Lincoln Navigator adaptive cruise problems

Filed Jul 7, 2025 · Driver assistance · LA

When driving with the Cruise control Activated, after the brake has been applied or the cruise control cancel button is pressed, the Forward collision warning and Automatic Emergency Braking system doesn't appear to be active. The sensors do not detect a car in front until either Cruise control is re-engaged, or the Cruise Control system is turned of completely. Dealer has verified that this behavior is similar to another car of same model and year. Dealer has inspected and said that it appears to be designed to work that way, but will talk to senior manufactures technical resources.

Filed Dec 8, 2024 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · LA · crash

The lane keeping system on the Lincoln Navigator L is very heavily “right handed”and hugs the right line while cruise control is active. The lane centering over corrects and bounces off of the center line and right hand side lanes on two lane highways. This caused me to strike a mailbox and chase $7k worth damage to repair. The dealership and Lincoln customer service has been inattentive to my concerns despite the repeated professional complaints. I believe the radar and sensors are out of collaboration and require techinical support

Filed Dec 31, 2023 · Transmission · FL

Vehicle set on adaptive cruise control, car accelerated to get back up to set speed and had a hard "clunk" sound. Driver turned off cruise control and attempted to accelerate vehicle. Vehicle tachometer revved up, transmission didn't shift properly, still shifting hard or not shifting at all. Once stopped, driver of vehicle found the back of the car covered in what appeared to be ATF and what appeared to be ATF leaking under the car. Took car to dealership for inspection, transmission rebuilt. Per tech that rebuilt transmission, it overheated. No warning lights came on, the transmission temperature displayed on the vehicle was 215 degrees Fahrenheit at time of incident.

Filed Jul 27, 2022 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · CA

I purchased a new 2022 Lincoln Navigator Reserve L and just took a 3000 mile road trip and used their Active Glide driver assistance extensively and have uncovered a MAJOR safety issue with their system. The issue I found is that when using the adaptive cruise control feature the system will sometimes read a car in the adjacent lane as moving in front of my vehicle and apply the brakes very hard causing my car to immediately and strongly slow down at highway speeds - with other cars behind me. This happens mostly on curves when the straight line of sight sees the car in either the right or left lane next to me at about a 20' distance. There is no warning of brake application and can make the driver lose control. I was almost rear ended multiple times. I know the driver assistance requires the driver to be attentive - and fortunately I heeded these warnings. It appears my vehicle is trying to very quickly acquire the distance between my vehicle and what it thinks is a vehicle in front on me. This is a major issue and will lead to accidents.

Filed Aug 6, 2019 · Brakes, Seat belts · 2,000 miles · CA

Seatbelt is not recoiling properly. Dealership replaced it, new one is having similar issues. Sat in other black label navigators and they also had the same issue. When using the cruise control, the brakes are making an odd noise (it makes the same type of sound you hear when getting up from a leather couch) window washers have failed multiple times. I have multiple video's of that driver seats are making a lot of noise (almost like something is loose), dealership had to fix it twice now. Keep in mind this vehicle is brand new, their top of the line model and had less then 10k miles when these issues started. I would be more than willing to meet with someone in person to show them all the issues.

Filed Apr 19, 2017 · Acceleration · 174,000 miles · MT

The vehicle's cruise control just will not engage any longer. Has worked fine up until about 2 months ago.

Filed Aug 30, 2016 · Transmission · 72,000 miles · TX

The 2010 suffered a catastrophic failure in the transmission at 73k miles. It is not used as a delivery truck or for dirt roads. We are the original owner. What happened to this vehicle is identical to the recall for recall number 12v190000 recall date 05/03/2012 component power train:automatic transmission:control module (TCM, PCM) read more at https://www.cars.com/recalls/lincoln-navigator/#kjuvzswoqgetuoi2.99 judi was driving home from oklahoma at night,on september 22, 2015 around 10:30 pm and her vehicle 'seized up' and suffered a catastrophic failure of the transmission. She was driving at 75 MPH with the cruise control on, when all four brakes locked up as to throw the vehicle into park going highway speed down interstate 35 around 30 miles north of dallas where they have major road construction. She had the where-with-all to put on the hazard lights, barely keeping the car on the road from the skid it was sent into, and barely avoiding being hit by other oncoming vehicles traveling at 70-80mph. Once the brakes let up, she was at approximately 35mph and had no acceleration when she pressed on the gas to try and get off the highway, the engine didn't rev or acceleratethere were no shoulders and she coasted forward into a small construction area. The engine then completely disengaged from the drive train, the engine was running but wouldn't accelerate, and fortunately the vehicles behind her swerved to avoid her.after diagnostics by randall reed ford/lincoln dealership, it was determined that the mechatronic had failed. To repair this part would be $2,200.00. They also told us if the transmission was corrupted due to this failure, we would have to purchase another transmission for $5,400.00 in addition to the mechatronic purchase. The care center said they would provide $2k toward a transmission. Failure occurred 2k miles past the 70 mile warranty.

Filed Dec 6, 2015 · Engine, Fuel system · CA

Engine starts to knock an shake very loudly while coming to a complete stop from simply driving 45mph or it completely lloses all power as I'm driving an a loud poppig explosions coming from the exhuast an they are loud enough were people hehhave pulled up next to me to let me know an afraid the car may blow up. Air suspension dose not come on when it's cold an drives very poorly an misleading to other drivers an law enforcement since I've been pulled over for possible dui because the car is all over the place an jumpy. The radio cuts in an out as I drive, the cruise control doesn't work. I've taken it to 3 different mechanics they all say the same thing take it to the dealer because they can't seem to figure it out. So I took it to galpin lincoln in van nuys, ca on roscoe blvd an sepulveda an they just found one fuel injector needing replaced an wanted me to $2,500 for labor alone to completely open up my engine an see if it could possibly be the timing chain an realine the camshafts but they are not certain that's actually the problem with my navigator because they can completely do all that an come up to be fine an be something else but unless I pay $2,500 for labor to just see if it is an have the chance it could not be I still lose those $2,500 because it's a non refundable. Where am I going to come up with that kind of money not alone why am I having to pay that first to see if it's a maybe the reason of all my car problems. Honestly that is ridiculous an not going to pay that kind of money on a maybe answer not a 100 percent we are sure that's the problem. Something needs to give an heaven forbid my car does blow up with my son's in the car driving it just because I needed to pay that amount on a maybe answer is un called for.

Filed Jan 6, 2013 · Acceleration · 163,000 miles · FL · fire

We had driven the vehicle about one mile from the beach to a restaurant, where we parked as usual and entered to dine. We had been in the restaurant approximately 15 - 20 minutes when the waiter announced that there was a "car on fire" in the parking lot. My family and I, along with everyone else in the restaurant, rushed outside, where I was horrified to see my lincoln navigator surrounded by police cars and engulfed in flames. I have photos on my phone if necessary. The fire had very obviously started in the engine compartment and probably on the driver's side, as the front tire on that side had melted and was flat, but the other tires were all intact. I have since been made aware of a faulty switch related to the cruise control that can cause these problems. I am almost certain that we took our vehicle in and had that recall dealt with years ago. I will search for paperwork. I remember some repair being done at the dealer, but I cannot remember if it was a recall or just something they contacted us to recommend being repaired. Either way, my parked vehicle was destroyed by fire while I dined.

Filed Mar 13, 2012 · Acceleration, Electrical · 199,000 miles · CA · fire

Loss of brake fluid, leaked through to cruise deactivation switch into cruise systems and electrical components causing corrosion which caused a short. Had trouble with cruise control working over time lead to higher flow of current that overheated and caused fire at switch under hood. Ford speed control deactivation switch fire. The fire originated in the area where the speed control deactivation switch is located (left rear corner of the engine compartment at the master cylinder. There was evidence of speed control deactivation switch failure prior to the fire including inoperable speed control, repeated difficulty shifting out of park.