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2003 Ford Mustang GT: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists no recall campaign for the 2003 Ford Mustang GT. NHTSA has 51 complaints on file for this model year. 2 NHTSA investigations name this model year.

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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

No NHTSA recall campaign names the 2003 Ford Mustang GT. The model year has a page because NHTSA has 51 complaints for it.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

51 complaints, 59 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

  • 2003 Ford Mustang GT
  • All 2003 vehicles
2003 Ford Mustang GT: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component2003 Mustang GTAll 2003 vehiclesMustang GT, all yearsMentions
Power Train271.2118.563.416
Engine and Engine Cooling186.474.5220.111
Seat Belts101.713.145.56
Electrical System84.7122.8112.45
Seats50.813.810.83
Unknown or Other50.82320.33
Fuel System, Gasoline33.935.250.22
Steering33.948.114.42
Fuel System, Other16.94.47.21
Air Bags16.983.7155.51

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 19.

Complaints that report a crash
3
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
4
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
2 May 2018

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 2003 Ford Mustang GT, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2004, with 15 complaints.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 2003 Ford Mustang GT
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
DP05005Defect petitionSPARK PLUG EJECTION FROM CYLINDER HEADEngine and Engine Cooling / Engine22 Sep 20054 Jan 2006
PE05038Preliminary evaluationACCELERATOR PEDAL INTERFERENCEVehicle Speed Control / Accelerator Pedal7 Jul 200513 Sep 2005

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19960
  2. 19970
  3. 19980
  4. 19990
  5. 20001
  6. 20010
  7. 20020
  8. 20030
  9. 20040
  10. 20050
  11. 20060

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 2003 Ford Mustang GT: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/ford/mustang-gt/2003/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
FORD MOTOR COMPANY

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Questions

How many recall campaigns does the Ford Mustang GT have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the Ford Mustang GT, model years 1996 to 2006. It does not name the 2003 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2003 Ford Mustang GT name most often?
Power Train: 16 of 59 component mentions, or 271.2 per 1,000. For all 2003 vehicles the figure is 118.5 per 1,000.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2003 Ford Mustang GT open?
No. Each of the 2 investigations that name this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.