NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Lincoln Navigator Recalls
The 2003 Lincoln Navigator has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Lincoln Navigator. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 127
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 Lincoln Navigator, 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 Navigator
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E064000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002 Navigator, 19 other models
2003 Lincoln Navigator complaints by year
NHTSA has received 127 owner complaints about the 2003 Lincoln Navigator, the newest on April 22, 2026. Of these, 6 describe a crash (5%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 15 injuries.
In complaints about the 2003 Lincoln Navigator, the component group named most often is the suspension (30%), followed by the electrical system (17%) and the structure (14%).
The 2003 Lincoln Navigator's only recall does not concern the suspension.
Where 2003 Lincoln Navigator owners gave the mileage (91 complaints), the median was 72,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Suspension38
- Electrical System22
- Structure18
- Air Bags14
- Power Train13
- Visibility13
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 16 | |
| 2004 | 22 | |
| 2005 | 9 | |
| 2006 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 11 | |
| 2010 | 22 | |
| 2011 | 13 | |
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Lincoln Navigator peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 22. 43% 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 Navigator drew 3.2× the complaints of the median Lincoln Navigator year in the same window: 1st highest of the 12 ranked years.
That makes 2003 one of the Lincoln Navigator years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
The 127 complaints about the 2003 Lincoln Navigator are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Lincoln Navigator by model year
Other 2003 Lincoln models
Newest record on this page: April 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted