NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Ford Taurus Recalls
The 2003 Ford Taurus has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 2, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Ford Taurus. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 1,223
- Crashes reported
- 56
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
12 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 Ford Taurus, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2003 Ford Taurus
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 04V105000
- Reported
- March 2, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 399,926
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 04V106000
- Reported
- March 2, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 938,789
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002 Taurus, 1 other model
Visibility: windshield
- Campaign
- 03V087000
- Reported
- March 10, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 67,894
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 212, windshield mounting
- Same campaign
- also 2002 Taurus, 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: pads
- Campaign
- 16E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002, 2004–2007 Taurus, 2 other models
2003 Ford Taurus complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,223 owner complaints about the 2003 Ford Taurus, the newest on March 10, 2025. Of these, 56 describe a crash (5%) and 12 a fire; owners reported 59 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2003 Ford Taurus, the component group named most often is the power train (26%), followed by the suspension (26%) and the visibility (16%).
1 of the 2003 Ford Taurus's 4 recalls also concerns the visibility.
Where 2003 Ford Taurus owners gave the mileage (1,057 complaints), the median was 78,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train316
- Suspension313
- Visibility191
- Structure111
- Electrical System97
- Vehicle Speed Control88
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 27 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 48 | |
| 2005 | 55 | |
| 2006 | 64 | |
| 2007 | 101 | |
| 2008 | 142 | |
| 2009 | 129 | |
| 2010 | 168 | |
| 2011 | 129 | |
| 2012 | 130 | |
| 2013 | 69 | |
| 2014 | 45 | |
| 2015 | 45 | |
| 2016 | 32 | |
| 2017 | 12 | |
| 2018 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Ford Taurus peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 168. 16% 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 Taurus drew 3.0× the complaints of the median Ford Taurus year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 18 ranked years.
That makes 2003 one of the Ford Taurus years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
The 1,223 complaints about the 2003 Ford Taurus are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Taurus by model year
Other 2003 Ford models
Newest record on this page: March 10, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted