2003 Lincoln Navigator Body & Structure Problems

WE BOUGHT A 2003 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR FROM A LOCAL DEALER AND ABOUT A MONTH TO LATE NOTICED WATER LEAKING FROM THE SUNROOF AND FRONT HANDLE OF THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THOUGHT IT WAS COMING FROM THE FRONT WINDSHIELD, BECAUSE THE GASKET WAS KIND OF WARPED .FIRST WE SEALED IT UP WITH SILICONE, SO WE THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED UNTIL WE NOTICED MORE WATER LEAKING.BY THIS TIME IT WAS TO LATE. ON THE WAY HOME FROM THE STORE NOTICED A BUZZING SOUND .GUESS WHAT THE ELECTRICAL BOARD IS FRIED . I ALWAYS WONDERED IF WE'RE THE ONLY ONE BUT IM QUITE SURE WE'RE NOT . THIS IS A POORLY DESIGNED PIECE OF CAR. THERE HAS TO BE SOME WAY IN DETERMINING HOW TO FIX THIS WATER LEAK. BUT NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING. WHY ISN'T THEIR A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RUNNING BOARDS ON BOTH SIDES OF VEHICLES WERE EXHIBITING ROTTING. THE BRACKETS WERE RUSTED AND CORRODED AND THE SHEET METAL UNDERNEATH THE BOARDS WAS MISSING. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO CONSULT WITH THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 96,800.

POWER SIDE STEP BARS ROTTEN WITH RUST, WE CAN NO LONGER STEP ON THEM BECAUSE THEY WILL BREAK OFF COMPLETELY THEN WE WILL HAVE A BIGGER PROBLEM. *TR

HI I WAS WONDERING THE INSIDE PASS. DOOR HANDLE WE WENT TO OPEN IT AND THE HANDLE BROKE IN HALF, WELL FOR 1 CANT BELIEVE IT WAS MADE OF CHEAP PLASTIC FOR THE PRICE YOU PAY FOR THE TRUCK AND 2 WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT AND THE HANDLE BROKE ETC. *TR

MY 03 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER RUNNING BOARDS ON THE DRIVER SIDE. AFTER CAR IS STARTED THE RUNNING BOARD REMAINS DEPLOYED AND WILL NOT RETURN TO THE "IN" POSITION UNTIL VEHICLE HAS EXCEEDED MORE THAN 5MPH. THE RUNNING BOARD WILL GO IN AND OUT EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP. THE PROBLEMS TEMPS TO BE WORST ON HOT DAYS. I HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING TO FIX THE PROBLEM YET, BUT AFTER RESEARCHING AND READING SOME BLOGS ABOUT LINCOLN'S 03 NAVIGATOR I SAW THAT THERE IS A LOT OF OTHER NAVIGATOR OWNERS THAT ARE OR HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. WHEN THE RUNNING BOARD DOES NOT GO IN, IT MAKES THE AIR SUSPENSION NOT INFLATE AS IT SHOULD. THIS MAKES THE VEHICLE FEEL LIKE IF IT IS HEAVIER THAN IT IS AND AT TIME MAKING IT HARD TO HANDLE ON THE ROAD. WITH THIS I HAVE NOTICED THAT SINCE THE SUSPENSION IS NOT RUNNING OK THE CAR FEELS LIKE IF ITS DRAGGING, WHICH PUTS EXTRA STRESS ON THE TIRES, WEARING OUT THE TIRES FASTER THAN IT SHOULD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE HATCH BACK DOOR WAS RUSTED . THE DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO AWARE OF THE FAILURE. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 83,000.

POWER DEPLOYABLE RUNNING BOARD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DID NOT EXTEND OUT (DEPLOY) WHEN THE DOOR WAS OPENED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. THE PASSENGER STEPPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND FELL TO THE GROUND. THE BOARD HAS NOT DEPLOYED SINCE THIS INCIDENT. TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIR AND PARTS (MOTOR) ARE NOT COVERED BY EXTENDED WARRANTY. SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED AROUND 40K MILES. DEALERSHIP REPLACED BOTH RUNNING BOARD ASSEMBLIES. *NM

DOOR RATTLES AND WIND NOISE OCCURS WHEN DRIVING AT HOGHWAY RATED SPEED. THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE AS COMPLAINT#'S: 10062258,10005562,10028646. *AK

THE DRIVER HAD A HARD TIME READING THE DASHBOARD PANEL. THE DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH WERE TOO DIM TO READ IN BRIGHT SUNLIGHT AND VISIBLE IN THE SHADE. THIS PROBLEM CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO MISS THE "DOOR AJAR/TAILGATE" FOR THIRTY MINUTES WHICH ALLOWED EXHAUST FUMES TO ENTER THE VEHICLE. *SCC *JB

2003 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR - LOOSE FRONT DOOR TRIM PANELS - RATTLES OCCURS AT SPEEDS GREATER THAT 50 MPH. DEALER INSPECTED PANELS, BUT INSISTED THAT LOOSE PANELS WERE NORMAL CONDITIONS. SYMPTOM IDENTICAL TO NHTSA COMPLAINT NUMBER 10005562. *AK

EXCESSIVE WIND AND ROAD NOISE IN CAB OF LINCOLN NAVIGATOR. *AK

EXCESSIVE WIND NOISE IN CAB. REPORTED AT LEAST THREE TIMES TO DEALER. ON THIRD COMPLAINT, TOLD BY DEALER THAT "THIS IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS TRUCK".*AK

RATTLES IN BOTH FRONT DOOR TRIM PANELS - OCCURS AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN 45-50 MPH. HAVE HAD VEHICLE UNSUCCESSFULLY IN FOR REPAIRS FOUR TIMES. HAVE REPLACED DOOR PANELS WITHOUT RESOLUTION OF PROBLEM. LATEST SERVICE DATE IS LISTED BELOW.

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A RUNNING BOARD PROBLEM. THE RUNNING BOARDS EXTENDED WHEN OPENING THE DOOR, AND RETRACTED WHEN CLOSING THE DOOR. *AK