AutoUtility currently tracks 6 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2023 Lincoln Navigator. Electrical System issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 4 complaints (66.7% of submitted records). Zero crashes, fires, injury reports, or fatality reports are cited across these complaint records.

Key Problem Findings
  • Total NHTSA Complaints: 6 reports
  • #1 Reported Problem Area: Electrical System (4 reports • 66.7% of submitted complaints)
  • Secondary Problem Areas: Driver Assistance & Safety Tech (2), Exterior Lighting (1)
  • Crash-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
  • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
  • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 0 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Reporting Methodology: Statistics describe unverified consumer submissions voluntarily filed with NHTSA. Complaint volume is not normalized for vehicle sales volume or miles driven. Multiple components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission.
Total Complaints
6
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
0
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
0
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
0
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
0
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2023 Lincoln Navigator

Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records

#1 Problem Area 66.7% of complaints

Electrical System

4 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#2 Problem Area 33.3% of complaints

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 2 official safety recall campaigns for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#3 Problem Area 16.7% of complaints

Exterior Lighting

1 owner complaint submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#4 Problem Area 16.7% of complaints

Engine & Cooling

1 owner complaint submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
Domain Share Note: Share percentage represents the proportion of unique complaint filings referencing each vehicle system. Because single complaints may cite multiple systems (such as engine and electrical simultaneously), domain percentages represent individual category incidence and may sum to over 100%.

Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2023 Lincoln Navigator

Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11735789
Filed: 05/05/2026

"The contact owns a 2023 Lincoln Navigator. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 26V165000 (Electrical System, Exterior Lighting) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was contacted and confirmed that the remedy was not yet..."

Incident Date: 05/05/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,BACK OVER PREVENTION
Exterior Lighting NHTSA ODI ID: #11643845
Filed: 02/20/2025

"When the car starts the head lights run through a series of motion checks, they go left, right down and then back up. We run into an issue every few weeks where the headlights stay in the down position. This happened with our car and a loaner we received from the dealership. I do have video of the..."

Incident Date: 01/17/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Engine & Cooling NHTSA ODI ID: #11605011
Filed: 07/28/2024

"We buy used 2023 Lincoln Navigator with only 2937 miles and the running boards opens and close by it self and the most dangerous that the car doesn’t start whenever it wants I have 3 times already it just doesn’t start so I don’t know what to do"

Incident Date: 07/11/2024 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE
Electrical System NHTSA ODI ID: #11587929
Filed: 05/09/2024

"Upon starting, my 2023 Lincoln Navigator Reserve L has a significant delay when booting the back up camera and infotainment system and renders the vehicle safety systems unusable. Sometimes the back up camera freezes and locks the screen, sometimes it doesn't turn on at all. Often, the infotainment..."

Incident Date: 01/25/2024 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11580426
Filed: 04/01/2024

"The contact rented a 2023 Lincoln Navigator. The contact stated that while driving at 65 MPH, the electronic systems became inoperable. The backup camera was inoperable. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact called for Roadside Assistance. The local dealer was not contacted. The..."

Incident Date: 03/31/2024 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,BACK OVER PREVENTION
Consumer Narrative Notice: Excerpts are sanitized text descriptions submitted by vehicle owners to the federal ODI database. They reflect the reporting consumer's observations at the time of filing and have not been independently confirmed by vehicle manufacturers or government investigators.

Complaint History for Lincoln Navigator

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2015–2026)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2015 Lincoln Navigator 21 2 4 View 2015 Problems →
2016 Lincoln Navigator 25 0 4 View 2016 Problems →
2017 Lincoln Navigator 30 2 5 View 2017 Problems →
2018 Lincoln Navigator 52 0 12 View 2018 Problems →
2019 Lincoln Navigator 73 3 10 View 2019 Problems →
2020 Lincoln Navigator 31 2 13 View 2020 Problems →
2021 Lincoln Navigator 31 2 12 View 2021 Problems →
2022 Lincoln Navigator 20 3 14 View 2022 Problems →
2023 Lincoln Navigator Current Page 6 0 8 Current
2024 Lincoln Navigator 15 3 7 View 2024 Problems →
2025 Lincoln Navigator 11 0 6 View 2025 Problems →
2026 Lincoln Navigator 0 0 2 View 2026 Problems →
Comparative Disclaimer: Complaint totals are unadjusted historical counts and are not normalized for vehicles sold, active fleet size, or total road mileage. Newer model years naturally have had less calendar exposure time to accumulate owner filings.

Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2023 Lincoln Navigator

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 5 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,BACK OVER PREVENTION 2 0 0 0 0
Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
EXTERIOR LIGHTING 1 0 0 0 0
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
Data Attribution & Reporting Methodology: Complaints are unverified voluntary submissions to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). Because multiple vehicle components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission, component-level rollups may sum to more than the unique complaint count (6). Injury and fatality entries in the detailed table reflect raw values entered by reporting consumers across individual submissions; they are not deduplicated casualty statistics and may include duplicate or unverified entries. Complaint volume is not normalized for sales volume or vehicle mileage and does not represent an audited component failure rate.
Official US Government Data Provenance

The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.

Local Production Store Compiled: August 2026 • Deterministic Audited Dataset • Zero Dynamic External API Runtime Latency.