Recall · 26V691000
Ford Motor recalled the Lincoln Navigator over seats
36,994
Vehicles covered
1
Model
3
Model years
October 20, 2026
Filed with NHTSA
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST
- The defect
- Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2025-2027 Lincoln Navigator vehicles. The Rear Audio Control Module (RACM) may inadvertently command the chauffeur seat feature, causing the front passenger seat to adjust forward, rearward, or recline unexpectedly without occupant input.
- What it can cause
- A front passenger seat that moves unexpectedly can contact second-row passengers, or force the front passenger into an unsafe seating position, increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will update the accessory protocol interface module (APIM) and rear audio control module (RACM) software to disable chauffeur mode, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed in November 2026. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 26S77. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on October 26, 2026.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup.
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Navigator | 2025 to 2027 | 2025 |
How this campaign compares
At 36,994 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 87% of the 19,913 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 472. It covers model years 2025 to 2027, so the oldest vehicles on it were one model year old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Lincoln vehicles have been recalled over the seats 11 times before this, most recently in July 2026 as 26V470000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 1 of the 3 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 14 complaints with NHTSA, 12 of them before this campaign was filed. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in August 2025, 1 year before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 7 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V165000 (back over prevention), 26V120000 (seats), 26V104000 (electrical system), 25V831000 (exterior lighting).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Ford Motor Company with NHTSA on October 20, 2026 as campaign 26V691000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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