Body problems of the 2022 Lincoln Aviator

Ref c pillar recall & NHTSA complaint # 11713372 by another owner on 11/18/25. Nhtsa needs to issue recall for a pillars. Have had wind noise issue on front passenger side since I bought car. Dealer looked at numerous times in 3 yrs & always stated ‘unable to recreate condition’ (likely due to not testing on hwy at 65mph which is when this noise can be heard). Took car in for c pillar recall fall 2025. Dealer said they weren’t loose so didn’t replace them. Left w/car 12/22/25 & immed heard wind noise on hwy. Returned to service & this time, dealer inspected a pillars & found right side was loose so replaced both. Tried to charge me (was 2 wks out of warranty) but given multiple attempted repairs during warranty & my open case w/chq they split repair cost. Thankfully a pillars didn’t break loose & injure human or another driver in past 3 yrs. Dealer told me Ford had a pillar recall but Lincoln’s weren’t included in it. There appears to be a pervasive issue with failure of the adhesive used for many parts by the assembly plant.

Emergency escape issue like many modern cars the Aviator was designed with electric opening doors. Of the four doors, only the front driver side door has a manual override in case of emergency. That means if a major accident was to occur on that one door and disable the vehicle the other 3 doors do not have a way to exit. Why would the NHTSA allow a vehicle on a road that at a minimum doesn't have a override for left side and right side or more than one door?.

Rear door trim came loose and fell off while driving. Had the service department at the local dealership look at the missing trim on the rear of the car and they noticed multiple of the plastic clips holding the trim on the rear were broken and remained in the area where the trim was attached.

While driving down GA 140 near waleska, GA, I hit a bump in the highway and the hood popped open. It stopped at first catch and I was able to stop before hood came all the way up. Was able to open hood completely and relatch successfully. No further incident's but it was very stressful to get the vehicle stopped and correct the problem before the hood opened beyond the first latch and would have come up and stopped my view of the highway which had a lot of traffic. This is only incident I have had with hood popping open by itself just by hitting a bump in the road.

Vehicle had roof leak which resulted in visible water stains on roof liner, issue persists with now having rust stains on liner from the same area the roof leak was occurring.