NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Mercury Mountaineer Recalls
The 2004 Mercury Mountaineer has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 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
- 210
- Crashes reported
- 11
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 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 2004 Mercury Mountaineer
Visibility: glass, side/rear
- Campaign
- 07E104000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2003, 2005–2008 Mountaineer, 9 other models
2004 Mercury Mountaineer complaints by year
NHTSA has received 210 owner complaints about the 2004 Mercury Mountaineer, the newest on June 21, 2021. Of these, 11 describe a crash (5%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 16 injuries.
In complaints about the 2004 Mercury Mountaineer, the component group named most often is the structure (38%), followed by the power train (30%) and the vehicle speed control (10%).
The 2004 Mercury Mountaineer's only recall does not concern the structure.
Where 2004 Mercury Mountaineer owners gave the mileage (181 complaints), the median was 69,449 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Structure79
- Power Train64
- Vehicle Speed Control21
- Electrical System16
- Air Bags12
- Engine And Engine Cooling11
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 12 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 11 | |
| 2006 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 16 | |
| 2008 | 27 | |
| 2009 | 20 | |
| 2010 | 24 | |
| 2011 | 23 | |
| 2012 | 10 | |
| 2013 | 18 | |
| 2014 | 23 | |
| 2015 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2004 Mercury Mountaineer peaked in 2008, when NHTSA received 27. 21% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Mercury Mountaineer drew 1.3× the complaints of the median Mercury Mountaineer year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 9 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 210 complaints about the 2004 Mercury Mountaineer are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mercury Mountaineer by model year
Other 2004 Mercury models
Newest record on this page: June 21, 2021. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted