Lincoln Aviator
Owners filed 496 complaints across 11 model years of the Lincoln Aviator. The 2003 drew the most (111).
Which Lincoln Aviator years should you avoid?
No Lincoln Aviator year stands out. Across the 6 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 66), and none shows an unusual share of fires, crashes or deaths for its age.
Too new to judge: 2025, 2026 and 2027. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Lincoln Aviator model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027Too new | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2026Too new | 4 | 6 | — | — | Seats | Routine | |
| 2025Too new | 18 | 15 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2024 | 7 | 8 | — | — | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2023 | 24 | 16 | — | 1 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2022 | 49 | 21 | 1 | 4 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2021 | 41 | 28 | 1 | 1 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2020 | 110 | 30 | 1 | 2 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2005 | 51 | 0 | — | 3 | Structure › Body | Routine | |
| 2004 | 81 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine | |
| 2003 | 111 | 1 | — | 5 | Power Train | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.