NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Ford Excursion Recalls
The 2003 Ford Excursion has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 13, 2011.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Ford Excursion. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 106
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
9 fires
On a 2003 Ford Excursion, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2003 Ford Excursion
Exterior lighting: tail lights
- Campaign
- 11V352000
- Reported
- July 13, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 26,715
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 2004–2005 Excursion, 7 other models
Vehicle speed control
- Campaign
- 09V399000
- Reported
- October 13, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,500,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002 Excursion, 10 other models
Engine and engine cooling: engine: diesel
- Campaign
- 07V553000
- Reported
- December 5, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,176,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002 Excursion, 5 other models
Vehicle speed control
- Campaign
- 07V078000
- Reported
- March 6, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 155,584
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 6 other models
Electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery
- Campaign
- 04V327000
- Reported
- July 7, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 83,687
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
2003 Ford Excursion complaints by year
NHTSA has received 106 owner complaints about the 2003 Ford Excursion, the newest on January 2, 2023. Of these, 6 describe a crash (6%) and 9 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2003 Ford Excursion, the component group named most often is the electrical system (25%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (24%) and the tires (9%).
1 of the 2003 Ford Excursion's 5 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2003 Ford Excursion owners gave the mileage (79 complaints), the median was 57,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System26
- Engine And Engine Cooling25
- Tires10
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic8
- Fuel System, Diesel7
- Steering7
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 22 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 18 | |
| 2005 | 10 | |
| 2006 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Ford Excursion peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 22. 52% 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 Excursion drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Ford Excursion year in the same window: 4th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2003 one of the three best-measured Ford Excursion years.
The 106 complaints about the 2003 Ford Excursion are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Excursion by model year
Other 2003 Ford models
Newest record on this page: January 2, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted