There are 2 stored owner reports matching the brakes leading-label group for the 2006 Lincoln Navigator in our NHTSA-sourced dataset. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
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Open the full vehicle complaint log (all categories)TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, THE CONTACT SMELLED BURNING RUBBER AND PLASTIC. THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE AND FLAMES EMERGING FROM BOTH THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT CALLED AND THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO BAYWAY LINCOLN (12333 GULF FWY, HOUSTON, TX 77034) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL AND BRAKE LINES HAD OVERHEATED AND CAUGHT FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.
OUR 2006 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR (WITH 14,500 MILES) THAT WE JUST BOUGHT TODAY WAS PARKED IN OUR SLOPING DRIVEWAY. MY HUSBAND AND I ALONG WITH OUR TWO KIDS - 4 YR OLD SON AND 22 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER JUST GOT INTO THE TRUCK TO GO SOMEWHERE AND I JUST TURNED ON THE CAR, PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND CHANGED THE GEAR FROM PARK TO REVERSE. AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW, THE TRUCK WAS ROLLING DOWN OUR SLOPING DRIVEWAY AND ROAD IN REVERSE AND I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHY THAT WAS HAPPENING BECAUSE I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. I JUST KEPT PRESSING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND NOTHING WAS HAPPENING. SINCE IT WAS DOWNHILL, IT JUST KEPT GOING REALLY FAST AND EVEN PUTTING THE AUTO SHIFT BACK INTO PARK DIDN'T SLOW IT DOWN UNTIL IT SWERVED AND RAMMED IN REVERSE INTO A CITY FENCE WHICH IS WHAT HALTED THE VEHICLE. MY ENTIRE FAMILY IS COMPLETELY SHAKEN BY THIS. WE JUST CALLED THE POLICE, CALLED OUR INSURANCE, ETC. TRUCK HAS BEEN REMOVED BY CUTTING THE FENCE, ETC AND HAS BEEN TOWED. FURTHER INTERNET SEARCH HAS REVEALED (ON EDMUNDS) 2006 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR BRAKE FAILURE. MY ENTIRE FAMILY COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED IN THIS INCIDENT. *TR
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Vehicle import recorded: Apr 28, 2026. This is the stored import date, not confirmation that every source was successfully refreshed.