NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Mercury Grand Marquis Recalls
The 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 22, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 362
- Crashes reported
- 22
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 15V861000
- Reported
- December 22, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 296,004
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2005 Grand Marquis, 1 other model
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2004–2006 Grand Marquis, 24 other models
2003 Mercury Grand Marquis complaints by year
NHTSA has received 362 owner complaints about the 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis, the newest on May 14, 2026. Of these, 22 describe a crash (6%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 14 injuries.
In complaints about the 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis, the component group named most often is the exterior lighting (57%), followed by the electrical system (14%) and the steering (8%).
1 of the 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis's 2 recalls also concerns the exterior lighting.
Where 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis owners gave the mileage (289 complaints), the median was 85,194 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Exterior Lighting207
- Electrical System51
- Steering28
- Suspension28
- Vehicle Speed Control27
- Engine And Engine Cooling13
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 28 | |
| 2004 | 13 | |
| 2005 | 9 | |
| 2006 | 7 | |
| 2007 | 9 | |
| 2008 | 9 | |
| 2009 | 20 | |
| 2010 | 39 | |
| 2011 | 20 | |
| 2012 | 20 | |
| 2013 | 20 | |
| 2014 | 42 | |
| 2015 | 25 | |
| 2016 | 28 | |
| 2017 | 21 | |
| 2018 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 8 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 42. 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 Mercury Grand Marquis drew 1.4× the complaints of the median Mercury Grand Marquis year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 10 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
The 362 complaints about the 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mercury Grand Marquis by model year
Other 2003 Mercury models
Newest record on this page: May 14, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted