MODELYEARINDEX

Lincoln Aviator

322 complaints across 2 scored model years and 48 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Lincoln Aviator Full report
D
Grade 2020–2021
2020 vs model median 1.4×
Model median3× median
Electrical 26
Driver Assist 22
Lights & Visibility 11
Avoid

2020

Best

2020 · 2021

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2020
1.37× 106 D
2021
0.63× 38 C
2022 P
2.01× 99 F
2023 P
0.87× 50 C
2025 P
0.36× 23 B

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG20.5
City / Highway17.5 / 25
Engine3L, 6 cyl
DriveRear-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$3,025

Recalls

48 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
26V123000 BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE 2020–2023 889,950
25V455000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP 2021–2023 850,318
26V402000 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 2020, 2021 741,195
19V633000 SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER 2020 639,137
26V117000 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR 2020–2022 604,533
23V342000 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA 2020–2023 442,973
26V451000 SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY 2020–2025 387,911
23V022000 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA 2020–2023 382,759

+ 40 further campaigns

Others in Midsize SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura MDX
20162020
C
Audi Q7
20172021
C
Audi Q8
2019
C
BMW X5
20112021
D
BMW X6
none flagged
C
Chevrolet Traverse
20102011
C
Dodge Durango
20112012
C
Dodge Journey
20142015
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2020 Aviator
Complaints in window
106
Severity-weighted
121
Model median (weighted)
88
vs model median
1.37×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
30
Open investigations
0
Score 50.7 D