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Lincoln Nautilus Problems by Model Year

Shade compares each year’s NHTSA complaints with a typical Lincoln Nautilus year, allowing for the era and time on the road: darker means more. Unshaded years are too new, too old or have too few complaints to compare.

NHTSA recorded 240 consumer complaints across the 8 model years of the Lincoln Nautilus (2019–2026) that have at least 5 complaints. 2019 has the most, with 103. Across all years, the part named most often is transmission and drivetrain (59 mentions). Pick a model year below to see its parts, mileage, recalls and service bulletins.

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All Nautilus model years

Years with fewer than 5 complaints are not listed. The score compares years of the same model, allowing for the era and for how long each year has collected complaints: 50 is a typical year, lower means fewer complaints. It is not adjusted for sales volume.

Year	Complaints	Median mi	Recalls	TSBs	Score (50 = typical)	Trend
2026	9	—	0	40	—	Too new
2025	22	2,500	6	95	—	Too new
2024	22	14,448	7	193	—	Too new
2023	7	—	3	58	—	Too new
2022	16	90,600	2	88	—	Rising
2021	27	86,000	2	132	9 · Fewer	Rising
2020	34	32,004	5	145	50 · Typical	Rising
2019	103	7,250	8	145	100 · More	Rising

Parts named most often, all years

Counts add up complaint mentions across the listed years. A complaint can name several parts.

Transmission and drivetrain59 24%
Electrical system47 19%
Other or unknown44 18%
Engine27 11%
Body and structure24 9.9%
Brakes15 6.2%
Steering13 5.4%
Back-over prevention (rear camera)13 5.4%

Example complaints

One per model year, chosen for length and detail. Personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

2019: “With less than 700 miles on the new car, my instrument cluster went black. I took it to the selling dealer who kept it for several days and said they couldn't replicate the issue. I was informed when they returned my car that when they first started the car my issue was not there. We received several text message warning from Lincoln. Photo attached.”

NHTSA complaint #11245842, filed 2019-08, 700 miles

2022: “The transmission jerks at low speeds between 10mph-60mph. Has been duplicated at Lincoln dealership. A torque converter was replaced , but did not correct problem. I know that there is a class action suit for this problem for 2019-2021 it needs to add the 2022 suv also. Lincoln paid for parts , I paid labor . Total repair was 2200$”

NHTSA complaint #11722407, filed 2026-03

2025: “Backing out of a parking stall at the store and as I was moving, two pedestrians walked behind the vehicle and no alert sounded in the vehicle while backing up, nor did the vehicle brake as it should to avoid hitting them. Vehicle was in electric mode and I did not notice if the rear beeper was operating at the time or not.”

NHTSA complaint #11731095, filed 2026-04

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About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 28, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate. Methodology