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What 20 owners told NHTSA about the 2025 Lincoln Nautilus

These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.

All (20)Crash / fire / injury (1)Lane Departure (6)Driver assistance (5)Brakes (3)Visibility & wipers (3)Backup camera & sensors (2)Steering (2)Airbags (1)Body & structure (1)Speed control (1)Transmission & drivetrain (1)

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Feb 14, 2026SteeringTransmission & drivetrainBrakes

Front right brakes make grinding sounds when stopping and lose traction when roads are wet. Vehicle causes safety issues when roads are wet. Due to lack of control. Issue was reported to the dealer and I was told Lincoln is aware of the issue but there’s no fix at the time. Vehicle was inspected by dealer at 7,500 miles No warning lights present

NHTSA ODI 11718014

Oct 7, 2025SteeringLane Departure

I had a 2020 ford explorer with co-Pilot 360 which is lane centering with your hand on the wheel. The new Nautilus is equipped with this same system and Blu Cruise. Unfortunately, the system will not work without the eye scanning system as it says it does and the sales rep says it will. The car has non-working safety equipment. The eye scanning system is very sensitive and constantly yelling at you. When you turn off hands free lane centering there is no lane centering which is very dangerous.

NHTSA ODI 11691977

Working with the data? Download all 20 complaints as CSV · fetched from NHTSA July 10, 2026

How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2025 Lincoln Nautilus verdict →