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Lincoln Navigator · 2016

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

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·22V150000·2022-03-11

    Ford Recalls F-150, Expedition, Navigator for Brake Master Cylinder Leak

    Ford is recalling 2016-2018 F-150, 2016-2017 Expedition, and Navigator vehicles because a brake master cylinder leak may reduce front brake function and increase crash risk.

    Product
    FORD — FORD, LINCOLN F-150, EXPEDITION, NAVIGATOR
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·25V572000·2025-09-03

    Ford Recalls Vehicles Due to Rearview Camera Display Issues

    Ford is recalling specific 2015-2019 vehicles because the rearview camera may display a distorted, inverted, or blank image, increasing crash risk.

    Product
    LINCOLN — LINCOLN, FORD NAVIGATOR, MKC, TRANSIT CONNECT, TRANSIT
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·25V091000·2025-02-14

    Ford Recalls 2015-2017 Lincoln Navigators for Mirror Fire Risk

    Ford is recalling 2015-2017 Lincoln Navigator vehicles because LED lights on the exterior mirrors may short circuit, increasing the risk of fire.

    Product
    LINCOLN — LINCOLN NAVIGATOR
    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.

  • 20165/5

    4 trims tested for 2016; 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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