NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Ford Crown Victoria Recalls
The 2002 Ford Crown Victoria has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 6, 2003.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Ford Crown Victoria. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 58
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Ford Crown Victoria, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2002 Ford Crown Victoria
Fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly
- Campaign
- 03V472000
- Reported
- November 6, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,218
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003 Crown Victoria
Fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly
- Campaign
- 02V249000
- Reported
- September 6, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 574
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- only the 2002 Ford Crown Victoria
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly
- Campaign
- 02I003000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003 Crown Victoria, 1 other model
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2006 Crown Victoria, 24 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 15E082000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001 Crown Victoria, 2 other models
2002 Ford Crown Victoria complaints by year
NHTSA has received 58 owner complaints about the 2002 Ford Crown Victoria, the newest on August 20, 2025. Of these, 9 describe a crash (16%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2002 Ford Crown Victoria, the component group named most often is the electrical system (16%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (12%) and the fuel system, gasoline (12%).
2 of the 2002 Ford Crown Victoria's 5 recalls also concern the fuel system, gasoline.
Where 2002 Ford Crown Victoria owners gave the mileage (31 complaints), the median was 50,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System9
- Engine And Engine Cooling7
- Fuel System, Gasoline7
- Vehicle Speed Control6
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic5
- Steering5
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 10 | |
| 2003 | 14 | |
| 2004 | 6 | |
| 2005 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Ford Crown Victoria peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 14. 59% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Ford Crown Victoria drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Ford Crown Victoria year in the same window: 6th highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2002 one of the three best-measured Ford Crown Victoria years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
The 58 complaints about the 2002 Ford Crown Victoria are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Crown Victoria by model year
Other 2002 Ford models
Newest record on this page: August 20, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted