Lincoln Nautilus Recalls

The Lincoln Nautilus has 33 recalls covering 2019 through 2027 model years, with the most serious being a rear shock absorber defect on 2023 models where the shocks can overextend and damage the rear brake hoses, reducing braking ability and potentially damaging the axle half shafts, wheel speed sensors, and stabilizer bar end links.

The 2025 model year has two powertrain concerns: the exhaust gas recirculation valve can fail and cause an unexpected loss of drive power, and a faulty LED driver module can knock out the headlights, daytime running lights, and turn signals on one side of the vehicle. On 2024-2025 models with a block heater, the heater can overheat while plugged in and parked, raising the risk of fire. The 2024-2025 model years also have a software problem with the power windows where the automatic reversal system fails to pull back when sensing an obstruction during global close, and prior repair attempts did not fully resolve this issue across multiple correction cycles. On 2024-2025 vehicles, a separate software fault can cause the instrument cluster and center display to reboot while driving, losing the speedometer and warning readouts, and the rearview camera can fail to display or drop out. The 2024-2027 Nautilus Hybrid has a software error that can silence the low-speed pedestrian warning sound.

On 2021-2023 models, the rearview camera can freeze or go blank. The 2021-2022 model years with a 2.7L or 3.0L EcoBoost engine have intake valves that can break internally, causing sudden engine failure and loss of drive power. The 2023 model's child seat tether anchor welds on the second-row left seat back can be insufficient, reducing the anchor's ability to hold a child seat in a crash.

Going back to 2020, an under-lubricated rear drive unit can seize and cause loss of drive or sudden loss of vehicle control, and a poor electrical connection can make the rearview camera display a blank or distorted image intermittently. The 2019 model year has several issues: the airbag module plastic cover can detach during deployment and become a projectile in the cabin on vehicles without Adaptive Front Steering; the lane center assist system can fail to detect hands off the wheel and not alert the driver, with a prior repair attempt leaving some vehicles still affected; and the instrument cluster can go completely blank at startup, hiding speed and warning information, again with a prior repair that did not fully fix all affected vehicles.