Lincoln Navigator: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 68 recall campaigns for the Lincoln Navigator, model years 1997 to 2027. NHTSA has 1,351 complaints on file for this model line. 25 of the 31 model years have a page on this register.

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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on 1 Oct 2026. Complaint file through 30 Sep 2026. Recall file through 30 Sep 2026.

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

Lincoln Navigator: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model year	Recall campaigns	Complaints	Share of the line average	Units in the campaigns
2027 Lincoln Navigator NHTSA page	1	0	0%	4,381,878
2026 Lincoln Navigator	2	0	0%	4,383,067
2025 Lincoln Navigator	6	12	28%	4,950,683
2024 Lincoln Navigator	7	16	37%	6,020,969
2023 Lincoln Navigator	8	7	16%	7,128,109
2022 Lincoln Navigator	14	21	48%	8,976,808
2021 Lincoln Navigator	12	33	76%	4,425,390
2020 Lincoln Navigator	13	32	73%	3,134,022
2019 Lincoln Navigator	10	81	186%	2,254,479
2018 Lincoln Navigator	12	52	119%	2,412,605
2017 Lincoln Navigator	5	31	71%	2,009,702
2016 Lincoln Navigator	4	25	57%	1,886,091
2015 Lincoln Navigator	4	21	48%	1,850,956
2014 Lincoln Navigator NHTSA page	0	17	39%
2013 Lincoln Navigator NHTSA page	0	14	32%
2012 Lincoln Navigator	3	12	28%	164,650
2011 Lincoln Navigator NHTSA page	0	9	21%
2010 Lincoln Navigator NHTSA page	0	16	37%
2009 Lincoln Navigator NHTSA page	1	10	23%	1,357
2008 Lincoln Navigator	2	30	69%	123,790
2007 Lincoln Navigator	2	45	103%	180,831
2006 Lincoln Navigator	3	60	138%	210,292
2005 Lincoln Navigator	0	48	110%
2004 Lincoln Navigator	0	86	197%
2003 Lincoln Navigator	0	127	291%
2002 Lincoln Navigator	1	32	73%	4,500,000
2001 Lincoln Navigator	3	81	186%	6,983,000
2000 Lincoln Navigator	4	109	250%	6,887,290
1999 Lincoln Navigator	5	132	303%	5,123,889
1998 Lincoln Navigator	5	192	441%	8,023,600
1997 Lincoln Navigator	2	0	0%	2,085,800

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

1,820 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Lincoln Navigator: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	Per 1,000	Mentions
Electrical System	111.5	203
Power Train	98.4	179
Tires	93.4	170
Suspension	90.1	164
Engine and Engine Cooling	54.9	100
Vehicle Speed Control	52.7	96
Engine	48.4	88
Structure	45.6	83
Air Bags	44	80
Unknown or Other	42.3	77

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Lincoln Navigator, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2025, with 19 campaigns.

Complaints about the Lincoln Navigator, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2026, with 93 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Town Car47 campaigns
Continental46 campaigns
MKZ32 campaigns
MKX23 campaigns
LS3 campaigns
Mark Viii3 campaigns
MKC14 campaigns
Aviator51 campaigns
MKS11 campaigns
MKT14 campaigns
Zephyr5 campaigns
Nautilus23 campaigns
MKZ Hybrid0 campaigns
Corsair36 campaigns
Mark VII9 campaigns
Lincoln11 campaigns
Corsair Phev2 campaigns
Mark LT4 campaigns
Nautilus Hybrid2 campaigns
Blackwood3 campaigns
Mark V7 campaigns
Mark IV11 campaigns
Mark VI7 campaigns

Lincoln: all 24 model lines

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Official channels

NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.

Cite this page

Recall Register. Lincoln Navigator: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/lincoln/navigator/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through 30 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence: US government work, public domain
Recall file through: 30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through: 30 Sep 2026
Manufacturer in the recall file: FORD MOTOR COMPANY

The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Lincoln Navigator model years have the most recall campaigns?: 2022 with 14, 2020 with 13, 2021 with 12. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Lincoln Navigator model year has the most complaints?: The 1998 model year, with 192 of the 1,351 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Lincoln Navigator name?: Electrical System: 111.5 per 1,000 component mentions. Power Train: 98.4 per 1,000 component mentions. Tires: 93.4 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Lincoln Navigator?: 11 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.