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Lincoln Zephyr · 2012

3 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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All years2012 · 1 recall2010–2012 · 1 recall2006–2012 · 1 recall2006–2011 · 1 recall2006–2010 · 1 recall2006–2009 · 1 recall2006 · 1 recall

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·21V158000·2021-03-10

    Ford Recalls Vehicles for Driver-Side Airbag Inflator Explosion Risk

    Ford is recalling specific 2006-2012 vehicles because the driver-side airbag inflator may explode, potentially causing serious injury or death.

    Product
    MERCURY — MERCURY, LINCOLN, FORD MILAN, MKZ, ZEPHYR, FUSION
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·19V001000·2019-01-07

    Ford Recalls Vehicles for Air Bag Inflator Explosion Risk

    Ford is recalling specific 2010-2014 models because passenger air bag inflators may explode due to humidity, posing a serious injury risk.

    Product
    FORD — FORD, LINCOLN, MERCURY MUSTANG, RANGER, EDGE, MKX
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·17V024000·2017-01-10

    Ford Recalls Vehicles for Air Bag Inflator Rupture Risk

    Ford is recalling specific 2005-2012 vehicles because passenger air bag inflators may rupture in a crash, potentially causing serious injury or death.

    Product
    LINCOLN — LINCOLN, FORD, MERCURY ZEPHYR, MKZ, FUSION, GT
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2006 · wheels — 21 complaints, median 60,000 mi

Technical service bulletins

13 manufacturer service bulletins across 1 model year. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2006: 2.6/5 · 229 complaints · most complained-of: airbags

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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