Used 2009 Lincoln MKS Sedan Consumer Reviews
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Lincoln MKS-Great Car
Ray, 08/20/2008
2009 Lincoln MKS 4dr Sedan (3.7L 6cyl 6A)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
To begin, I just purchased my MKS about a month ago so it has not been time tested in terms of overall quality. However, I have driven it over 1,000 miles in both city and highway conditions and found it just fabulous. No quality problems whatsoever. This car is not the doggie Town Car, but it has the comfort and better performance. It may not take the 0 to 60 record but, its comes close to the Lexus LS series and has plenty of power when you need it. I have the fully equipped model with the Ultimate Package, that I highly recommend. Again, price comparing this car to the Lexus LS or ES series, you get a far better value equally equipped. It's not the old man's Town Car.
I mean, it rides pretty smooth...
Nickolis, 04/24/2018
updated 04/29/2021
2009 Lincoln MKS 4dr Sedan (3.7L 6cyl 6A)
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
I had just returned a lease and I didn't want to buy another brand new car. I knew I was going to be doing a lot of highway driving so I wanted something comfortable. The Lincoln is incredibly comfortable. The engine is powerful and cruising along is a breeze. For context, I am 29 years old. Not the typical car of a 29 year old. When you think Lincoln, the first thought is usually the Town Car. This isn't your grandpa's Town Car though. I really do like this car. It is beautiful. There is a big BUT, though. I didn't get all of the super fancy tech and I regret it for the sole purpose of reversing in this car. The visibility out of the rear is horrid. The backup sensors work but are incredibly slow to respond. I can't believe this car doesn't have a reversing camera. It's incredibly dangerous, if I'm honest. The base stereo sounds great, heated front and rear seats plus cooled front seats work great, Xenon headlights (non adaptive in the base form) are okay. My Hyundai's Xenon headlights seemed a lot more crisp and had better focus. Then there is the issue with storage. This car basically has 1 cup holder. The arm rest is weird because if you slide the padded sections forward, they block your cup holder. I've also learned that they must be slid forward just a touch before opening the armrest or it will catch on the back part and try to break itself. This car... I can't say I'd buy another one. I don't hate it and I will probably drive it for many more years. I just wouldn't make it my first choice. 1 year of ownership update: I’ve been driving this car for just over one year now. In that year, I’ve reflected quite a bit about this purchase while sitting in traffic on my way to and from work. Performance: The Lincoln has a strong engine. It has plenty of passing power, merging power and surprisingly gets decent mileage on the highway. The transmission is lazy. It’s slow to react, shifts hard and hunts for gears. Comfort: Finding a comfortable seating position is quite easy. The seats offer plenty of support, the heating and cooling functions work well. On long trips, we really enjoy this car. It has a power adjustable steering wheel that I wish would telescope more. Interior: The interior is so frustrating to me. The panel on the side of the drivers seat is broken. The clips that hold it on are small plastic pieces that won’t hold up well over time. I’ve expressed my frustrations in the initial review about the center console. That is still a huge annoyance. The interior panels have started rattling and I HATE the head unit for the radio. Safety: Horrible. I learned about the independent group that crash tests vehicles. I sincerely hope we’re never in an accident in it. It will not go well. Had I known about this before, I would not have purchased the car. Technology: lacking behind the competitors of the same year, in base form. Reliability: holding up really well!! I had to fix one thing that cost $30 (I was able to do it on my own.) Value: I feel there are many other vehicles that have a stronger value. I should have done more research before making this purchase. I paid $12k for this car last year and now I’d be able to sell it for about $8k. I understand that cars depreciate. This just seems to depreciate more than “normal”. In a brief summary, It’s a nice enough car that I would never purchase again. Because of the concerning crash test ratings, I will not be keeping this car for much longer. Years 2 update: We are planning to trade this car in for something else when the pandemic threat is gone. Over the past year we have had many electrical and mechanical issues surface. The radio no longer works, high beams don’t work most of the time. If you want them to come on you have to make 6-7 attempts before they’ll actually flip on. The transmission is having issues. We have a horrid scraping noise coming from the front right while driving along. Overall, this car is not holding up to the test of time. Sadly, we have fewer than 80,000 miles on it. It’s been a car that we use to drive to the office everyday (20 miles one way on the highway) and we do all of the maintenance. It’s a huge disappointment and I can not wait to get rid of it. 3 year update: we no longer own this vehicle. We now have a Sonata Limited and are MUCH happier!
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I wish I never bought it.
dreamer, 04/29/2010
2009 Lincoln MKS 4dr Sedan AWD (3.7L 6cyl 6A)
4 of 6 people found this review helpful
It was my dream car before I bought it, now it is my nightmare. I have 20000 miles in it. I have had and still have many issues with this car, and I seriously regret to buying it. During this time I had several rental cars while my car was being fixed, but all of them were far more responsive and sped up faster than my car, even the cheaper/basic ones. The service department at the Gengras Lincoln in East Harford CT is telling me that everything is fine with the car and it matches with the manufactures specification, the transmission hesitates to switch down or up, but this is how it was planned and supposed to work. Needless to say when you spend this amount of money on a brand new
2009 MKS - A bad mistake
tgeorge1241, 02/17/2013
2009 Lincoln MKS 4dr Sedan (3.7L 6cyl 6A)
4 of 7 people found this review helpful
I bought this car, loaded, used in the summer of 2012. Since it only had 17,000 miles on it I really thought it would be a good car I could drive for several more years. I sold it 7 months later. As far as I'm concerned Lincoln(Ford) builds nothing but junk. The acceleration was terrible; pokey and jerky. I'd be at a stop light with no one near me for miles and the side assist warning system would starting beeping. Two months in and part of the driver's seat fell apart and a piece of the grill fell out. Gas mileage was terrible and in the rain the MKS drove skidded all over. I'll never buy a Lincoln or Ford again.
ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, ETC.
revanitra, 05/27/2011
2009 Lincoln MKS 4dr Sedan AWD (3.7L 6cyl 6A)
5 of 10 people found this review helpful
The 2009 Lincoln MKS was my first and only desired car that year. Initially when I leased it everything appeared to be fine. About 1 mo. after lease, door locks began to malfunction opening by themselves without depression of the button on the key fob, next the rear doors began to collect water sounding as though a swimming pool was behind you. The water slished and sloshed back and forth. This was really scary! Next the Sync system has a problem. You can hear all phone conversations like a loud speaker outside of the car!!! Not a Mercedes/BMW!!
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