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2021 LINCOLN AVIATOR — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

2 injured · 2125486 · 2025-08-29

Vehicle

Make
LINCOLN
Model
AVIATOR
Year
2021
Manufacturer
Ford Motor Company
Component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
2
Fire
No
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

My 2021 Lincoln Aviator PHEV lift gate safety stop does not function properly. It will come closing down extremely hard. This will happen when the button is pressed on the lift gate or the hands free feature is triggered. The lift gate will not safety stop and pop back open as it should unless a significant amount of force is used; this is usually 2 or more people trying with all their strength to stop it from closing on them. I have been hurt by this and so has my child. This is a serious safety issue. I have included screenshots from the video (the system won’t let me send the video) I took replicating the issue with it completely crushing a box at the height of my head.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11683995
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown