NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Mercury Villager Recalls
The 2001 Mercury Villager has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on October 26, 2000.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Mercury Villager. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 20
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 Mercury Villager, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2001 Mercury Villager
Seat belts: front: buckle assembly
- Campaign
- 00V338001
- Reported
- October 26, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,500
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2001 Mercury Villager
2001 Mercury Villager complaints by year
NHTSA has received 20 owner complaints about the 2001 Mercury Villager, the newest on February 10, 2019. Of these, 3 describe a crash (15%); owners reported 11 injuries.
In complaints about the 2001 Mercury Villager, the component group named most often is the air bags (15%), followed by the seat belts (15%) and the suspension (15%).
The 2001 Mercury Villager's only recall also concerns the seat belts.
Where 2001 Mercury Villager owners gave the mileage (10 complaints), the median was 28,100 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags3
- Seat Belts3
- Suspension3
- Tires3
- Equipment2
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic2
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 7 | |
| 2005 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 Mercury Villager peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 7. 70% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 20 complaints about the 2001 Mercury Villager are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mercury Villager by model year
Other 2001 Mercury models
Newest record on this page: February 10, 2019. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted