Mercury body & structure problems
Across all Mercury models in NHTSA's complaint database, 1,202 complaints involve body & structure. The Mountaineer accounts for the largest share (25%). The single worst model year is the 2004 Mountaineer with 85 body & structure complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 1,202 about body & structure, all Mercury models
- Most affected
- Mountaineer 25% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 66,000 miles 540 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 45 and 8
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Mercury models
| Model | Complaints | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mountaineer | 298 | 25% |
| Sable | 272 | 23% |
| Grand Marquis | 140 | 12% |
| Villager | 133 | 11% |
| Cougar | 81 | 7% |
| Mystique | 76 | 6% |
| Milan | 70 | 6% |
| Monterey | 28 | 2% |
| Mariner | 24 | 2% |
| Tracer | 18 | 2% |
Worst model years for body & structure
- 2004 Mercury Mountaineer85 complaints
- 2002 Mercury Mountaineer73 complaints
- 2003 Mercury Mountaineer62 complaints
- 1999 Mercury Cougar38 complaints
- 1993 Mercury Sable37 complaints
Body & structure complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 29 |
| 1991 | 33 |
| 1992 | 55 |
| 1993 | 83 |
| 1994 | 38 |
| 1995 | 66 |
| 1996 | 76 |
| 1997 | 51 |
| 1998 | 52 |
| 1999 | 102 |
| 2000 | 56 |
| 2001 | 30 |
| 2002 | 93 |
| 2003 | 97 |
| 2004 | 116 |
| 2005 | 64 |
| 2006 | 50 |
| 2007 | 42 |
| 2008 | 32 |
| 2009 | 11 |
| 2010 | 25 |
| 2011 | 1 |
Among the 540 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 66,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.