# 2016 Lincoln MKZ - Weird Electrical Stuff

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-lincoln-mkz-weird-electrical-stuff/148728>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [September 14, 2019, 1:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-lincoln-mkz-weird-electrical-stuff/148728 "2019-09-14T01:34:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Randyshaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@Randyshaffer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Randyshaffer)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 1:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-lincoln-mkz-weird-electrical-stuff/148728/1 "2019-09-14T01:34:40Z")

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Car wouldn’t start. Then tried horn and it wouldn’t shut off. Seats wouldn’t adjust themselves. Then I tried to start it and it worked.

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 3:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-lincoln-mkz-weird-electrical-stuff/148728/2 "2019-09-14T03:23:16Z")

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Ask your shop to do a basic battery and alternator test. The diy’er method is: Before first start of the day the battery should measure about 12.6 volts. Immediately after starting the engine, 13.5-15.5 volts. If you diy’er’ed it, report what you measure here.

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**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 3:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2016-lincoln-mkz-weird-electrical-stuff/148728/3 "2019-09-14T03:25:05Z")

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It sounds like a short time but maybe the battery needs to get checked.