2004 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR Complaints

I OWN A 2004 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR. I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR BAG SUSPENSION SYSTEM SINCE I HAVE OWNED MY VEHICLE. WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN IT GETS COLD THE SYSTEM FAILS TO OPERATE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO DROP DOWN ON THE TIRES. RIPPING THEM FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE, IT DESTROYS THE TIRES AND COULD VERY EASILY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE TIRES MANY TIMES DUE TO THIS ISSUE. THIS WINTER ALONE IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP AT LEASE 6 OR 7 TIMES. THIS SYSTEM IS NO LONGER IN USE ON THE NEW NAVIGATORS. FORD HAS ISSUED NO RECALLS AND WILL NOT ASSIST ME IN GETTING THIS ISSUE RESOLVED. THEY SAID UNLESS THEY ARE FORCED TO DEAL WITH THIS BY THE NHTSA , I CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE WHICH IS CLEARLY A MFG PROBLEM. EVERYONE I KNOW WHO OWNS A NAVIGATOR WITH THIS SYSTEM HAVE GOTTEN RID OF THEM. MINE IS PAID FOR AND I CAN'T AFFORD ANOTHER VEHICLE. *TR

FAULTY WIRING THAT GOES FROM THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE TO THE FUSE BOX. ALL THE ELECTRICAL STUFF QUIT WORKING IN ONE MOMENT. WHEN I TOOK IT IN TO GET LOOKED AT THE MECHANICS SAID THAT THE CAR WAS UNDRIVEABLE BECAUSE IT WOULD CATCH ON FIRE. *TR

LOST OF REAR BRAKES DUE TO THE LACK OF A BRAKING SYSTEM WHERE WEAR INDICATORS (SENSORS OR LIGHT INDICATORS) WERE LEFT OFF MY 2004 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR BY THE MANUFACTURER. NO SENSORS ON THE OUTER REAR AND FRONT BRAKE PADS. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER FOR ME AND MY WIFE IF I WAS TRAVEL HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON A ROAD TRIP AND THE BRAKES SUDDENLY FAILED WITHOUT NOTICE OR WARNING. *TR

LINCOLN NAVIGATOR 04' HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH AIR SUSPENSION WHEN IN COLD WEATHER UNDER 30 DEGREES. FRONT FENDER TOUCHING TIRES. THE SUSPENSION WON'T WORK AT ALL. AIR COMPRESSOR WAS REPLACED, ONE OF THE SENSORS & A VALVE. SPENT OVER $1000 ON IT TRYING TO REPAIR AND NOTHING FIXES THE PROBLEM. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES ALREADY AND THE DEALER DOESN'T FIND THE ISSUE AS THE COMPUTER DOES NOT GIVE A CODE ERROR MESSAGE. THIS IS NOT A RELIABLE CAR. HOW CAN A CAR'S AIR SUSPENSION WORK ON THE WARM WEATHER AND NOT ON THE COLD?WAS LINCOLN THINKING ABOUT THIS WHEN MAKING THIS CAR? I HAVE READ ONLINE AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS UP NORTH AND QUITE A FEW ON THE CITY I LIVE IN. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH, THE SIDE AIRBAG CURTAINS IN OUR 2004 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE DIRECTLY TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE DIAGNOSTICS RAN ON IT SHOWED THAT WE HAD A COLLISION THAT CAUSED THE AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY. OUR INSURANCE ADJUSTER LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS NO TYPE OF COLLISION TO HAVE CAUSED THE AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY. THE DEALERSHIP INSISTS THAT WE HIT SOMETHING AND CHOOSES NOT TO REPAIR IT. INSTEAD, WE WERE TOLD THAT WE HAD TO PAY FOR IT; $6,000.00. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR WITH 99,000 MILES ON IT. I NOTICED THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE 2009 FOR AN INTERMITTENT BRAKE LIGHT FAILURE PROBLEM. I HAVE JUST BEGUN TO HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM ON MY TRUCK. IF I LIGHTLY BRAKE NONE OF THE BRAKE LIGHTS WORK BUT IF I PUSH THE BRAKE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR THEY ALL THREE COME ON. *TR

I BOUGHT MY ONE OWNER CARFAX INCIDENT FREE 2004 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR IN APRIL 2009 , IN MAY 2009 I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND MY SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS DEPLOYED ALMOST CAUSING ME TO WRECK MY VEHICLE, THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE PURCHASED , AFTER WAITING OVER A WEEK THE TRUCK WAS RETURNED WITH NO EXPLANATION THE ONLY THING I WAS TOLD WAS THAT IT DID NOT FALL UNDER WARRANTY AND THEY WOULD NOT BE WILLING TO HELP. LEFT WITH NO OPTION, I AM DRIVING THE VEHICLE AS IS, I WAS NOT GIVEN ANY INFORMATION OR WARNINGS. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AGAIN ON 5/24 THE DRIVERS AIRBAG FIRED BUT DID NOT DEPLOY, AGAIN ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I AM CURRENTLY TAKING THE VEHICLE TO GET THE AIRBAGS TURNED OFF. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY LINCOLN NAVIGATOR DOWN THE HIGHWAY MY SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I CONTACTED THE DEALER WHERE PURCHASED 2 MONTHS AGO, THEY CAME TO GET THE VEHICLE THAT DAY. AFTER KEEPING MY VEHICLE ABOUT A WEEK THEY CONTACTED ME AND STATED THEY WOULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM , I RECEIVED THE TRUCK BACK TODAY WITH BOTH AIRBAGS HANGING DOWN AND THE WARNING LIGHT ON, MY HUSBAND AND I WERE TOLD WE ARE ON OUR OWN AND THEY WOULD NOT LOOK INTO THE PROBLEM, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE PROBLEM, OR IF THE TRUCK WILL BE SAFE TO DRIVE NOW OR IF THE FRONT AIRBAGS MIGHT DEPLOY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SEAT BELTS IN HER VEHICLE WOULD NOT RETRACT PROPERLY. THE FAILURE WAS MORE NOTICEABLE IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT BECAUSE IT WAS USED MORE FREQUENTLY; HOWEVER, THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT MALFUNCTIONED OCCASIONALLY. THE CONTACT WAS UNSURE IF THE REAR SEAT BELTS MALFUNCTIONED BECAUSE THEY WERE HARDLY USED. SHE DISCOVERED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN, WHICH STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER WOULD CORRECT THE ISSUE IN FUTURE MODELS. IN THE INTERIM, THEY WANTED TO CHARGE THE CONTACT $160 TO PLACE TEFLON TAPE IN THE RETRACTOR. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED OF THE TSB AND TEFLON REMEDY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT ASSIST. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 43,066 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 35,000. UPDATED 5/7/09 *CN UPDATED 05/08/09.*JB

THE NUMBER THREE SPARK PLUG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY 2004 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR BLEW OUT. THE CAR HAS 72000 MILE ON IT AND IS EXCELLENT CONDITION. THIS IS DEFECT, THERE SHOULD BE MORE THREADS HOLDING THE SPARK PLUG IN PACE, THIS CAR USES ALUMINUM CYLINDER HEADS, THE MANUFACTURES DESIGN DID NOT PUT ENOUGH THREADS IN PLACE FOR ALUMINUM TO HOLD THE PLUG OVER THE USABLE LIFE OF THE CAR AND ENGINE. *TR