NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Lincoln Navigator Recalls
The 2016 Lincoln Navigator has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 3, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Lincoln Navigator. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 25
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Lincoln Navigator, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2016 Lincoln Navigator
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 25V572000
- Reported
- September 3, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,456,417
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017 Navigator, 12 other models
Visibility: rearview mirrors/devices: exterior
- Campaign
- 25V091000
- Reported
- February 14, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 35,328
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017 Navigator
Visibility: defroster/defogger/hvac system: fan/motor
- Campaign
- 22V648000
- Reported
- August 26, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 198,482
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017 Navigator, 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: power assist
- Campaign
- 22V150000
- Reported
- March 11, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 195,864
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2017 Navigator, 2 other models
2016 Lincoln Navigator complaints by year
NHTSA has received 25 owner complaints about the 2016 Lincoln Navigator, the newest on April 1, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a fire.
In complaints about the 2016 Lincoln Navigator, the component group named most often is the visibility (28%), followed by the back over prevention (20%) and the service brakes (16%).
2 of the 2016 Lincoln Navigator's 4 recalls also concern the visibility.
Where 2016 Lincoln Navigator owners gave the mileage (14 complaints), the median was 75,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Visibility7
- Back Over Prevention5
- Service Brakes4
- Electrical System3
- Unknown Or Other3
- Power Train2
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 7 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2016 Lincoln Navigator peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 7. 20% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 25 complaints about the 2016 Lincoln Navigator are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Lincoln Navigator by model year
Other 2016 Lincoln models
Newest record on this page: April 1, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted