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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2025 Lincoln Navigator Recalls

The 2025 Lincoln Navigator has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 18, 2026.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2025 Lincoln Navigator. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
6

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
13

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
0

in complaints

NHTSA crash test
★★★★★

overall, 5 stars max

On a 2025 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 2025 Lincoln Navigator

Back over prevention: software

Campaign
26V165000
Reported
March 18, 2026
Vehicles affected
up to 254,640
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 2022–2024 Navigator, 3 other models

26V165000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Electrical system: integrated trailer brake control

Campaign
26V104000
Reported
February 20, 2026
Vehicles affected
up to 4,381,878
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Federal standard
FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
Same campaign
also 2022–2024 Navigator, 7 other models

26V104000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Service brakes, hydraulic: power assist: electric: control module

Campaign
25V823000
Reported
December 1, 2025
Vehicles affected
up to 679
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 1 other model

25V823000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Exterior lighting

Campaign
25V831000
Reported
December 1, 2025
Vehicles affected
up to 1,195
Risk NHTSA names
crash and injury
Federal standard
FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
Same campaign
only the 2025 Lincoln Navigator

25V831000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Service brakes, hydraulic: power assist: electric: control module: software

Campaign
25V488000
Reported
July 25, 2025
Vehicles affected
up to 312,120
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 1 other model

25V488000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Air bags: frontal

Campaign
25V439000
Reported
June 27, 2025
Vehicles affected
up to 171
Risk NHTSA names
crash and injury
Same campaign
also 1 other model

25V439000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2025 Lincoln Navigator complaints by year

NHTSA has received 13 owner complaints about the 2025 Lincoln Navigator, the newest on October 8, 2026.

In complaints about the 2025 Lincoln Navigator, the component group named most often is the electrical system (23%), followed by the forward collision avoidance (23%) and the service brakes (23%).

1 of the 2025 Lincoln Navigator's 6 recalls also concerns the electrical system.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Electrical System3
  • Forward Collision Avoidance3
  • Service Brakes3
  • Unknown Or Other3
  • Steering2
  • Vehicle Speed Control2

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2025 Lincoln Navigator received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20253
202610

Complaints about the 2025 Lincoln Navigator peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 10.

The 2025 is too new to rank against other Lincoln Navigator years: its window closes at the end of 2028.

Lincoln Navigator years to avoid →

NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: ★★★★★
  • Frontal: 5/5
  • Side: 5/5
  • Rollover: 3/5

The 13 complaints about the 2025 Lincoln Navigator are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Lincoln Navigator by model year

Other 2025 Lincoln models

Newest record on this page: October 8, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted