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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2010 Mercury Mountaineer Recalls

The 2010 Mercury Mountaineer has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on April 20, 2010.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2010 Mercury Mountaineer. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
1

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
13

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
0

in complaints

NHTSA crash test
★★★★★

frontal crash, no overall star before 2011

On a 2010 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 2010 Mercury Mountaineer

Seats: front assembly: recliner

Campaign
10V161000
Reported
April 20, 2010
Vehicles affected
up to 33,256
Risk NHTSA names
crash and injury
Federal standard
FMVSS 202, head restraints
Same campaign
also 4 other models

10V161000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2010 Mercury Mountaineer complaints by year

NHTSA has received 13 owner complaints about the 2010 Mercury Mountaineer, the newest on June 7, 2022.

In complaints about the 2010 Mercury Mountaineer, the component group named most often is the service brakes (38%), followed by the vehicle speed control (31%) and the engine (23%).

The 2010 Mercury Mountaineer's only recall does not concern the service brakes.

Where 2010 Mercury Mountaineer owners gave the mileage (11 complaints), the median was 38,660 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Service Brakes5
  • Vehicle Speed Control4
  • Engine3
  • Power Train2
  • Steering2
  • Electrical System1

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2010 Mercury Mountaineer received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20121
20133
20142
20152
20161
20181
20192
20221

Complaints about the 2010 Mercury Mountaineer peaked in 2013, when NHTSA received 3. 31% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.

NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: none before 2011
  • Frontal: 5/5
  • Side: 5/5
  • Rollover: 3/5

The 13 complaints about the 2010 Mercury Mountaineer are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Mercury Mountaineer by model year

Other 2010 Mercury models

Newest record on this page: June 7, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted