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Mercury Mountaineer by model year

2,646 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Mercury Mountaineer across 15 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

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Complaints by model year

Total NHTSA complaints by model year, Mercury Mountaineer 0 275 550 1996: 3 '96 1997: 399 '97 1998: 298 '98 1999: 182 '99 2000: 164 '00 2001: 32 '01 2002: 504 '02 2003: 220 '03 2004: 271 '04 2005: 113 '05 2006: 153 '06 2007: 119 '07 2008: 156 '08 2009: 8 '09 2010: 24 '10
Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.
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Model yearComplaints
19963
1997399
1998298
1999182
2000164
200132
2002504
2003220
2004271
2005113
2006153
2007119
2008156
20098
201024

All model years

Model yearComplaintsMost reportedRecallsMPGSafety
2010 24 1 15 to 17
2009 8 15 to 17
2008 156 Seats (35%) 1 15 to 16
2007 119 Seats (22%) 15 to 16
2006 153 Engine (21%) 1 15 to 16
2005 113 Body & structure (26%) 14 to 16
2004 271 Body & structure (31%) 15 to 16
2003 220 Body & structure (28%) 15 to 16
2002 504 Transmission (19%) 2 14 to 16
2001 32 Brakes (13%) 3 15 to 17
2000 164 Cruise control (17%) 6 15 to 16
1999 182 Tires (30%) 7 14 to 16
1998 298 Tires (35%) 5 14 to 16
1997 399 Tires (41%) 6 14
1996 3 1