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Mercury wipers, windshield & visibility problems

Across all Mercury models in NHTSA's complaint database, 1,068 complaints involve wipers, windshield & visibility. The Sable accounts for the largest share (28%). The single worst model year is the 1993 Villager with 69 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
1,068 about wipers, windshield & visibility, all Mercury models
Most affected
Sable 28% of these complaints
Typical mileage
61,000 miles 295 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
8 and 25

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Mercury models

ModelComplaintsShare
Sable29428%
Grand Marquis16115%
Villager15314%
Cougar12812%
Mountaineer11311%
Mystique929%
Mariner252%
Marquis232%
Tracer232%
Topaz182%

Worst model years for wipers, windshield & visibility

  1. 1993 Mercury Villager69 complaints
  2. 1999 Mercury Cougar56 complaints
  3. 1993 Mercury Sable56 complaints
  4. 2002 Mercury Mountaineer35 complaints
  5. 1996 Mercury Sable30 complaints

Wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by model year

Mercury wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by model year 0 75 150 1990: 14 '90 1991: 24 1992: 44 '92 1993: 147 1994: 76 '94 1995: 90 1996: 95 '96 1997: 78 1998: 50 '98 1999: 134 2000: 65 '00 2001: 27 2002: 75 '02 2003: 46 2004: 23 '04 2005: 30 2006: 10 '06 2007: 7 2008: 6 '08 2009: 5 2010: 14 '10 2011: 8
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
199014
199124
199244
1993147
199476
199590
199695
199778
199850
1999134
200065
200127
200275
200346
200423
200530
200610
20077
20086
20095
201014
20118

Among the 295 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 61,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.