2014 Lincoln Navigator: what breaks, and at what mileage
What breaks on the 2014 Lincoln Navigator
On the 2014 Lincoln Navigator, the failure owners report most often is other powertrain problem, with 4 reports on file. Across every failure mode on this year, half the dated reports were filed before 85,000 miles. Overall it scores 60 out of 100, high risk for a 2014.
High risk for a 2014 — 261st riskiest of the 270 2014 vehicles we can rate. 25 owner reports; fleet size borrowed from other years of the same model.
What breaks on the 2014 Lincoln Navigator
Owners have reported 15 named failure modes on the 2014 Lincoln Navigator, and the three most-reported carry 36% of everything filed.
Other powertrain problem leads with 4 reports and about 0.1 per 1,000 vehicles.
Tail light, brake light or signal failure follows with 3 reports, median 135,000 miles.
Misfire or rough idle follows with 2 reports, median 105,000 miles.
By system, the reports fall mostly into transmission (4), lighting (4) and electrical (4).
At what mileage it happens
18 of the reports on the 2014 Lincoln Navigator came with an odometer reading, and half of those were filed before 85,000 miles.
Cumulatively, 22% by 50,000 miles and 61% by 100,000 miles of the dated reports had been filed.
The busiest stretch is between 50,000 and 60,000 miles, which alone holds 17% of the dated reports.
17% of the dated reports were filed below 36,000 miles.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
Showing the 12 most-reported failure modes of 15. The full list is in the table below.
How reports accumulate
Every report with an odometer reading, cumulative, from 0 to 200,000 miles. A curve that climbs early is a car with early problems, whatever its total.
- Line share of reports filed by that mileage
- Dashed the median reported mileage
Severity, and what it costs
Across the named modes, 5 mention a crash and 2 an injury. Those are the words owners used in their own complaints, and NHTSA does not verify them, but they are the closest thing in this data to a measure of what a failure actually did.
The average severity weight across every report on this year is 5.04, where a stalled engine or a failed airbag weighs many times more than a rattling trim panel, and a figure this high means the reports are dominated by failures with safety consequences rather than annoyances. The weighting is set out in full on the methodology page.
What the top failures cost to put right, as editorial estimates for an independent US shop rather than figures from NHTSA: other powertrain problem at $400–$4,500, tail light, brake light or signal failure at $100–$900, misfire or rough idle at $250–$1,600 and control module (ECM/PCM/BCM) failure at $700–$3,000. Dealer labour, a seized bolt or a part that is no longer made can push any of these past the top of its range.
28% of the reports on this year sit in the engine, transmission, drivetrain or cooling systems — the four where a repair bill is usually four figures.
Every reported failure mode
| Failure mode | System | Reports | With reading | 25th | Median | 75th | Per 1,000 | Typical repair | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other powertrain problem | transmission | 4 | 3 | — | 90k | — | 0.1 | $400–$4,500 | High |
| Tail light, brake light or signal failure | lighting | 3 | 3 | — | 134k | — | 0.1 | $100–$900 | Moderate |
| Misfire or rough idle | engine | 2 | 2 | — | 106k | — | 0.0 | $250–$1,600 | Moderate |
| Control module (ECM/PCM/BCM) failure | electrical | 2 | 1 | — | 107k | — | 0.0 | $700–$3,000 | High |
| Liftgate, tailgate or trunk failure | body | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.0 | $250–$1,500 | Moderate |
| Fuel tank, filler or EVAP failure | fuel | 1 | 1 | — | 82k | — | 0.0 | $250–$1,800 | Moderate |
| Ignition switch, key fob or immobilizer failure | electrical | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.0 | $250–$1,500 | High |
| Master cylinder or brake booster failure | brakes | 1 | 1 | — | 40k | — | 0.0 | $450–$2,200 | Critical |
| Blower motor or climate control failure | hvac | 1 | 1 | — | 122k | — | 0.0 | $250–$1,200 | Moderate |
| Other engine problem | engine | 1 | 1 | — | 54k | — | 0.0 | $300–$4,000 | High |
| Other electrical problem | electrical | 1 | 1 | — | 34k | — | 0.0 | $250–$2,000 | Moderate |
| Other fuel system problem | fuel | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.0 | $300–$2,200 | High |
| Other suspension problem | suspension | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.0 | $350–$2,000 | Moderate |
| Other lighting problem | lighting | 1 | 1 | — | 213 | — | 0.0 | $120–$1,200 | Moderate |
| Other speed control problem | adas | 1 | 1 | — | 54k | — | 0.0 | $250–$2,000 | Critical |
| Unclassified problem | other | 2 | 2 | — | 44k | — | 0.0 | — | Moderate |
This year had no usable recall paperwork, so the fleet-size estimate is the median of other years of the same model. Repair costs are typical independent-shop ranges for the failure, not figures from these reports.
How often, against how many were built
Scaled by an estimate of how many of these cars exist, the 2014 Lincoln Navigator draws about 0.4 per 1,000 vehicles, which puts it in the 71st percentile of complaint rates among 2014 vehicles we can rate.
That denominator is the weakest number on the page and it is fair to say so plainly. This year had no usable recall paperwork, so the fleet-size estimate is the median of other years of the same model.
The working figure is 57,015 vehicles. If the true number is twice that, every rate on this page is half what it says; the ranking against other 2014 vehicles, which is what the risk score uses, is far more robust than the rate itself.
How it ranks in the 2014 field
The score at the top of the page, placed among its peers. The zones are the same thresholds the scorer applies, read out of the scorer itself, so the picture and the band word cannot disagree.
Scores are ranked within the model year, never across years, because an older car has had longer to accumulate reports.
- Left fewer and less serious reports
- Right more, or worse
- Marker this vehicle
Better and worse years of the same car
High risk for a 2014 — 261st riskiest of the 270 2014 vehicles we can rate. The comparison is always within the same model year, so an older car is never penalised for having had longer to break.
Across the 25 model years of this car that carry enough reports to score, 2008 comes out best at 59 and 2019 worst at 74, with 2014 itself at 60.
No other year of this model scores meaningfully better than 2014, so if this generation is what you want, the year is not the lever.
Within the 2010–2017 generation specifically, 2014 is the strongest year at 60 and 2012 the weakest at 68.
Scores compare each year against other cars of the same model year, so a low number on an older car is a real result and not an artefact of age.
Shorter is better. Years with too few reports to score are shown without a bar rather than as a zero, because no data is not good news.
Within the 2010-2017 generation, 2014 Lincoln Navigator scores best at 60 and 2012 Lincoln Navigator worst at 68.
Where these figures stop being useful
25 owner reports; fleet size borrowed from other years of the same model. Every count on this page is therefore a floor: it is the number of owners who went to the trouble of filing with a federal agency, which is a small and self-selected fraction of the owners who had the fault.
Of those 25 reports, 18 carried an odometer reading, so the mileages here describe 72% of the sample rather than all of it. Owners also round: readings pile up on multiples of ten thousand, which is why this site publishes "about 90,000 miles" and not "91,438".
Named failure modes come from matching phrases in the complaint text, so a badly worded complaint can land in the wrong bucket. The effect washes out across hundreds of reports and does not wash out across five.
And nothing here predicts what one car will do. These are other people's complaints, filed years apart, on cars maintained by strangers. Read the page as a map of where this model year has previously gone wrong, then have the specific car in front of you inspected.
Questions this page answers
What are the most common problems with the 2014 Lincoln Navigator?
The most-reported failures are other powertrain problem (4 reports, median 90,000 miles), tail light, brake light or signal failure (3 reports, median 135,000 miles) and misfire or rough idle (2 reports, median 105,000 miles). Counts come from owner complaints filed with NHTSA, which are voluntary, so they show what owners bothered to report rather than every fault that occurred.
Is the 2014 Lincoln Navigator reliable?
It scores 60 out of 100 on our risk index, which is high — 261st riskiest of the 270 2014 vehicles we can rate. The score is a comparison against other 2014 vehicles, not a prediction about any individual car, and it is built from complaint rates, severity and how early failures appear.
Which year of the Lincoln Navigator is best?
Within the 2010–2017 generation, 2014 scores best at 60 out of 100 and 2012 worst at 68. Same body, same engines, different luck.
Where this comes from. Every figure above is computed from NHTSA owner complaints and recall records for this exact make, model and year. Complaints are voluntary and self-selected, so treat counts as a floor. The methodology page writes out each formula, and the same numbers are available as JSON.
What breaks at my mileage Compare with another car
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed