2020 LINCOLN CORSAIR — Complaint #2132058
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NHTSA Complaint about STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS filed September 19, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2132058 (ODI reference 11688427) concerns a 2020 LINCOLN CORSAIR and was filed on September 19, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on September 8, 2025. The vehicle had 32,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Florida based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as structure:body:hatchback/liftgate:hinge and attachments, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same LINCOLN CORSAIR cohort independently describe similar structure:body:hatchback/liftgate:hinge and attachments failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2020 LINCOLN CORSAIR shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2020 Lincoln Corsair. The contact stated that the rear driverâs side liftgate bar had malfunctioned, and the spring had fractured into four pieces. The contact was concerned that the liftgate failed to remain open due to the failure. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer, and the contact was informed that the driverâs side liftgate bar needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 32,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2132058 |
| ODI Number | 11688427 |
| Date Filed | September 19, 2025 |
| Failure Date | September 8, 2025 |
| VIN | 5LMCJ2C96LU |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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