Complaint 2231524
2020 LINCOLN AVIATOR • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM • incident Jul 17, 2026
- Complaint ID
- 2231524
- Make
- LINCOLN
- Model
- AVIATOR
- Model Year
- 2020
- Component
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- Incident Date
- Jul 17, 2026
- Date Received
- Aug 2, 2026
- Data As Of
- Sep 1, 2026
Complaint Summary
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Owner Narrative
My fiance went out to start the car. The car wouldn't start, but the starter kept clicking for around 5 minutes even when she was out of the vehicle with the door shut. During that 5 minutes the car started to smoke really bad and you could smell an electrical fire. She ran in the house to get me. We started moving our other cars away from the Lincoln. As I was getting ready to call 911 the starter stopped clicking and the smoke from underneath the car went away. It has currently been at a Ford/Lincoln dealership for the past 2 weeks. They said that the starter fried that battery. This was really traumatic for my fiance because she constantly drives our kids around in the car. Now she's terrified that the car will catch fire again. We have video but it will not let me upload.
Owner-submitted narrative on file with NHTSA. Complaint narratives are self-reported and have not been verified.