NHTSA Safety Recalls
Lincoln Recalls
Lincoln has 657 model-year recall listings with NHTSA across 17 models and 2000–2025 model years. The model with the most is the Navigator, with 124.
Owners have filed 8,100 complaints with NHTSA about the Lincoln model years listed here; the most, 354, concern the 2000 LS.
6 Lincoln models have enough complaint data for a years-to-avoid ranking; 4 of them have at least one year that stands out.
Complaints about Lincoln vehicles most often name the air bags (at least 1,579), then the electrical system (893).
The Lincoln model with the most owner complaints is the MKZ: 1,669 across 14 model years listed here.
The newest Lincoln recall here, 26V470000, was reported on July 21, 2026 and concerns the seats: front assembly: power adjust.
Lincoln recalls most often concern the back over prevention: software (50 model-year listings), then the back over prevention: sensing system: camera (48).
- Models
- 17
- Recall listings
- 657
- Model years
- 2000–2025
- Pages on file
- 119
campaign × model year
year + model
Lincoln models, most recalls first
| Model | Recalls | Years covered |
|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Navigator | 124 | 2000–2025(20) |
| Lincoln Aviator | 119 | 2003–2025(7) |
| Lincoln MKZ | 92 | 2007–2020(14) |
| Lincoln Corsair | 69 | 2020–2024(5) |
| Lincoln MKX | 50 | 2007–2018(11) |
| Lincoln Town Car | 37 | 2000–2011(11) |
| Lincoln Nautilus | 33 | 2019–2025(7) |
| Lincoln MKT | 31 | 2011–2019(9) |
| Lincoln MKC | 27 | 2015–2019(5) |
| Lincoln MKS | 19 | 2009–2015(6) |
| Lincoln Continental | 18 | 2000–2020(7) |
| Lincoln Zephyr | 16 | 2006–2011(4) |
| Lincoln Corsair Phev | 7 | 2021–2025(5) |
| Lincoln Mark LT | 7 | 2005–2006(2) |
| Lincoln LS | 4 | 2000–2005(4) |
| Lincoln Blackwood | 3 | 2002–2002(1) |
| Lincoln Aviator Phev | 1 | 2022–2022(1) |
What gets recalled most on Lincoln vehicles
- BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE50
- BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA48
- AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE42
- EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS18
- LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH18
- AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE18
- POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION17
- STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM16
- ENGINE15
- SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WARNING LIGHT/DEVICES15
- SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY15
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY14
Lincoln years to avoid, by model
- Lincoln Aviator2020
- Lincoln LS2000, 2001
- Lincoln MKX2016
- Lincoln MKZno year stands out
- Lincoln Navigator2000, 2003
- Lincoln Town Carno year stands out
Models sold in large numbers over many years collect more recalls and complaints than niche ones.
Newest record on this page: October 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted