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1998 Lincoln Navigator suspension problems

26 complaints about suspension have been filed for the 1998 Lincoln Navigator, which is 11% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
26 11% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
4 and 0
Injuries and deaths
8 and 15

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 4 crashes, 8 injuries, 15 deaths.

What owners wrote

Hi my name is [xxx] I have this viehicle sinse 4-11-01 sinse this day I have take this vehicle like 15 times to the mechanic and is been the same problem the hold time rear suspension problem's when I bouht this viehicle like a month later I tooked back to the dealer for rear suspension problem's they fixed but like in month later the truck was down again for the same problem and they fixed again and kept going with the same problem in till now my problem is I don't have any warranty this truck any more and I…

August 2002 Death

Tl* the contact owns a 1998 lincoln navigator. The contact stated that upon entering the vehicle she noticed that it was low to the ground. The vehicle was towed to a local repair facility, and a technician concluded that the suspension sensors failed. No repairs were made. The failure and current mileages were 170,000. Updated 12/7/09 updated 12/08/09.

Reported at 170,000 miles, September 2008

Other problems reported for the 1998 Lincoln Navigator

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Suspension problems across all Lincoln models