|SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
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|Washington, D.C.  20549                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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|FORM 10-K                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
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|[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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|[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|For the transition period from ______ to _______                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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|Commission File Nos. 333-76439-01                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
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|HOUSEHOLD AUTOMOTIVE TRUST III, SERIES 1999-1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|(Exact name of Registrant as specified in Department                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service Form SS-4)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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|HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORPORATION                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|(Servicer of the Trust)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|(Exact name as specified in Servicer's charter)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
|DELAWARE(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation of Servicer)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
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|2700 SANDERS ROAD, PROSPECT HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS         60070                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|(Address of principal executive offices of Servicer)                        (Zip Code)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
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|Servicer's telephone number, including area code (847) 564-5000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
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|Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.                                                                                                                   
|Yes X          No _____                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  [X]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).  Yes [   ]  No [X]
|Registrant has no voting or non-voting class of common equity outstanding as of the date of this report.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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|INTRODUCTORY NOTE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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|Household Auto Receivables Corporation (the "Seller") is the seller under the Master Sale and Servicing Agreement (the "Agreement") dated as of June 1, 1999, by and among Household Automotive Trust III, as Issuer, Household Auto Receivables Corporation, as Seller, Household Finance Corporation, as Master Servicer (the "Master Servicer") and JPMorgan Chase Bank (formerly The Chase Manhattan Bank), as trustee (the "Trustee"), with respect to the Series 1999-1 Notes (the "Notes").                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
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|The Notes consist of four classes of notes.  As of December 31, 2003, the outstanding principal balance of the Series 1999-1 Notes was approximately $0 and the receivables held by the Issuer had an aggregate outstanding principal balance of approximately $0.  A reserve account held for the benefit of the Noteholders had a balance of approximately $0.  On February 17, 2000, the Class A-1 Notes were paid in full, on February 20, 2001, the Class A-2 Notes were paid in full, on April 17, 2002, the Class A-3 Notes were paid in full and on November 17, 2003, the Class A-4 Notes were paid in full.  The Master Servicer has prepared this Form 10-K on behalf of the Registrant in reliance upon various no-action letters issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") to other trusts which are substantially similar to the Trust.  Items designated herein as "Not Applicable" have been omitted as a result of this reliance.
|PART I                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
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|Item 1.	Business.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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|Not Applicable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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|Item 2.	Properties.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
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|Not Applicable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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|Item 3.	Legal Proceedings.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
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|The Master Servicer is not aware of any material pending legal proceedings involving either the Registrant, the Trustee, the Seller or the Master Servicer with respect to the Notes or the Registrant's property.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
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|Item 4.	Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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|No vote or consent of the holders of the Notes (the "Noteholders") was solicited for any purpose during the year ended December 31, 2003.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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|PART II                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
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|Item 5.	Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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|To the best knowledge of the Master Servicer, there is no established public trading market for the Notes.  At March 25, 2004, there were less than 300 holders of record of each class of Notes.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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|Item 6.	Selected Financial Data.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
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|Not Applicable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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|Item 7.	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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|Not Applicable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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|Item 8.	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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|Not Applicable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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|Item 9.	Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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|None.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|Item 9a.  Controls and Procedures.

Not Applicable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
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|PART III                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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|Item 10.	Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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|Not Applicable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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|Item 11.	Executive Compensation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
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|Not Applicable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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|Item 12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    



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|The information set forth in the table is based upon information obtained by the Master Servicer from the Trustee and from The Depository Trust Company as of February 24, 2004.  The Master Servicer is not aware of any Schedules 13D or 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect of the Notes.                                                                       
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|Name and Address                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|Series 1999-1 Class A-4 Noteholders                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|None                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
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|Item 13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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|None or Not Applicable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
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|Item 14.	Principal Accountant Fees and Services.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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|Not Applicable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|PART IV                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
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|Item 15.	Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
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|(a)	List the following documents filed as a part of the report:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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|(1)	Financial Statements                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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|Not Applicable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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|(2)	Financial Statement Schedules                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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|Not Applicable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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|(3)  The Master Servicer is obligated to prepare an Annual Statement to Noteholders for the year ended December 31, 2003, and Independent Public Accountants are required to prepare an Annual Servicing Report pertaining to the compliance of the Master Servicer with its servicing obligations pursuant to the Agreement.  Copies of said documents are filed as exhibits to this Form 10-K.
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|(b)	The Registrant filed the following current reports on Form 8-K for the fourth quarter of 2003:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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|Date of Reports                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|October 24, 2003
November 26, 2003                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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|Exhibit 99(a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|Exhibit 99(b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|Exhibit 99(c)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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|(d)  Not Applicable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            



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|SIGNATURES                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
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|Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Master Servicer has duly caused this report to be signed on behalf of the Household Automotive Trust III, Series 1999-1 by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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|Dated:  March 25, 2004                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                



Certification

I, Steven H. Smith, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K, and all reports on Form 8-K
2. Based on my knowledge, the information in these reports, taken as a whole,
3. Based on my knowledge, the distribution or servicing information required to be provided to the trustee by the servicer under the pooling and servicing, or similar, agreement for inclusion in these reports is included in these reports;
4. I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the servicer under the pooling and servicing, or similar, agreement and based upon my knowledge and the annual compliance review required under that agreement,  and except as disclosed in the reports, the servicer has fulfilled its obligations under that agreement; and
5. The reports disclose all significant deficiencies relating to the servicer's compliance with the minimum servicing standards based upon the report provided by an independent public accountant, after conducting a review in compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers or similar procedure, as set forth in the pooling and servicing, or similar, agreement, that is included in these reports.

In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties: JPMorgan Chase Bank and The Depository Trust Company.



Date:  March 25, 2004



/s/ Steven H. Smith

Steven H. Smith

Assistant Treasurer





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|Exhibit Index            
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|Exhibit No.
Exhibit 99(a) | Exhibit
Annual Statement to Noteholders for the year ended December 31, 2003.
|Exhibit 99(b)             | Independent Accountants' Report dated February 28, 2004.                     
|Exhibit 99(c)             | Annual Certificate as to Compliance dated March 25, 2004.