dealer and both the ABS module and hydraulic control unit had to be replaced at a cost of about $3200. I noticed a recall for basically the same thing but the recall only went up to 2010.
Driving on a local major road the brakes did not work, brakes went low and car would not stop. Pumping did not help. Went through 2 lights. No accident. Took car to service station, they could not find the problem. Car works fine now but I'm worried about it happening again.
Two weeks ago I got in my car and drove down to the intersection at the end of my street. When I hit the brake pedal, nothing happened other than the sudden appearance of three dashboard warning lights about brake failure. The car would not stop and continued into the intersection. Before calamity struck, I managed to pull up the parking brake and turn the car into the curb, stopping it.
While driving on city streets, brake pedal sinks to the floor when attempting to stop for lights, traffic, stop signs. Stopping distance is longer than expected until brakes finally engage. On highway (50+ MPH), pedal sinks for normal stops, and for emergency stops, if you stomp the brakes the pedal sinks and it seems that the ABS does not engage, because there is no noise or vibration.
Drivers side rear brake light malfunction. Lights are LED construction containing 3 elements. 2 elements have failed. This repair costs$400.00 because the LED's cannot be repaired. Lincoln has extended coverage on 2010 and 2011 mercury milan and lincoln mkz models . This is called 14m03 tail lamp assembly extended coverage. They have extended coverage on these models to 10 years or 150,000 miles. I believe the 2012 models such as my current car should also have been covered because the 2011 and 2012 mkz is so similar. Further loss of brake lights is a serious safety issue especially because of the extreme expense that is involved in replacing two tail light assemblies and a center light assembly were all three to fail. I believe use of LED lighting should be warrantied for the projected life of the car due to cost. My vehicle was not damaged. The light simply failed due to manufacturing of design issues.
I was on a city street making a left turn when I was hit by a barreling car after he hit me once then he backed up and hit me again to push me out of the way he took off then my car accelerated going up curbs the steering an brakes did not work it took two of us to avoid a brick wall after pulling the emergency brake twice it finally stopped with a bang
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Questions about the 2012 Lincoln MKZ brake failure
Is brake failure a common problem on the 2012 Lincoln MKZ?
8 of 146 owner complaints about the 2012 Lincoln MKZ (5%) mention brake failure. The model year with the most reports is 2008.
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There are 0 recalls and 2 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
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