Mercury cooling system problems
Across all Mercury models in NHTSA's complaint database, 394 complaints involve cooling system. The Sable accounts for the largest share (45%). The single worst model year is the 1995 Sable with 46 cooling system complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 394 about cooling system, all Mercury models
- Most affected
- Sable 45% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 65,000 miles 88 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 22
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Mercury models
| Model | Complaints | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sable | 178 | 45% |
| Mystique | 64 | 16% |
| Grand Marquis | 42 | 11% |
| Cougar | 37 | 9% |
| Mountaineer | 36 | 9% |
| Villager | 12 | 3% |
| Topaz | 10 | 3% |
| Marquis | 5 | 1% |
| Tracer | 4 | 1% |
| Mariner | 1 | 0% |
Worst model years for cooling system
- 1995 Mercury Sable46 complaints
- 1993 Mercury Sable41 complaints
- 1995 Mercury Mystique38 complaints
- 2006 Mercury Mountaineer25 complaints
- 1992 Mercury Sable22 complaints
Cooling system complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 1 |
| 1991 | 10 |
| 1992 | 29 |
| 1993 | 62 |
| 1994 | 23 |
| 1995 | 89 |
| 1996 | 44 |
| 1997 | 47 |
| 1998 | 19 |
| 1999 | 13 |
| 2000 | 2 |
| 2001 | 5 |
| 2002 | 6 |
| 2003 | 11 |
| 2004 | 1 |
| 2006 | 25 |
| 2007 | 4 |
| 2008 | 3 |
Among the 88 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 65,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.