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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2000 Lincoln Navigator Recalls

The 2000 Lincoln Navigator has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 7, 2005.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Lincoln Navigator. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
7

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
109

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
9

17 fires

NHTSA crash test
★★★★☆

frontal crash, no overall star before 2011

On a 2000 Lincoln Navigator, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

7 recalls on the 2000 Lincoln Navigator

Vehicle speed control

Campaign
05V388000
Reported
September 7, 2005
Vehicles affected
up to 4,500,000
Risk NHTSA names
fire
Same campaign
also 2001–2002 Navigator, 3 other models

05V388000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Vehicle speed control: cruise control

Campaign
05V017000
Reported
January 27, 2005
Vehicles affected
up to 738,490
Risk NHTSA names
fire
Same campaign
also 3 other models

05V017000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: motor

Campaign
01V258000
Reported
August 8, 2001
Vehicles affected
up to 1,083,000
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 2001 Navigator, 14 other models

01V258000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Trailer hitches

Campaign
00V073000
Reported
March 7, 2000
Vehicles affected
up to 565,800
Same campaign
also 1 other model

00V073000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Fuel system, gasoline

Campaign
06E056000
Risk NHTSA names
fire
Same campaign
also 2001–2002 Navigator, 24 other models

06E056000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Exterior lighting

Campaign
06E064000
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 2001–2003 Navigator, 19 other models

06E064000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Exterior lighting

Campaign
09E012000
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 2001–2002 Navigator, 57 other models

09E012000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2000 Lincoln Navigator complaints by year

NHTSA has received 109 owner complaints about the 2000 Lincoln Navigator, the newest on October 6, 2017. Of these, 9 describe a crash (8%) and 17 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.

In complaints about the 2000 Lincoln Navigator, the component group named most often is the tires (39%), followed by the electrical system (12%) and the power train (9%).

None of the 2000 Lincoln Navigator's 7 recalls concerns the tires.

Where 2000 Lincoln Navigator owners gave the mileage (41 complaints), the median was 75,000 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Tires42
  • Electrical System13
  • Power Train10
  • Air Bags9
  • Suspension9
  • Vehicle Speed Control9

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2000 Lincoln Navigator received by NHTSA, by calendar year
200010
200116
200215
200324
200410
20054
20065
20075
20086
20092
20103
20111
20121
20132
20142
20161
20172

Complaints about the 2000 Lincoln Navigator peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 24. 60% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Lincoln Navigator drew 2.7× the complaints of the median Lincoln Navigator year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 12 ranked years.

That makes 2000 one of the Lincoln Navigator years to avoid by our method.

Lincoln Navigator years to avoid →

NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: none before 2011
  • Frontal: 4/5

The 109 complaints about the 2000 Lincoln Navigator are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Lincoln Navigator by model year

Other 2000 Lincoln models

Newest record on this page: October 6, 2017. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted