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Our severity:HighNHTSA·25V831000·Announced 2025-12-01

2025 Lincoln Navigator Rear Lightbar Cracks May Disable Reverse Lights

Ford is recalling certain 2025 Lincoln Navigator vehicles. The rear lightbar may develop cracks allowing moisture accumulation, potentially disabling reverse lights and reducing visibility when backing up.

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: This is a risk-of-harm product involving a safety-critical lighting system where injury has not yet been reported. The defective rear lightbar violates Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 108 and creates a potential collision hazard by disabling reverse lights. However, no actual injuries, deaths, or crashes are reported in the source material.

Plain-English summary

Ford Motor Company is recalling certain 2025 Lincoln Navigator vehicles. The rear lightbar may have cracks in the outer lens or at the weld track. These cracks allow moisture to accumulate inside the lightbar assembly.

This moisture accumulation can cause the reverse lights to become inoperative or flicker. Inoperative or flickering reverse lights may not alert other drivers that the vehicle is reversing, increasing the risk of injury or crash. These vehicles fail to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 108, which governs lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment.

Dealers will replace the rear lightbar free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on January 14, 2026. To schedule a service appointment or learn if your vehicle is affected, contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall are searchable on NHTSA.gov.

The recalled product

Product
LINCOLN NAVIGATOR
Brand
LINCOLN
Manufacturer
Ford Motor Company
Category
Vehicle — Safety Lighting
Hazard
Affected units
1,195

Is your product affected?

Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Model numbers (1)

  • NAVIGATOR

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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