1998 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR Complaints

CONSISTENT INTENSE KNOCKING FOLLOWING "COLD" START. CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN OIL CONSUMPTION. *AK

WHEN STARTING VEHICLE BLOWER WITHIN THE HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM AUTOMATICALLY COMES ON WITHOUT MANUAL OPERATION, AND CANNOT BE SHUTDOWN. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER REPLACED THE CONTROL SYSTEM WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

RECALL 98V095000/ LUGS: NUTS, AND BOLTS. VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. AFTER THE REPAIRS, LUGS BROKE AGAIN. DEALER IS REPAIRING THE PROBLEM AGAIN. OWNER TRADED CAR IN AFTER PAYING FOR MANY COSTLY REPAIRS THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML

WE WERE SITING IN THE PARKINGLOT WHEN WE HEARD A LOUD BANG AND THE FRONT LEFT SIDE OF THE NAVIGATOR DROPPED I GOT OUT TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPEND AND LOOK UNDER THE CAR AND SAW THE END OF THE ROD HANGING DOWN. IT FAILD RIGHT WHERE IT WOULD CONECT TO THE FRONT SUSPENSION I HAVE NEVER SEEN A TIE ROD FAIL BEFORE. AND TOO FAIL WHILL WE WERE NOT DRIVING WAS NICE. I HAD JUST PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT AND HAD BEEN PARKED FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES WHEN IT JUST FAILLED. *AK

WE FIVE WERE DRIVING TO PENDLETON, OREGON FOR A NEW YEARS CELEBRATION WE WERE ALL STRAIGHT AND SOBER. THE CAR SUDDENLY SWUNG TO THE LEFT DRIVER CORRECTED TO THE RIGHT. HAPPENED AGAIN, HARDER. RAINY AND COLD AND DARK OUT. DRIVER CORRECTED BUT THE CAR SWUNG TO THE LEFT AS THOUGH POSSESSED, HURLING US INTO A NIGHTMARE 4 FULL ROLLS. DRIVER SUSTAINED HOLE IN HER CROWN(HEAD)PLUS HAND AND ARM PAIN. PASSENGER SUSTAINED SHOULDER PAIN. PASSENGER BEHIND PERSON SUSTAINED BACK INJURIES. PASSENGER BEHIND DRIVER IN SEATBELT O.K. EXCEPT FOR BRUISING FROM SEAT BELT. 5TH PERSON IN BACK HAD COMPRESSION IN CHEST, KNEE WRENCHED, AND HORRIBLE LEG CRAMPING FOR 2 WEEKS. THANK GOD WE LIVED TO TELL THE STORY. I CAN BE REACHED AT 425-462-1396 I AM CONNIE(OWNER) STAYING AT MY DAUGHTERS UNTIL SHE HEALS UP. MY HUSBAND IS 70 YEARS OLD AND WAS BEHIND DRIVER-BRUISED ONLY. *AK

UPON APPLYING THE BRAKES, YOUR FOOT CAN ALSO PRESS THE GAS PEDEL. THIS HAS HAPPEN TO ME 3 TIMES SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE SUV.

PRIOR TO THIS HAD THE ALL TIRES ROTATED AND FOUND OUT LATER THAT THE LUGS: NUTS WERE LOOSE.WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 65MPH, ALL OF THE SUDDEN HEARD A LOUD NOISE ON THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE . VEHICLE JUMPED UP INTO THE AIR AND BACK ONTOTHE GROUND. CONTACTED THE DEALER IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING NECESSARY REPAIRS, BUT WAS TOLD ABOUT ANOTHER RECALL THAT THE NUTS NEED TO BE RETORQUED AT 110 LBS, AND THAT THEY ARE NOT UNDER WARRANTY. *AK

ENGINE STALLING ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, SEVERAL REPAIR ATTEMPTS HOWEVER CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE FAILURE, UNABLE TO BE RECTIFIED. MJS

THE PASSENGER'S SIDE MIRROR DOES NOT RETAIN THE ADJUSTMENT HOLD. WHEN VEHICLE GETS A CERTAIN VIBRATION, THE MIRROR GETS OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. THIS CAN CAUSE A TRAFFIC HAZARD DUE TO BEING ADJUSTED ALL THE TIME. BEEN TO DEALERSHIP AT LEAST 3 TIMES FOR PROBLEM, BUT NOT ABLE TO BE REPAIRED. *AK

IN ATTEMPT TO FIX PROBLEM DEALER BALANCED TIRES, REPLACED TIRES AND CHANNGED DRIVE SHAFT TWICE. LINCOLN CUSTOMER ASSISTANCES SAID THERE WAS SOMETHING NOT RIGHT BUT COULD DO NOTHING. THE VIABRATION IS BECOMING MORE VIOLENT WITH AGE AND I AM CONCERNED THAT THE VIABRATING PART COME LOOSE AND THAT MYSELF OR A PASSEN BE INJURED. FORD ENGINEERS KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM. FIX THE PROBLEM, EXPLAIN THE PROBLEM VOUCH ANG FOR THE SAFTEY OF THE VEHICLE WHEN OPERATING AT 62 MPH A THE VIABRATION IS PRESENT??