NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Mercury Mountaineer Recalls
The 2003 Mercury Mountaineer has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Mercury Mountaineer. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 152
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 Mercury Mountaineer, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2003 Mercury Mountaineer
Visibility: glass, side/rear
- Campaign
- 07E104000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 2004–2008 Mountaineer, 9 other models
2003 Mercury Mountaineer complaints by year
NHTSA has received 152 owner complaints about the 2003 Mercury Mountaineer, the newest on April 3, 2022. Of these, 6 describe a crash (4%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 9 injuries.
In complaints about the 2003 Mercury Mountaineer, the component group named most often is the structure (39%), followed by the power train (28%) and the electrical system (7%).
The 2003 Mercury Mountaineer's only recall does not concern the structure.
Where 2003 Mercury Mountaineer owners gave the mileage (117 complaints), the median was 78,784 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Structure59
- Power Train42
- Electrical System11
- Engine And Engine Cooling10
- Suspension10
- Air Bags9
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 7 | |
| 2005 | 15 | |
| 2006 | 14 | |
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 12 | |
| 2009 | 20 | |
| 2010 | 16 | |
| 2011 | 12 | |
| 2012 | 12 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Mercury Mountaineer peaked in 2009, when NHTSA received 20. 30% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Mercury Mountaineer drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Mercury Mountaineer year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 9 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 152 complaints about the 2003 Mercury Mountaineer are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mercury Mountaineer by model year
Other 2003 Mercury models
Newest record on this page: April 3, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted