So I am looking to buy a used vehicle. In my search I found a 2017 Lincoln MKC under 70,000 miles one owner and according to carfax it has only one accident. To me this looks to be a good deal. However I don't know anything about Lincoln or the MKC.
So my question is how reliable are Lincoln vehicles, is the Lincoln MKC reliable vehicle to buy used will it be a cash cow to fix up of I buy one.
I found a 2017 Lincoln MKC under 70,000 miles one owner and according to carfax it has only one accident.
Pass. Cars are unibodies now, and if it sustained even moderate damage (enough to trigger crumple zones) it will never be the same. The metal hardens and becomes stronger, consequently, the metal also becomes more brittle, which is the exact opposite of what you want it to do. You want a crumple zone to collapse predictably, if it was straightened back out, the crumple zone won't collapse predictably ever again. You would need to anneal the metal to return it back to "normal", which isn't going to happen (the annealing process is upwards of 1000⁰F for steel).
Beyond that, if it's an EcoBoost engine, that engine only has gasoline direct injection, not regular fuel injection, so gasoline doesn’t flow over the intake valves, eventually carboning them up.
We’ve discussed this if you do a search on our forum. But pass on Lincolns, esp. at that mileage.
I would not buy any late model, post bankruptcy luxury car, because it'll turn into a massive money pit. Except maybe a Lexus. But it's jam packed with electronics that you'll never be able to fix.
Only GM and Chrysler filed for bankruptcy in recent memory. Ford (which owns Lincoln) managed to avoid it.
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https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/2019/07/29/10-years-later-a-look-back-on-the-automotive-bankruptcy/#:~:text=The%20Big%20Three%20were%20able,It%20was%20a%20perfect%20storm.
@daywalker I'm using the word to substitute for the period of time of economic crisis (2007-2008ish) . Ford managed not to go under, but they did so by borrowing. Not from the government (thumbs up), but from lenders. The point is that domestic automakers suffered, and quality fell as a result. Also, unrelated to the economic crisis, modern cars got more complex electronic gadgetry and more crippled by emissions regulation. The result is moneypit cars.