NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Mercury Mountaineer Recalls
The 2001 Mercury Mountaineer has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 3, 2007.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Mercury Mountaineer. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 22
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 Mercury Mountaineer, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2001 Mercury Mountaineer
Vehicle speed control
- Campaign
- 07V336000
- Reported
- August 3, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,600,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Mountaineer, 7 other models
Vehicle speed control: cables
- Campaign
- 03V280000
- Reported
- August 5, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 448,005
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Mountaineer, 1 other model
Seats: front assembly: recliner
- Campaign
- 03V281000
- Reported
- August 5, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,552,880
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Mountaineer, 3 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Mountaineer, 24 other models
2001 Mercury Mountaineer complaints by year
NHTSA has received 22 owner complaints about the 2001 Mercury Mountaineer, the newest on June 25, 2018. Of these, 2 describe a crash (9%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2001 Mercury Mountaineer, the component group named most often is the suspension (18%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (14%) and the structure (14%).
None of the 2001 Mercury Mountaineer's 4 recalls concerns the suspension.
Where 2001 Mercury Mountaineer owners gave the mileage (13 complaints), the median was 75,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Suspension4
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic3
- Structure3
- Tires3
- Latches/Locks/Linkages2
- Seats2
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 8 | |
| 2004 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 Mercury Mountaineer peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 8. 50% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Mercury Mountaineer drew 0.2× the complaints of the median Mercury Mountaineer year in the same window: 9th highest of the 9 ranked years.
That makes 2001 one of the three best-measured Mercury Mountaineer years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 2/5
The 22 complaints about the 2001 Mercury Mountaineer are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mercury Mountaineer by model year
Other 2001 Mercury models
Newest record on this page: June 25, 2018. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted