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NHTSA Safety Recalls

Ford Navigator Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 2 recall campaigns for the Ford Navigator, across 2 model years from 2000 to 2001. The 2000 has the most (2); the fewest among years with a recall is 2001 (1).

Model years
2

2000–2001, with a recall

Recall campaigns
2
Most recalls
2000

2 recalls

Owner complaints
15

all model years, NHTSA

Owners have filed 15 complaints with NHTSA about the Ford Navigator across 4 model years; the most, 5, concern the 2003.

Owners marked a crash on 1 of the Ford Navigator complaints (7%) and a fire on 3.

Across all Ford Navigator model years, owners name the engine and engine cooling most often (at least 3 complaints), then the electrical system (3).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Ford Navigator in 2007: 5, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Ford Navigator is equipment: other: owners/service/other manual, in 2 model-year listings.

The newest Ford Navigator recall, 02V239000, was reported on September 9, 2002 and concerns the equipment: other: labels.

Ford Navigator years to avoid

Too few Ford Navigator model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 0 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Ford Navigator, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
2003053not ranked
2002010not ranked
2001151not ranked
2000242not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Ford Navigator years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Ford Navigator

  • EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL2
  • EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS1

Ford Navigator model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Ford Navigator recall campaign (2)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Ford Navigator, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
02V239000September 9, 2002equipment: other: labels2000—80,254
00V396000November 28, 2000equipment: other: owners/service/other manual2000–2001crash and injury495,000

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Ford Navigator. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

Newest record on this page: February 21, 2012. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted