AutoUtility currently tracks 15 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2024 Lincoln Navigator. Suspension issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 5 complaints (33.3% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 3 filings cite a crash.

Key Problem Findings
  • Total NHTSA Complaints: 15 reports
  • #1 Reported Problem Area: Suspension (5 reports • 33.3% of submitted complaints)
  • Secondary Problem Areas: Driver Assistance & Safety Tech (4), Powertrain & Transmission (3)
  • Crash-Citing Complaints: 3 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
15
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
3
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 2024 Lincoln Navigator

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

#1 Problem Area 33.3% of complaints

Suspension

5 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#2 Problem Area 26.7% of complaints

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

4 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.
⚠️ 3 crash reports
#3 Problem Area 20% of complaints

Powertrain & Transmission

3 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#4 Problem Area 20% of complaints

Wheels & Tires

3 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#5 Problem Area 13.3% of complaints

Electrical System

2 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.
⚠️ 1 crash report
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 2024 Lincoln Navigator

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

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11744788
Crash Cited Filed: 06/17/2026

"Placing the vehicle in reverse we backed into a concrete piller and none of the safet sensors allerted us to the object."

Incident Date: 02/16/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,LANE DEPARTURE,BACK OVER PREVENTION
Air Bags & Restraints NHTSA ODI ID: #11720221
Filed: 02/24/2026

"On May 26, 2024, I entered into a lease agreement for a Lincoln Navigator vehicle manufactured and warranted by Lincoln Motor Company. This vehicle subsequently developed multiple serious and dangerous safety defects, including uncontrolled and spontaneous seat inflation, failure of seat pump..."

Incident Date: 11/20/2024 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SEAT BELTS,SEATS
Powertrain & Transmission NHTSA ODI ID: #11716687
Filed: 02/09/2026

"The contact owns a 2024 Lincoln Navigator. The contact stated that while driving approximately 55 MPH on several occasions, the transmission independently shifted into neutral(N). The contact stated that during each failure, the drive(D) button was pressed without depressing the brake pedal first...."

Incident Date: 04/20/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: POWER TRAIN
Brakes & Traction Control NHTSA ODI ID: #11711484
Filed: 01/16/2026

"The contact owns a 2024 Lincoln Navigator. The contact stated that while driving approximately 30 MPH, the vehicle abruptly stopped in the middle of the roadway. During the failure, the message "Check Brake System" was displayed. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer who was unable to duplicate..."

Incident Date: 01/14/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
Suspension NHTSA ODI ID: #11683719
Filed: 08/28/2025

"The vehicle vibrates, specially over 50MPH. Problem reported 3 times to Lincoln. Lincoln claims they know there is an issue with 2024 navigators drivability, but cannot offer a solution at this time."

Incident Date: 07/16/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: SUSPENSION,WHEELS
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 6 0 8 View 2023 Problems →
2024 Lincoln Navigator Current Page 15 3 7 Current
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 2024 Lincoln Navigator

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 14 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
SUSPENSION,WHEELS 2 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,LANE DEPARTURE,BACK OVER PREVENTION 1 1 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SEAT BELTS,SEATS 1 0 0 0 0
ENGINE,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 1 0 0 0
EXTERIOR LIGHTING 1 0 0 0 0
Forward Collision Avoidance NHTSA category: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
Powertrain NHTSA category: POWER TRAIN 1 0 0 0 0
Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC 1 0 0 0 0
Suspension NHTSA category: SUSPENSION 1 0 0 0 0
SUSPENSION,POWER TRAIN 1 0 0 0 0
SUSPENSION,POWER TRAIN,WHEELS 1 0 0 0 0
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,LANE DEPARTURE 1 1 0 0 0
Visibility & Wipers NHTSA category: VISIBILITY/WIPER 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 (15). 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.