NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Ford Focus Recalls
The 2003 Ford Focus has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 1, 2005.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Ford Focus. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 977
- Crashes reported
- 52
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
17 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 Ford Focus, 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 Focus
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 05V030000
- Reported
- February 1, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 589,932
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2004–2005 Focus
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2004–2005 Focus, 42 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 2004–2007 Focus, 24 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 08E050000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2004–2008 Focus, 12 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002 Focus, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2004 Focus, 46 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 12E007000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2004–2005 Focus
2003 Ford Focus complaints by year
NHTSA has received 977 owner complaints about the 2003 Ford Focus, the newest on May 4, 2024. Of these, 52 describe a crash (5%) and 17 a fire; owners reported 51 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2003 Ford Focus, the component group named most often is the electrical system (53%), followed by the latches/locks/linkages (8%) and the steering (7%).
1 of the 2003 Ford Focus's 7 recalls also concerns the latches/locks/linkages.
Where 2003 Ford Focus owners gave the mileage (751 complaints), the median was 56,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System522
- Latches/Locks/Linkages82
- Steering73
- Engine And Engine Cooling60
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic51
- Suspension49
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 54 | |
| 2004 | 95 | |
| 2005 | 119 | |
| 2006 | 105 | |
| 2007 | 102 | |
| 2008 | 118 | |
| 2009 | 104 | |
| 2010 | 84 | |
| 2011 | 39 | |
| 2012 | 38 | |
| 2013 | 26 | |
| 2014 | 28 | |
| 2015 | 18 | |
| 2016 | 20 | |
| 2017 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Ford Focus peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 119. 38% 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 Focus drew 1.7× the complaints of the median Ford Focus year in the same window: 7th highest of the 19 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 3/5
The 977 complaints about the 2003 Ford Focus are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Focus by model year
Other 2003 Ford models
Newest record on this page: May 4, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted