Five problems related to body have been reported for the 2003 Lincoln Aviator. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2003 Lincoln Aviator based on all problems reported for the 2003 Aviator.
There has been a unprovoked crack in the lift gate panel for a couple years now (which seems to be a very common problem in this model), we have not had issues until the rear window started flying open while driving at around 30mph. The latch has malfunctioned due to water seeping into crack.
The contact owns a 2003 Lincoln Aviator. The contact stated the rear hatch near the emblem was cracked. The hatch was never used and there was never a crash that occurred. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated there are no recalls and the defect was structural damage. The repair cost will be at the owners expense. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 62,104.
Cracks in rear hatch panel.
The back lift component has a crack on each side of the Lincoln emblem. The body shop near where I work told me that this is very common with the Aviators, and that he has replaced many of them. It is a manufacturing error and should be replaced by Ford/Lincoln. I have purposely looked at other Aviators and found that they have the same cracks in the same place by the emblem. I was told by the Ford dealership here that the company would not fix it. My vehicle is no longer in warranty. It now has about 66,000 miles, but I noticed the cracks about a year ago, so at that time, it had 50,000+ miles.
There is a crack below my back window that causes lots of air to come in and also lots of water leaks and when it rains I have small children and the dealership is unable to work with me to get this repaired it gets very cold in there with all the cold air that comes in with my small children hopefully something can be done for the amount that we paid on this vehicle.