2005 LINCOLN AVIATOR Complaints

REAR LIFTGATE ON 2005 AVIATOR DEVELOPED A CRACK NEXT TO LINCOLN EMBLEM. WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED BY LINCOLN DEALER. THIS DEFECT WAS SEEN ON NUMEROUS OTHER AVIATORS AND APPEARS TO BE A DEFECT. *TR

A VERTICAL CRACK ON PLASTIC COVERING OF HATCH COVER. STARTS AT THE LINCOLN MEDALLION THAT IS CUT INTO THE PLASTIC PIECE AND EXTENDS VERTICALLY TO BOTTOM EDGE. I TOOK IT TO A LINCOLN DEALER. ESTIMATE WAS $500 FOR A PIECE OF PLASTIC THAT MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 12 INCHES HIGH AND THE WIDTH OF THE HATCH DOOR. THIS IS DEFINITELY A DESIGN ERROR ON THE PART OF FORD. THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT HE SEES A LOT OF THIS SAME COMPLAINT AND IT IS NOT COVERED BY FORD. A $42,500 AUTOMOBILE WITH A DEFECT IN DESIGN THAT RESULTS IN AN UNSIGHTLY SPLIT IN PLASTIC PIECE WANTING AN OUTRAGEOUS FEE OF $500 TO REPLACE THE PIECE. DO YOU THINK I WILL EVER BY ANOTHER FORD PRODUCT. NOT IN THIS LIFETIME! THANKS FORD WHO ALWAYS PUTS QUALITY FIRST. *TR

OWNER OF 2005 LINCOLN AVIATOR (ACQUIRED LATE 2006)KEPT EXCLUSIVELY IN GARAGE. CURRENTLY HAS 39,500 MILES. A VERTICAL CRACK HAS RECENTLY APPEARED NEAR THE EMBLEM (RIGHT SIDE) ON THE REAR LIFTGATE PANEL BELOW THE REAR WINDOW. THE ENTIRE LIFTGATE PORTION WHICH CONTAINS THE WINDOW AND THE EMBLEM HAS TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, AND AS PREVIOUSLY STATED THE DEALERSHIP STATES THAT FORD/LINCOLN WILL NOT STAND BEHIND ITS VEHICLE. ALSO, IT SEEMS THE CRACK MAY PREVENT THE FROM CLOSING SECURELY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 LINCOLN AVIATOR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING AND CRASHED INTO THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE DRY. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AND PUSH THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. THE CONTACT HAD TO RELEASE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART, AND WAS TOWED. THE MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW BATTERY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 54,000.*AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER RELEASING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT DECELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED IN THIS MANNER.

MY AVIATOR IS MAKING A WHINNING/SIREN SOUND IN THE REAR END AT ACCELERATING, DECELERATING AND CRUISING SPEEDS. *NM

VEHICLE STEERING SHUDDERS/SHAKE WHILE MAKING LEFT TURN. HAS TAKEN VEHICLE BACK TWICE AND THE DEALER CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. SECOND TRIP DEALER BLED THE FLUIDS AND VEHICLE STILL HAS THE PROBLEM. FEELS AS THOUGH I MIGHT LOSE CONTROL OF THE STEERING. *NM

THIS VEHICLES STEERING SHUDDERS WHILE MAKING LOW SPEED TURNS, USUALLY LEFT TURNS. DEALERS HAS BLED THE SYSTEM ONCE AND IT SEEMED TO CORRECT THE ISSUES. AFTER ABOUT 3 WEEKS THE STEERING BEGAN SHUDDERING AGAIN WHILE MAKING LEFT TURNS AND EVEN LANE CHANGES WOULD CAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL TO SHUDDER. UPON SECOND TRIP TO DEALER THEY STATED THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THE SHUDDER WAS NORMAL FOR THE VEHICLE. *JB

WITH LESS THAN 200 MILES ON IT, MY 2005 LINCOLN AVIATOR DEVELOPED A LEAK THAT WAS DRIPPING DOWN THROUGH THE OVERHEAD LIGHT SWITCH NEAR THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. DEALER BELIEVES THAT DRAINAGE TUBE CHANNELING WATER FROM SUNROOF CRIMPED WHEN INSTALLED AT THE FACTORY. DEALER HAS SEEN OTHER AVIATORS WITH SAME PROBLEM. THIS CAN CAUSE AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHORT SINCE WATER WAS DRIPPING INTO RADIO AND DASHBOARD CONTROLS AS WELL AS SHIFTER. WATER DROPS HAVE ALSO BEEN SPOTTED OVER DRIVER SIDE SPEAKER ON DOOR WHERE DRAINAGE TUBE EMPTIES TO. *NM

OWNER SAYS THAT COLD AIR BLOWS OUT OF THE VENT DURING COLD WEATHER. ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE HAS WARMED UP. THIS HAPPENS EVEN AFTER THE TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN SET. OWNER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY'VE BOTH SAID THAT WHAT IS HAPPENING IS MEETING SPECIFICATIONS. *NM IN ADDITION, SNOW COLLECTS ON THE WINDSHIELD AND THE INSIDE WOULD FOG UNLESS AIR WAS DIRECTED AT A CONSTANT HIGH FAN SETTING AND AT HIGH HEAT SETTING. THIS SETTING EXACERBATES THE PROBLEM WITH THE SIDE DEFOGGERS BY INCREASING THE FLOW OF COLD AIR TO THE FRONT SEAT OCCUPANTS. *SC *JB