Owner who took faulty Lincoln MKT to shop after 111,000 miles gives it a ‘death sentence’

After going well beyond the 100,000-mile mark, the owner of this 2010 Lincoln MKT took it to a shop to find out what was wrong with it.

Things took a bad turn when he found out how much work it needed, and he ultimately was forced to accept it had a ‘death sentence.’

It was a shame because, from the outside, this luxury SUV seemed like a ‘quick maintenance’ away from being immaculate.

That’s what the owner thought anyway.

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Lincoln MKT with 111,000 miles was beyond help

In a video uploaded to YouTube by Car Wizard, the 2010 Lincoln MKT was brought to the garage for a quick check-up.

The owner told the guys the car was having ‘some issues’ after clocking 111,000 miles.

Apart from a dent on the rear passenger door and the fender, he thought it probably just needed a tune and a good-ol’ wash.

Its interior was in pretty good shape, too — the dash was still shiny, and the leather seats were clean.

Although it lacked the modern ‘tech-filled’ appearance of most cars today, the interior was actually solid — for a 2010 model, at least.

Like most old Lincolns — besides this abandoned 1958 Continental, — it aged well.

The problem, however, wasn’t inside the cabin.

The biggest issues — yes, multiple — lay under the hood.

No oil changes? No turbos for you

Some context before we get to what was wrong with it — the Lincoln MKT came with a 3.5-liter EcoBoost twin-turbo V6 engine.

That powertrain is capable of producing 355 horsepower, but we doubt it could maintain that number in its present state.

You see, this Lincoln had two turbos, and both of them were massively worn out.

It turns out it was burning oil because the owner had forgotten to do an oil change for quite some time.

Thanks to that, the catalytic converters also took a hit.

This oversight might be more understandable if the oil change was expensive.

But this is no Bugatti Veyron, and it doesn’t cost $21,000 to change the oil.

The Car Wizard said it would take around $4,000 to $5,000 to fix everything, including replacing both turbos and fixing the converter, not to mention the extremely long work hours.

You could get a used Lincoln MKT in good condition for $6,000, so repairing it didn’t make sense to the owner.

And with that in mind, the owner gave it a ‘death sentence’ and told the guys to just ‘park it outside’.

Despite this MKT’s grim future, the future for Lincoln doesn’t look too bad.

Well, future Lincolns might not even have a steering wheel, so take that how you will.