14% of complaints about the 1999 Lincoln Navigator came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 1999 vehicle — around the middle of the 201 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 5.0 yr in service. The most-reported system is tires (28 complaints), typically at 4.1 yr or about 67,300 miles.
SABERSPORT IS RECALLING 16,270 COMBINATION CORNER AND BUMPER LAMP ASSEMBLIES OF VARIOUS PART NUMBERS SOLD FOR USE AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES. THESE HEADLAMPS FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT." THESE LAMPS DO NOT CONTAIN THE REQUIRED AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS.
DECREASED LIGHTING VISIBILITY MAY RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
CERTAIN AFTERMARKET FUEL FILTERS SOLD UNDER THE PUROLATOR BRAND NAME, P/N F65277, SHIPPED FROM JANUARY 16 THROUGH JUNE 2, 2006, FOR USE ON THE ABOVE LISTED PASSENGER VEHICLES. DUE TO INCORRECT DESIGN, THE QUICK CONNECTORS MAY NOT FULLY SEAT WITH THE TUBE INTERFACE, EVEN THOUGH THE PERSON MAKING THE CONNECTION MAY BELIEVE THAT THE QUICK CONNECTOR IS FULLY ATTACHED.
FAILURE OF THIS CONNECTION COULD LEAD TO FUEL SPILLAGE AND, IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, A FIRE COULD OCCUR.
ON CERTAIN PICKUP TRUCKS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH SPEED CONTROL, THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH MAY OVERHEAT, SMOKE, OR BURN.
A FIRE AT THE SWITCH COULD OCCUR.
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MULTI-PURPOSE VEHICLES. THE TRAILER HITCH ASSEMBLY TO THE FRAME ATTACHING BOLTS COULD LOSE THE CLAMP LOAD.
THE TRAILER HITCH COULD THEN SEPARATE FROM THE VEHICLE.
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE (4X4), 17" CHROME STEEL WHEELS. THE CLAMP LOAD CAN BE LOST ON THE WHEEL LUGS DUE TO INSUFFICIENT WHEEL CONTACT AREA WITH THE HUB. IN SOME CASES, THE CONTACT AREA CAN DEFORM, RESULTING IN A LOSS OF LUG NUT TORQUE.
LOSS OF LUG NUT TORQUE CAN CAUSE VIBRATION OR SEPARATION OF A WHEEL AND TIRE FROM THE VEHICLE.
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. THE FUEL LINE ASSEMBLIES MAY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY THE SUPPLIER DURING MANUFACTURING, ALLOWING LEAKAGE.
FUEL LEAKAGE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE CAN RESULT IN A FIRE.
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. THESE VEHICLES MAY HAVE A MISSING OR PARTIALLY INSTALLED RETAINER CLIP THAT HOLDS THE MASTER CYLINDER PUSH ROD TO THE BRAKE PEDAL ARM.
INCREASED BRAKE STOPPING DISTANCE CAN OCCUR, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
ON JANUARY 11, 1999 MY HUSBAND AND MYSELF HAD PULLED OFF THE LOT OF THE DEALERSHIP WHEN WE CAME TO THE RED LIGHT ABOUT 100 FEET AWAY FROM THE DEALERSHIP . WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND WE PROCEED THRU THE LIGHT THE LEFT REAR SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WENT BOMB AND THE TIRE ROLLED DOWN THE STREET BESIDE US.
TREAD SEPARATED FROM CARCASS AT SPEED, DIFFICULT TO CONTROL VEHICLE, BUT LUCKILY IT WAS RIGHT REAR AND I FELT IT STARTING TO GO AND SLOWED BEFORE TOTAL TREAD SEPARATION( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 255/75R-17 )
TWO ORIGINAL TIRES 'SHREADED' BEYOND REPAIR WITHIN FIRST YEAR. SAME DEFECT AS FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS EXPERIENCED WITH ITS FIRESTONE TIRES. THE FAILURE APPEARS THE SAME AS WHAT HAS BEEN NOTED IN LINCOLN NAVIGATORS SOLD IN SAUDI ARABIA. *AK (TIRESIZE: 16 INCH)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 16 INCH )
WHEN CONSUMER MAKES A STOP AND THEN PROCEEDS CAR WOULD STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. CONSUMER TOOK CAR TO DEALER, AND THE DEALER SAID THAT HE DIDN'T SEE A PROBLEM IN HIS COMPUTER, AND THAT HE COULD NOT FIX IT UNLESS IT WAS IN THE COMPUTER. *AK