2003 Lincoln Town Car: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 2003 Lincoln Town Car. The campaign is 04V328000. NHTSA received the report on 7 Jul 2004. The NHTSA record gives the component Suspension / Rear. NHTSA has 201 complaints on file for this model year. 4 NHTSA investigations name this model year.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of campaign 04V328000, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will replace the rear wheel bearings, seals,and axle shafts. The recall began on july 15, 2004. Owners should contact ford at 1-800-392-3673.
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
1 campaign. 47,314 units in total.
04V328000Received . 47,314 units.
Suspension / Rear
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Certain police, commercial, and passenger vehicles sold to fleets typically input higher loads into the vehicle chassis overloading the wheel bearings and axles.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
This could lead to early bearing failure and ultimately to axle shaft fracture. In the event of axle shaft fracture, the vehicle would lose drive function and would coast to a stop. Loss of drive function could lead to a crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will replace the rear wheel bearings, seals,and axle shafts. The recall began on july 15, 2004. Owners should contact ford at 1-800-392-3673.
Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Manufacturer campaign number 04S16. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.
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
201 complaints, 242 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 Lincoln Town Car
- All 2003 vehicles
| Component | 2003 Town Car | All 2003 vehicles | Town Car, all years | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 343 | 59 | 77.2 | 83 |
| Power Train | 119.8 | 118.5 | 41.3 | 29 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 74.4 | 41.3 | 108.3 | 18 |
| Steering | 66.1 | 48.1 | 55.4 | 16 |
| Structure | 49.6 | 64.3 | 38.6 | 12 |
| Air Bags | 41.3 | 83.7 | 76 | 10 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 41.3 | 56.4 | 100 | 10 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 33.1 | 74.5 | 109 | 8 |
| Electrical System | 33.1 | 122.8 | 128.9 | 8 |
| Exterior Lighting | 24.8 | 34.6 | 27.3 | 6 |
The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 23.
- Complaints that report a crash
- 14
- Complaints that report a fire
- 0
- Injuries in the complaints
- 6
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 29 Apr 2024
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.
Investigations
| Number | Type | Subject | Component | Opened | Closed | Campaign |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DP05005 | Defect petition | SPARK PLUG EJECTION FROM CYLINDER HEAD | Engine and Engine Cooling / Engine | 22 Sep 2005 | 4 Jan 2006 | |
| PE04010 | Preliminary evaluation | REAR AXLE FRACTURE | Power Train / Axle Assembly / Axle Shaft | 22 Jan 2004 | 8 Jul 2004 | 04V328000 |
| EA03014 | Engineering analysis | INADVERTENT SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT | Air Bags / Side/Window | 22 Aug 2003 | 12 Aug 2004 | |
| PE03011 | Preliminary evaluation | INADVERTENT SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT | Air Bags / Side/Window | 14 Mar 2003 | 22 Aug 2003 |
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.
- 19770
- 19780
- 19800
- 19810
- 19820
- 19833
- 19841
- 19851
- 19864
- 19876
- 19885
- 19895
- 19904
- 19915
- 19924
- 19934
- 19945
- 19956
- 19968
- 19976
- 19987
- 19995
- 20008
- 20015
- 20020
- 20031
- 20040
- 20053
- 20062
- 20073
- 20083
- 20093
- 20103
- 20113
A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
- NHTSA page of the 2003 Lincoln Town CarThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 2003 Lincoln Town Car: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/lincoln/town-car/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
The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2003 Lincoln Town Car?
- 47,314 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Lincoln Town Car have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 47 recall campaigns for the Lincoln Town Car, model years 1977 to 2011. 1 of them names the 2003 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 2003 Lincoln Town Car name most often?
- Suspension: 83 of 242 component mentions, or 343 per 1,000. For all 2003 vehicles the figure is 59 per 1,000.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2003 Lincoln Town Car open?
- No. Each of the 4 investigations that name this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.