Recall
Ford recalls 36,994 Lincoln Navigators; passenger seat may move
On certain 2025-2027 Lincoln Navigator vehicles, the front passenger seat may move forward or rearward, or recline, without anyone touching it, and dealers will update software to turn off chauffeur mode free of charge.
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Key numbers
Units potentially affected as filed with NHTSA
- Injury risk
- Model years
- 2025–2027
- NHTSA campaign
- 26V-691
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Is your car affected?
For open (unrepaired) recalls on your car, enter its 17-character VIN in NHTSA's lookup by VIN.
Recall at a glance
- Vehicles
- Certain 2025-2027 Lincoln Navigator vehicles
- Risk
- The front passenger seat may move or recline unexpectedly without occupant input, which can contact second-row passengers or force the front passenger into an unsafe seating position, increasing the risk of injury
- Remedy
- Dealers will update the accessory protocol interface module (APIM) and rear audio control module (RACM) software to disable chauffeur mode, free of charge
- NHTSA campaign number
- 26V-691 (Ford recall 26S77)
- Report received by NHTSA
- Oct. 20, 2026
- Owner letters
- Expected to be mailed in November 2026
- VINs searchable on NHTSA.gov
- Since Oct. 26, 2026
Source for every row: source 1.
What to do
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 can call Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's own number for this recall is 26S77.
NHTSA's record says the vehicle identification numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on Oct. 26, 2026.
What happened
Ford Motor Company is recalling certain 2025-2027 Lincoln Navigator vehicles under National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) campaign 26V-691. NHTSA received Ford's report on Oct. 20, 2026.
NHTSA's campaign record lists 36,994 potentially affected vehicles. The record files the problem under the front seat assembly's power adjust component.
According to the record, the rear audio control module (RACM) may command the chauffeur seat feature by mistake. That can make the front passenger seat move forward or rearward, or recline, unexpectedly and without occupant input.
NHTSA's record says 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.
Is my car affected?
The recall covers certain 2025-2027 Lincoln Navigator vehicles, according to NHTSA's record.
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Sources
All accessed 2026-11-07.