2003 Ford Crown Victoria problems
NHTSA has received 303 complaints about the 2003 Ford Crown Victoria, and 32% of them involve lighting. After that come wheels (14%) and suspension (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 303 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Lighting 32% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 19 and 6
- Injuries and deaths
- 6 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 95,000 miles 212 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 22 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 17 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 24 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 28 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 22 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 28 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 21 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 16 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 14 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 9 |
| 200k+ miles | 11 |
What the data shows
Among the 212 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 95,000 miles. For lighting specifically, the median reported mileage is about 116,000 miles (72 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 19 complaints mention a crash; 6 complaints mention a fire; 6 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2003 ranks 5th most-complained-about out of 21 model years of the Ford Crown Victoria with enough data (116 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
2003 ford crown victoria. Consumer states air bags did not deploy during crash *tgw the consumer suffered a minor injury and his wife was severely injured. Updated 09/18/12 updated 02/09/12. Updated customer address. Updated 10/04/12
All ford vehicles do not have day time driving lights.as a safety group you, know that vehicles with day time driving lights get in to less accidents. And how many pedestrian are injured or killed each year because they did't see the vechicle. It is the law in canada. What about us here in the USA?
While engaging in reverse the vehicle accelerated at 90 MPH. The tires were screeching and smoking. As a result, the vehicle collided into three other vehicle and a pedestrian. A child was injured. (pinned between the vehicle and his father's vehicle) the consumer stepped on the accelerator to back out of the parking space, but the vehicle did not move. The consumer then stepped on the brake and gently on the accelerator again, and the vehicle raced away backwards at a extremely fast speed.
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 ford crown victoria. The contact stated that while driving at night with the headlights activated, both headlights inttermittenly and independently failed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing where the contact was awaiting diagnosis of the failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 97,000.
Random loss of park lamps while driving increasing rear-end collision risk. Headlights are operative and working. Headlight recall was performed by ramey ford. 15s39. I paid labor costs and has been diagnosed by ford as the lighting control module being the problem. Ford will replace the module at no cost only if it affects headlight function. After further contacting ford relations help line, fmc does not seem to care about the matter of the solder joints cracking for park lamps.