NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Lincoln Navigator Recalls
The 2008 Lincoln Navigator has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 11, 2008.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Lincoln Navigator. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 30
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Lincoln Navigator, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2008 Lincoln Navigator
Tires: pressure monitoring and regulating systems
- Campaign
- 08V166000
- Reported
- April 11, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 158
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 138, tire pressure monitoring
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 08V058000
- Reported
- February 5, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 123,632
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2007 Navigator, 1 other model
2008 Lincoln Navigator complaints by year
NHTSA has received 30 owner complaints about the 2008 Lincoln Navigator, the newest on December 23, 2025. Of these, 2 describe a crash (7%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Lincoln Navigator, the component group named most often is the electrical system (23%), followed by the service brakes (17%) and the structure (13%).
None of the 2008 Lincoln Navigator's 2 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2008 Lincoln Navigator owners gave the mileage (24 complaints), the median was 60,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System7
- Service Brakes5
- Structure4
- Unknown Or Other3
- Power Train2
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic2
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2008 Lincoln Navigator peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 6. 30% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 30 complaints about the 2008 Lincoln Navigator are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Lincoln Navigator by model year
Other 2008 Lincoln models
Newest record on this page: December 23, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted