NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Lincoln Aviator Recalls
The 2003 Lincoln Aviator has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on November 21, 2002.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Lincoln Aviator. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 111
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2003 Lincoln Aviator, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2003 Lincoln Aviator
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 02V313000
- Reported
- November 21, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 25
- Same campaign
- only the 2003 Lincoln Aviator
2003 Lincoln Aviator complaints by year
NHTSA has received 111 owner complaints about the 2003 Lincoln Aviator, the newest on November 18, 2022. Of these, 5 describe a crash (5%); owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2003 Lincoln Aviator, the component group named most often is the power train (50%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (14%) and the structure (14%).
The 2003 Lincoln Aviator's only recall also concerns the power train.
Where 2003 Lincoln Aviator owners gave the mileage (91 complaints), the median was 64,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train55
- Engine And Engine Cooling15
- Structure15
- Vehicle Speed Control11
- Electrical System8
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic8
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 12 | |
| 2005 | 8 | |
| 2006 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 10 | |
| 2008 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 11 | |
| 2011 | 14 | |
| 2012 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Lincoln Aviator peaked in 2011, when NHTSA received 14. 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 Lincoln Aviator drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Lincoln Aviator year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 5 ranked years.
The 111 complaints about the 2003 Lincoln Aviator are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Lincoln Aviator by model year
Other 2003 Lincoln models
Newest record on this page: November 18, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted