NHTSA Safety Recalls
Mercury Recalls
Mercury has 197 model-year recall listings with NHTSA across 12 models and 2000–2011 model years. The model with the most is the Milan, with 44.
Owners have filed 10,044 complaints with NHTSA about the Mercury model years listed here; the most, 1,003, concern the 2010 Milan.
5 Mercury models have enough complaint data for a years-to-avoid ranking; 4 of them have at least one year that stands out.
Complaints about Mercury vehicles most often name the power train (at least 1,414), then the steering (1,133).
The Mercury model with the most owner complaints is the Milan: 2,520 across 6 model years listed here.
The newest Mercury recall here, 21V158000, was reported on March 10, 2021 and concerns the air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module.
Mercury recalls most often concern the fuel system, gasoline (18 model-year listings), then the air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module (17).
- Models
- 12
- Recall listings
- 197
- Model years
- 2000–2011
- Pages on file
- 57
campaign × model year
year + model
Mercury models, most recalls first
| Model | Recalls | Years covered |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury Milan | 44 | 2006–2011(6) |
| Mercury Grand Marquis | 39 | 2000–2011(12) |
| Mercury Sable | 28 | 2000–2008(7) |
| Mercury Mountaineer | 25 | 2000–2010(10) |
| Mercury Mariner | 22 | 2005–2011(7) |
| Mercury Monterey | 14 | 2004–2007(4) |
| Mercury Cougar | 11 | 2000–2002(3) |
| Mercury Mystique | 5 | 2000–2000(1) |
| Mercury Montego | 3 | 2005–2007(2) |
| Mercury Villager | 3 | 2000–2001(2) |
| Mercury Marauder | 2 | 2003–2004(2) |
| Mercury Tracer | 1 | 2000–2000(1) |
What gets recalled most on Mercury vehicles
- FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE18
- AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE17
- STEERING10
- VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR8
- STEERING:RACK AND PINION:PINION SHAFT7
- SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING7
- AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE6
- EQUIPMENT6
- SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE5
- AIR BAGS:FRONTAL5
- SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS5
- STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM5
Mercury years to avoid, by model
- Mercury Grand Marquisno year stands out
- Mercury Mariner2010
- Mercury Milan2010, 2011
- Mercury Mountaineer2002
- Mercury Sable2000
Models sold in large numbers over many years collect more recalls and complaints than niche ones.
Newest record on this page: October 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted