NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Lincoln Navigator Recalls
The 2001 Lincoln Navigator has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 7, 2005.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Lincoln Navigator. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 81
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
11 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 Lincoln Navigator, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2001 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 2000, 2002 Navigator, 3 other models
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 2000 Navigator, 14 other models
Seat belts: front: buckle assembly
- Campaign
- 01V227001
- Reported
- July 16, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,400,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 12 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Navigator, 24 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E064000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2003 Navigator, 19 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Navigator, 57 other models
2001 Lincoln Navigator complaints by year
NHTSA has received 81 owner complaints about the 2001 Lincoln Navigator, the newest on May 24, 2025. Of these, 6 describe a crash (7%) and 11 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2001 Lincoln Navigator, the component group named most often is the tires (28%), followed by the electrical system (20%) and the vehicle speed control (15%).
1 of the 2001 Lincoln Navigator's 6 recalls also concerns the vehicle speed control.
Where 2001 Lincoln Navigator owners gave the mileage (45 complaints), the median was 78,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Tires23
- Electrical System16
- Vehicle Speed Control12
- Suspension9
- Power Train7
- Fuel System, Gasoline5
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 14 | |
| 2003 | 16 | |
| 2004 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 6 | |
| 2006 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 Lincoln Navigator peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 16. 47% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Lincoln Navigator drew 1.8× the complaints of the median Lincoln Navigator year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 12 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Rollover: 2/5
The 81 complaints about the 2001 Lincoln Navigator are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Lincoln Navigator by model year
Other 2001 Lincoln models
Newest record on this page: May 24, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted