NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Mercury Mountaineer Recalls
The 2002 Mercury Mountaineer has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 13, 2009.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 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
- 372
- Crashes reported
- 17
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
7 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 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 2002 Mercury Mountaineer
Vehicle speed control
- Campaign
- 09V399000
- Reported
- October 13, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,500,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 10 other models
Tires: sidewall
- Campaign
- 01V171000
- Reported
- May 24, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 52,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Visibility: glass, side/rear
- Campaign
- 01I010000
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Visibility: glass, side/rear
- Campaign
- 07E104000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2008 Mountaineer, 9 other models
2002 Mercury Mountaineer complaints by year
NHTSA has received 372 owner complaints about the 2002 Mercury Mountaineer, the newest on December 27, 2023. Of these, 17 describe a crash (5%) and 7 a fire; owners reported 38 injuries.
In complaints about the 2002 Mercury Mountaineer, the component group named most often is the power train (39%), followed by the structure (19%) and the suspension (10%).
None of the 2002 Mercury Mountaineer's 4 recalls concerns the power train.
Where 2002 Mercury Mountaineer owners gave the mileage (260 complaints), the median was 75,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train144
- Structure70
- Suspension36
- Engine And Engine Cooling33
- Visibility31
- Steering23
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 14 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 22 | |
| 2003 | 21 | |
| 2004 | 32 | |
| 2005 | 41 | |
| 2006 | 30 | |
| 2007 | 28 | |
| 2008 | 35 | |
| 2009 | 46 | |
| 2010 | 41 | |
| 2011 | 14 | |
| 2012 | 13 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 13 | |
| 2015 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Mercury Mountaineer peaked in 2009, when NHTSA received 46. 35% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Mercury Mountaineer drew 2.9× the complaints of the median Mercury Mountaineer year in the same window: 1st highest of the 9 ranked years.
That makes 2002 one of the Mercury Mountaineer years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 372 complaints about the 2002 Mercury Mountaineer are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mercury Mountaineer by model year
Other 2002 Mercury models
Newest record on this page: December 27, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted