2003 FORD MUSTANG GT Recalls, Complaints & Safety

Component	Complaints
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION	11
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE	7
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION	4
SEAT BELTS	3
UNKNOWN OR OTHER	3
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS	2
POWER TRAIN	2
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM	2
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY	2
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM	1

Incident date: Apr 1, 2018

TAKATA RECALL PASSENGER SEAT BELT LOCKED UP NOW DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT ACTING UP AND HARD TO RETRACT IN AND OUT AS WELL.

Incident date: Nov 28, 2013

DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT GETS TWISTED AND WONT RETRACT AND GETS SHUT IN DOOR IF YOU DON'T PAY ATTENTION, PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT IS STUCK AND WONT COME OUT OR WORK AT ALL. *TR

Incident date: Jan 25, 2010

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD MUSTANG GT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, SUDDENLY, THE FRONT DRIVER SEAT COLLAPSED IN A BACKWARD POSITION. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING WITH CAUTION. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND ADJUST THE ... Read more

1 injured

Incident date: Mar 13, 2009

MY 03' MUSTANG SPIT THE SPARK PLUG OUT OF THE HEAD,AGAIN, TAKING ALL THE THREADS WITH IT. NOW IT IS UNABLE TO RUN DO THE FACT IT HAS A MISSING PLUG. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS IT IS OUT OF THEIR HANDS DO TO NOT BEING UNDER WARRANTY ANY LONGER. FORD MOTOR CO. SAID THEY WILL NOT FIX THE CAR,IT IS OUT OF WARR... Read more

Incident date: Oct 2, 2008

SPARK PLUG WAS SPIT OUT OF HEAD. IT HAS THE FACTORY PLUGS IN IT NEVER BEEN CHANGED. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH MY CAR,THE DEALERSHIP, CHECKED SPARK PLUG IN QUESTION,THEN TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY CAR AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. AT THIS POINT I DO NOT KNOW IF IT IS... Read more

Incident date: Nov 9, 2007

ON COLD START, THERE IS A "TICKING" SOUND. TOOK IT TO MECHANIC AND HE GAVE ME A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ARTICLE #03-25-6, DATED 12/22/03, REGARDING FORD, LINCOLN AND MERCURY ENGINES BUILT BEFORE 9/17/2003. EMAILED FORD MOTOR COMPANY TO FIND OUT WHAT COULD BE DONE TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION AS IT ... Read more

Incident date: Aug 5, 2006

INTERIOR A/C BLOWER FAN(DASHBOARD VENTS) STOPS WORKING AFTER IN USE FOR 1 HOUR. *AK

Incident date: Mar 15, 2007

1) EVERYTHING WAS RUNNING FINE, NO PROBLEMS DETECTED. MAINTENANCE ON VEHICLE WAS UP TO DATE. WAS TURNING A CORNER AND THERE WAS A POP AND AFTER THAT THE ENGINE STARTED TO MIS-FIRE. 2) WAS ABLE TO LIMP THE 2 MILES TO THE FORD SERVICE CENTER. THERE, THEY TOLD ME THAT THE SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN OUT O... Read more

Incident date: Mar 15, 2007

1) EVERYTHING WAS RUNNING FINE, NO PROBLEMS DETECTED. MAINTENANCE ON VEHICLE WAS UP TO DATE. WAS TURNING A CORNER AND THERE WAS A POP AND AFTER THAT THE ENGINE STARTED TO MIS-FIRE. 2) WAS ABLE TO LIMP THE 2 MILES TO THE FORD SERVICE CENTER. THERE, THEY TOLD ME THAT THE SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN OUT O... Read more

Incident date: Dec 25, 2006

THE INTAKE MANIFOLD BLOW A HOLE AT THE CROSSOVER EXCHANGE, CAUSING COOLANT TO EXPLODE OUT LIKE A GUYSER AND GOT ON MY FACE WHEN I OPENED THE HOOD TO SEE WHAT THE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM! IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED ABOUT A RECALL OR CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT IN 2005. CAN I BE REIMBERS... Read more

1 injured

Incident date: Dec 10, 2004

IN MY 2003 MUSTANG GT WITH TREMEC TRANNY...GRINDING TYPE FEELING GOING INTO SECOND GEAR. WENT TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID FEELING WAS NORMAL,AND IT WOULD GO AWAY,IT HAS NOT. I ONLY DRIVE IT ONCE AND A WHILE BUT IT IS WORSE ON COLDER DAYS!!!

Incident date: Jun 6, 2006

I OWN A 2003 MACH1 MUSTANG. THERE IS SIGNIFICANT WEAR TO THE CARPET NEXT TO THE GAS PEDAL AND JUST ABOVE THE CLUTCH PEDAL. THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 36,000 MILES. THE DEALER SAYS THAT IS NOT A WARRANTY ISSUE AND WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. ALSO, THE CARPET HAS FALLEN DOWN ABOVE THE GAS/BREAK/CLUTCH PE... Read more

Incident date: Feb 17, 2006

WE HAVE OWNED SEVERAL DIFFERENT MODEL YEARS OF MUSTANGS (2003, 1998, 1996 TO BE EXACT). FOR REASONS UNKNOWN, THE SEAT BELTS FOR THE FRONT BUCKET SEATS BECOME TWISTED AND DO NOT SECURE A PERSON PROPERLY IN THE SEAT. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM IN ALL THREE OF THESE VEHICLES. THERE HAS NOT BEEN A SPECI... Read more

Incident date: Jan 4, 2005

TIE RODS (STEERING) WENT BAD ON MY 2003 MUSTANG (IT HAS 37,000 MILES), AND CONVERTIBLE BEZEL CAME LOOSE. VIN#[XXX]. PARTS WERE REPLACED AT THE COST OF $236.00, HOWEVER I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE A MANUFACTURER RESPONSIBILITY, AND NOT CONSUMER. ALSO, MY 1988 FORD F350 HAD A STEERING PROBLEM THAT WAS C... Read more

Incident date: Jan 4, 2005

TIE RODS (STEERING) WENT BAD ON MY 2003 MUSTANG (IT HAS 37,000 MILES), AND CONVERTIBLE BEZEL CAME LOOSE. VIN#[XXX]. PARTS WERE REPLACED AT THE COST OF $236.00, HOWEVER I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE A MANUFACTURER RESPONSIBILITY, AND NOT CONSUMER. ALSO, MY 1988 FORD F350 HAD A STEERING PROBLEM THAT WAS C... Read more

Incident date: Oct 26, 2005

GAS PEDAL STUCK UNDER CARPET. *JB

Incident date: Nov 7, 2005

DT: CONTACT STATES THE VEHICLE SHE OWNS HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES FOR BRAKES, THE SEAT BELTS, AND THE COMPUTER CHIP THAT MADE THE VEHICLE START. NOW, THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER MALFUNCTIONED. THE REPAIRS WERE BEING MADE AT NO CHARGE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY.

Incident date: Nov 7, 2005

DT: CONTACT STATES THE VEHICLE SHE OWNS HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES FOR BRAKES, THE SEAT BELTS, AND THE COMPUTER CHIP THAT MADE THE VEHICLE START. NOW, THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER MALFUNCTIONED. THE REPAIRS WERE BEING MADE AT NO CHARGE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY.

Incident date: Nov 7, 2005

DT: CONTACT STATES THE VEHICLE SHE OWNS HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES FOR BRAKES, THE SEAT BELTS, AND THE COMPUTER CHIP THAT MADE THE VEHICLE START. NOW, THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER MALFUNCTIONED. THE REPAIRS WERE BEING MADE AT NO CHARGE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY.

Incident date: Nov 7, 2005

DT: CONTACT STATES THE VEHICLE SHE OWNS HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES FOR BRAKES, THE SEAT BELTS, AND THE COMPUTER CHIP THAT MADE THE VEHICLE START. NOW, THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER MALFUNCTIONED. THE REPAIRS WERE BEING MADE AT NO CHARGE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY.

Incident date: Sep 15, 2005

I PULLED OUT OF THE BANK PARKING LOT AND WHILE ACCELERATING GENTLY I HEARD A LOUD "POP" NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. THE CAR THEN BEGAN TO RUN VERY BADLY AND THERE WAS A POPPING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. I PULLED OVER AND INSPECTED THE ENGINE TO FIND THAT ONE OF MY SPARK PLUGS HAD BEEN FORCEFULLY EJECTED. I ... Read more

Incident date: Mar 1, 2003

DT: WHEN THE CONSUMER WOULD APPLY THE BRAKES THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD JERK OUT OF CONSUMERS HAND. THE STEERING WOULD PULL TOWARD THE LEFT. THIS OCCURRED AT LEAST FOUR TIMES. THE CONSUMER DID NOT HAVE ANY ACCIDENTS BECAUSE ONCE HE LET OFF THE BRAKE IT WAS FINE. THE FIRST TIME HE TOOK IT TO A D... Read more

Incident date: Jun 20, 2005

ACCELERATER PETAL STUCK DUE TO CARPET FOLDING OVER AND NO WAY TO SECURE IT.

Incident date: May 14, 2005

DRIVING DOWN PINE TWIST ROAD LOST CONTROL OF 2003 FORD MUSTANG GT ON DOWN HILL CURVE WHEN LEFT TIRES SKIDDED ON GRAVEL - WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35 MPH BUT THERE WAS AN ACCELERATION OF THE VEHICLE WHEN I HIT THE BRAKES. THOUGHT ALL OF THIS WAS MY FAULT UNTIL I SAW THE ARTICLE IN THE LOCAL PAPER ABOUT N... Read more

Crash

Incident date: Jun 27, 2005

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON HILL FOR ABOUT 15 MIN. WITH EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGED. WHILE LOOKING AT CAR THROUGH LIVING ROOM WINDOW WE SAW THE CAR JUST START ROLLING AWAY. CHECKED CAR AFTER AND EMERGENCY BRAKE STILL ENGAGED ! !

Incident date: Apr 22, 2005

I BOUGHT A 2003 GT MUSTANG CONV ON FRIDAY APRIL 15, 2005. THE CAR HAD 14432 MILES ON IT AND AS FAR AS I KNOW IT WAS THE ORIGINAL TIRES. ON FRIDAY APRIL 22, 2005 I LEFT FROM WORK. I WAS DRIVING DOWN I-575 TOWARD CANTON WHEN I HEARD A LOUD NOISE. THEN I HEARD A THUMPING NOISE AND I REALIZED THAT I... Read more

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Mar 15, 2005

I HAVE A 2003 FORD MUSTANG GT THAT DURING COLD WEATHER HAS PROBLEMS SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR, IT'S ALMOST AS IF I AM NOT EVEN PUSHING THE CLUTCH IN. I HAVE 700 MILES LEFT ON MY WARRANTY AND IT WILL BE MANY MONTHS BEFORE IT IS COLD AGAIN TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM FOR THE DEALER SO I SUPPOSE I WIL... Read more

Incident date: Apr 10, 2004

2003 MUSTANG GT CP, PURCHASED FROM PLANET FORD DEALERSHIP 20403 I-45 NORTH, SPRING, TX 77388 (281) 719-3891 ON JUNE 28,2003. I WAS ONE HAPPY CUSTOMER UNTIL I DROVE MY VEHICLE INTO THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT APRIL 10,2004 WHEN ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE ABOUT MY MUSTANG; STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION, REAR END V... Read more

Incident date: Dec 10, 2003

CAR MISFIRES AND JERKS AT SPEED OF 30 TO 50 MPH ALSO SPOTS UNDER CLEAR COAT. *JB

Incident date: Dec 10, 2003

CAR MISFIRES AND JERKS AT SPEED OF 30 TO 50 MPH ALSO SPOTS UNDER CLEAR COAT. *JB

Incident date: Mar 13, 2003

AFTER DRIVING TO WORK ONE MORNING, ONCE I PARKED I NOTICED THAT COOLANT WAS LEAKING FROM BOTTOM RADATOR HOSE. DEALER REPLACED COOLING HOSES AND CLAMPS. ALSO THE PAINT WERE THE HOOD SCOOP MEETS THE HOOD STARTED TO CHIP, WATER GETS CAUGHT UNDER THE HOOD SCOOP MAKING IT DIFFICULT THE KEEP IT CLEAN.*A... Read more

Incident date: Apr 11, 2003

TREMEC 5 SPEED TRANSMISSION HAS ERRATIC PERFORMANCE WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. MY RESEARCH ON THIS HAS INDICATED THAT THERE IS A SEVERAL YEAR HISTORY OF MANY CARS WITH THIS TRANSMISSION (MUSTAND GT AND COBRA ) THAT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED BY FORD DEALER ONCE BUT WITH NO D... Read more

Incident date: Jun 4, 2004

THERE WAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO SHIFT GEARS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS COLD. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT IT WAS A COSMETIC PROBLEM, AND THEY WERE AWARE OF IT. HOWEVER, THE RECALL WILL NOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL THE FOURTH QUARTER. *AK *NM *... Read more

Incident date: May 5, 2004

MY 2003 MUSTANG GT WITH A MANUAL TRANSMISSION (5 SPEED), GRINDS WHEN I GO FROM FIRST GEAR TO SECOND GEAR. THIS GRINDING GOES AWAY AFTER THE CAR IS WARM AND IS MUCH WORSE IN THE WINTER AND COLD DAYS. THIS IS A COMPLAINT THAT ALMOST EVERY MUSTANG OWNER HAS AND IS DOCUMENTED WELL ON WEBSITES SUCH AS ... Read more

Incident date: Oct 1, 2003

UNDER HEAVY ACCELERATION TRANSMISSION MAKES CHATTERING/RATTLING SOUND. THE SOUND IS VERY PRONOUNCED. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER, THEY REPLACED THE CLUTCH, REAR DIFF FLUID, OUTPUT SHAFT SEAL AND SEVERAL BEARINGS IN THE TRANS WITH NO LESSENING OF THE EFFECT. DEALER STATED NO REPAIR WAS POSSIBLE. TR... Read more

Incident date: Jun 20, 2003

I OWN A 2003 MUSTANG GT 5-SPEED. IT HAS DIED NUMEROUS TIMES AND AFTER THE FIRST TIME I CALLED THE FORD CONSUMER HOTLINE AND WAS BRUSHED OFF. BUT THEY DID REFER ME TO A LOCAL DEALER, THE SAME DEALER THAT LESS THAN 10MINS AFTER THE FIRST FAILURE TOOK MY CAR FOR A SHORT SPIN AND SAID THAT MY CAR WAS A... Read more

Incident date: Jan 2, 2004

MANUAL TRANSMISSION IN 2003 FORD MUSTANG GT SHIFTS WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY FRM FIRST GEAR TO SECOND GEAR. SOMETIMES, IT HAS DIFFICULTY SHIFTING FROM SECOND GEAR TO THIRD GEAR. THIS SITUATION MAKES THE CAR DANGEROUS AS ONE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ACCELERATE AWAY FROM A POSSIBLE COLLISION DUE TO THE CAR SL... Read more

Incident date: Feb 3, 2004

CONCERNS WITH A TR3650 MANUAL TRANSMISSION EXHIBITING CLASH/GRINDING SOUND DURING THE FIRST FEW MILES OF DRIVING. *AK

Incident date: Jan 29, 2004

GRINDING 2ND GEAR WHEN SHIFTING UP FROM 1ST GEAR. MUCH WORSE IN COLD TEMPERATURES. DOWN SHIFT OKAY. TREMEC 3650 TRANSMISSION. DEALER STATES CONDITION IS NORMAL. *AK

Incident date: Sep 15, 2003

TRANS SHIFTING PROBLEMS GRINDING FIRST TO 2ND GEAR AND LOCK OUT SOMETIMES TO THIRD. SOME DIFFICULTY GETTING INTO 2ND ALSO FROM FIRST

Incident date: Sep 15, 2003

TRANS SHIFTING PROBLEMS GRINDING FIRST TO 2ND GEAR AND LOCK OUT SOMETIMES TO THIRD. SOME DIFFICULTY GETTING INTO 2ND ALSO FROM FIRST

Incident date: Jan 16, 2004

I OWN A 2003 FORD MUSTANG GT. WHEN ACCELLERATING IN SLUSH TYPE CONDITIONS THE TRACTION CONTROL KICKED IN AND KILLED ALL POWER TO THE CAR WHICH LEFT ME SITTING ACROSS TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC ON A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY. IF I HAD NOT THOUGHT TO TURN OFF THE TRACTION CONTROL BUTTON MY TWO CHILDREN AND MYSELF C... Read more

Incident date: Aug 1, 2003

MANUAL TRANSMISSION SERIES 3650 ON 2003 FORD MUSTANGS GRIND AND/OR LOCK OUT UPON SHIFTING INTO 2ND GEAR AS WELL AS IN TO THIRD AS THE PROBLEM CONTINUES.*AK

Incident date: Oct 1, 2004

THE LAP PORTION OF THE DRIVER SEAT BELT DETACHED FROM THE FRAME AND CAUSED THE DRIVER TO BE IMPROPERLY RESTRAINED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *NLM *JB

Incident date: Nov 6, 2003

2003 MUSTANG COBRA , 600 PLUS MILES, WAS DRIVING AT AROUND 32 MILES AN HOUR WHEN I PUSHED IN THE CLUTCH TO SHIFT AND THE CAR DIED, WHICH LOCKED UP THE STEERING WHEEL, NEEDLESS TO SAY THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, AND LUCKILY NO ONE WAS HURT. THE LOCAL DEALER HAS NO CLUE HOW TO FIX THIS, AND SUPPOSED... Read more

Incident date: Oct 1, 2003

WHILE DRIVING, THE DRIVERS SEAT BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD. I DON'T KNOW IF IT DID IT AUTOMATICALLY OR IF IT WAS BUMPED. HOWEVER, THE BUTTON TO MOVE THE SEAT IS IN FRONT OF THE SEAT AND IT STICKS OUT WHICH DID MAKE IT EASY TO BUMP AGAINST ACCIDENTALLY WITH YOUR LEGS WHILE SHIFTING GEARS AND DRIVING. *J... Read more

Incident date: Jul 15, 2003

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ABOUT 35 MPH AND PUT ON THE BRAKES AND THE CAR SHUT OFF (SHUTTING OFF THE POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES). THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME TWICE. THE SECOND TIME WAS A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO I WAS GETTING OFF THE INTERSTATE AND WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES THE CAR SHUT OFF, I WAS LUCKY THE... Read more

Incident date: Aug 31, 2003

SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT PROPERLY.*AK

Incident date: May 17, 2003

VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WHILE DOWNSHIFTING. CAUSED LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.*AK

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE IGNITION. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT.*AK

Year	Recalls	Complaints
2006	1	178	View
2005	1	213	View
2004	0	21	View
2003 (current)	0	59
2002	0	59	View
2001	0	78	View
2000	1	71	View
1999	0	41	View
1998	0	58	View
1997	0	25	View
1996	0	33	View

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