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1997 Mercury Villager body & structure problems

Owners reported body & structure problems in 22 complaints for the 1997 Mercury Villager, 14% of the complaints on file. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
22 15% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

None of the body & structure complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

I have contacted you before & talked to peggy about the side door of the villager opening. The vechical is leased and being returned 12/14/98 I sent you pics of the inner workings of the door- touching the styroform also makes the door open & a little round thing does too other than just the rod that I told you already. Dealership refuses to fix panel saying I "abused the vechical" ifeel this is a serious saftey issue since the vechical is designed for families. Thank you

September 1997

I was driving along after shopping and I started to hear this dragging or bottoming out sound so I pulled over to see what was happening and to my surprise the front frame on the passenger side that holds up the engine was broken I then opened the hood and saw that the engine was sitting sideways toward the passenger side.

Reported at 190,000 miles, December 2014

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