2002 Mercury Mountaineer brakes problems
27 complaints about brakes have been filed for the 2002 Mercury Mountaineer, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 27 5% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 49,000 miles 18 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When brakes problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 2 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 4 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 5 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 18 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 49,000 miles, and 61% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 injury.
What owners wrote
When braking brakes failed, causing the vehicle to go into an embankment. Vehicle was towed. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.
Changed front pads ( never opened bleeder)then had soft pedal, after that changed frond brake lines master cylinder, booster, ABS control unit and calipers still soft pedal. Then used snapon scan tool to perform brake bleeding in ABS control unit, still problem persisted, as of now still no luck (bleeding all 4wheels in factory specs have been perform/bench bleeding) still soft pedal.
Other problems reported for the 2002 Mercury Mountaineer
- Transmission 96 complaints
- Body & structure 73 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 53 complaints
- Suspension 42 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 35 complaints
- Engine 33 complaints
- Steering 23 complaints
- Air bags 20 complaints