NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Ford Crown Victoria Recalls
The 2003 Ford Crown Victoria has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 22, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Ford Crown Victoria. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 249
- Crashes reported
- 16
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 Ford Crown Victoria, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2003 Ford Crown Victoria
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 15V861000
- Reported
- December 22, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 296,004
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2005 Crown Victoria, 1 other model
Electrical system: wiring: interior/under dash
- Campaign
- 05V206000
- Reported
- May 9, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 132,800
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2005 Crown Victoria, 1 other model
Suspension: rear
- Campaign
- 04V328000
- Reported
- July 7, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 47,314
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
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 2000–2002 Crown Victoria
Wheels
- Campaign
- 03V279000
- Reported
- August 5, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 29,946
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly
- Campaign
- 02I003000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002 Crown Victoria, 1 other model
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2004–2006 Crown Victoria, 24 other models
2003 Ford Crown Victoria complaints by year
NHTSA has received 249 owner complaints about the 2003 Ford Crown Victoria, the newest on March 27, 2026. Of these, 16 describe a crash (6%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2003 Ford Crown Victoria, the component group named most often is the exterior lighting (39%), followed by the wheels (17%) and the suspension (11%).
1 of the 2003 Ford Crown Victoria's 7 recalls also concerns the exterior lighting.
Where 2003 Ford Crown Victoria owners gave the mileage (177 complaints), the median was 100,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Exterior Lighting96
- Wheels42
- Suspension27
- Power Train25
- Electrical System20
- Steering11
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 30 | |
| 2004 | 25 | |
| 2005 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 10 | |
| 2007 | 12 | |
| 2008 | 13 | |
| 2009 | 12 | |
| 2010 | 19 | |
| 2011 | 11 | |
| 2012 | 14 | |
| 2013 | 17 | |
| 2014 | 15 | |
| 2015 | 12 | |
| 2016 | 13 | |
| 2017 | 12 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 7 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Ford Crown Victoria peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 30. 30% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Ford Crown Victoria drew 2.5× the complaints of the median Ford Crown Victoria year in the same window: 1st highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2003 one of the Ford Crown Victoria years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
The 249 complaints about the 2003 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 2003 Ford models
Newest record on this page: March 27, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted