MODELYEARINDEX

Lincoln Nautilus

215 complaints across 3 scored model years and 23 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Lincoln Nautilus Full report
F
Grade 2019–2021
2019 vs model median 3.0×
Model median3× median
Electrical 18
Drivetrain 9
Driver Assist 6
Avoid

2019

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
2019
3.02× 56 F
2020
1.00× 19 C
2021
0.74× 13 B
2022 P
0.57× 12 B
2023 P
0.98× 14 C
2024 P
3.17× 52 F
2025 P
2.47× 49 F

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 MPG24
City / Highway21 / 29
Engine2L, 4 cyl
DriveAll-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,550

Recalls

23 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
25V315000 BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE 2021–2023 1,076,138
20V575000 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA 2020 620,246
26V165000 BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE 2024, 2025 254,640
25V442000 BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE 2019, 2020 200,237
24V635000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:HARD PARTS INTERNAL/MECHANICAL 2021, 2022 90,736
24V597000 VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS 2024 70,483
24V953000 VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS 2024, 2025 47,818
26V122000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE) 2025 47,804

+ 15 further campaigns

Others in Compact 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 RDX
20192020
C
Audi Q5
20182021
C
Audi SQ5
none flagged
C
BMW X3
20132019
C
Buick Envision
2017
C
Cadillac SRX
2013
C
Cadillac XT5
2017
C
Chevrolet Blazer
none flagged
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 2019 Nautilus
Complaints in window
56
Severity-weighted
71
Model median (weighted)
24
vs model median
3.02×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
8
Open investigations
0
Score 10 F