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Lincoln Navigator · 2012

3 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·16V248000·2016-04-27

    Ford Recalls 2011-2012 F-150, Mustang, Expedition, Navigator for Transmission Defect

    Ford is recalling specific 2011-2012 F-150, Mustang, Expedition, and Navigator vehicles because the automatic transmission may unexpectedly downshift to first gear, increasing crash risk.

    Product
    FORD — FORD, LINCOLN F-150, MUSTANG, EXPEDITION, NAVIGATOR
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·12V034000·2012-02-02

    Ford Recalls 2012 Expedition and Lincoln Navigator for Head Restraint Defect

    Ford is recalling 2012 Expedition and Lincoln Navigator vehicles because inadequate welds on second-row head restraint brackets may fail to provide required strength in a crash.

    Product
    LINCOLN — LINCOLN, FORD NAVIGATOR, EXPEDITION
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

  • 20124/5

    4 trims tested for 2012; overall ratings can differ by trim.

    View on NHTSA.gov

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2019 · powertrain 20 complaints

Technical service bulletins

863 manufacturer service bulletins across 22 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2026: 4.8/5
  • 2025: 3.8/5 · 11 complaints
  • 2024: 3.6/5 · 15 complaints · most complained-of: suspension
  • 2023: 3.7/5 · 6 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2022: 2.9/5 · 21 complaints · most complained-of: electrical

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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