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Lincoln Navigator

Every model year 2016–2027: recalls, owner complaints, NHTSA crash ratings and EPA efficiency side by side, each value traced to the file it came from.

12 Model years 2016–2027

94 Recalls NHTSA campaigns, all years

316 Complaints owner reports, all years

A Newest grade 2027 Safety Signal

2019 Best on record cleanest filed year

The 2027 Navigator →Which years to avoid Compare it

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Active NHTSA advisory on 2 model years of the Navigator — park outside or do not drive. The year rows below carry it.

Every Lincoln Navigator model year

Source: NHTSA · EPA · one row per year

Year	Powertrains	Safety	Recalls	Complaints	Crash	Best efficiency
2027	Gas	A	1	0	—	18 mpg
2026	Gas	B	2	0	★★★★★	17 mpg
2025	Gas	C	6	13	★★★★★	17 mpg
2024	Gas	F	7	16	—	18 mpg
2023	Gas	D	8	7	—	19 mpg
2022	Gas	F	14	21	—	19 mpg
2021	Gas	F	12	33	★★★★★	18 mpg	Park outside
2020	Gas	F	13	32	★★★★★	19 mpg	Park outside
2019	Gas	D	10	85	★★★★★	19 mpg
2018	Gas	F	12	52	★★★★★	19 mpg
2017	Gas	F	5	32	★★★★★	17 mpg
2016	Gas	D	4	25	★★★★★	18 mpg

Which model year the record favours

Source: recalls and complaints per year on the road

Years to avoid, with the reasons →Best on the record 2019

On the filed record so far, the 2019 is the cleanest Navigator year we hold, and the 2021 the one to check hardest. The 2021 carries a standing park-outside or do-not-drive advisory, which outranks every other number on this page.

Both figures are divided by the number of years the car has been on sale, because otherwise the oldest year on the page loses every time simply for having been around longer. The current model year and any year under three on the road are left out: their records are not finished.

Year	Safety Signal	Recalls /yr	Complaints /yr
2019	D	1.4	12
2022	F	3.5	5
2018	F	1.5	6	1 critical
2023	D	2.7	2	1 critical
2016	D	0.4	2	2 critical
2017	F	0.6	4	2 critical
2020	F	2.2	5	Advisory
2021	F	2.4	7	Advisory

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What changed year to year

Source: computed from the filed record

2027: best combined mpg 17 → 18; 1 → 2 EPA configurations
2025: best combined mpg 18 → 17
2024: best combined mpg 19 → 18; 4 → 1 EPA configurations
2023: 2 → 4 EPA configurations
2022: best combined mpg 18 → 19; 3 → 2 EPA configurations
2021: best combined mpg 19 → 18
2018: best combined mpg 17 → 19; 4 → 3 EPA configurations
2017: best combined mpg 18 → 17

Common questions about the Lincoln Navigator

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

Which Lincoln Navigator year is the best used buy?

On the recall record, the 2019 Navigator comes out top of the years before the current one: Safety Signal grade D (62/100), 10 recalls and 85 owner complaints on file. That ranks paperwork, not condition — a specific car's history and service record still decide it.

What Lincoln Navigator years should I avoid?

2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 have the weakest recall records in this range — one carries an active park-outside or do-not-drive advisory. The year pages list every campaign, its severity and whether a repair exists yet. Every Navigator model year ranked, with the reasons.

How many recalls does the Lincoln Navigator have?

Across model years 2016–2027, NHTSA has posted 94 recall campaigns for the Lincoln Navigator. They are counted per model year in the table above, because a campaign almost never covers the whole run — it covers a build range.