NHTSA Safety Recalls
2021 Lincoln Navigator Recalls
The 2021 Lincoln Navigator has 12 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 24, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2021 Lincoln Navigator. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 12
- Owner complaints
- 33
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2021 Lincoln Navigator, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
12 recalls on the 2021 Lincoln Navigator
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 26V402000
- Reported
- June 24, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 741,195
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2018–2020 Navigator, 3 other models
Seat belts: pretensioner
- Campaign
- 26V344000
- Reported
- May 27, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 419,967
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2018–2020, 2022 Navigator, 1 other model
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: linkages
- Campaign
- 26V204000
- Reported
- March 31, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 422,613
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2022–2023 Navigator, 5 other models
Visibility: sun/moon roof assembly
- Campaign
- 25V729000
- Reported
- October 24, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 174,853
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2022 Navigator, 3 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 25V455000
- Reported
- July 7, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 850,318
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2022 Navigator, 9 other models
Back over prevention: software
- Campaign
- 25V442000
- Reported
- June 27, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 200,237
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2020 Navigator, 19 other models
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 24V852000
- Reported
- November 8, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 27,678
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2018–2020, 2022–2024 Navigator, 6 other models
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 23V598000
- Reported
- August 25, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 177,402
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2018–2020 Navigator, 2 other models
Equipment: other: owners/service/other manual
- Campaign
- 23V420000
- Reported
- June 9, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 691,133
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 202, head restraints
- Same campaign
- also 2018–2020, 2022–2023 Navigator, 5 other models
Engine
- Campaign
- 22V346000
- Reported
- May 17, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 66,221
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: linkages
- Campaign
- 22V250000
- Reported
- April 14, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 652,996
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2020 Navigator, 6 other models
Air bags: sensor: side impact
- Campaign
- 21V805000
- Reported
- October 15, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 777
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 214, side impact protection
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2021 Lincoln Navigator complaints by year
NHTSA has received 33 owner complaints about the 2021 Lincoln Navigator, the newest on September 24, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (6%).
In complaints about the 2021 Lincoln Navigator, the component group named most often is the engine (24%), followed by the power train (18%) and the fuel system, gasoline (12%).
1 of the 2021 Lincoln Navigator's 12 recalls also concerns the engine.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine8
- Power Train6
- Fuel System, Gasoline4
- Fuel/Propulsion System4
- Unknown Or Other4
- Back Over Prevention3
Complaints received, by year
| 2021 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 10 |
Complaints about the 2021 Lincoln Navigator peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 10. 52% arrived between 2020 and 2024, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2021 vehicles, the 2021 Lincoln Navigator drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Lincoln Navigator year in the same window: 6th highest of the 12 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 33 complaints about the 2021 Lincoln Navigator are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Lincoln Navigator by model year
Other 2021 Lincoln models
Newest record on this page: September 24, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted