NHTSA Safety Recalls
Mercury Mystique Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 5 recall campaigns for the Mercury Mystique, across 1 model year from 2000 to 2000.
- Model years
- 1
- Recall campaigns
- 5
- Most recalls
- 2000
- Owner complaints
- 67
2000–2000, with a recall
5 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 67 complaints with NHTSA about the Mercury Mystique across 3 model years; the most, 63, concern the 2000.
Owners marked a crash on 7 of the Mercury Mystique complaints (10%) and a fire on 0.
Across all Mercury Mystique model years, owners name the structure most often (at least 18 complaints), then the visibility (9).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the Mercury Mystique in 2003: 14, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the Mercury Mystique is equipment: other: labels, in 1 model-year listing.
The newest Mercury Mystique recall, 00V228001, was reported on August 18, 2000 and concerns the seat belts.
Mercury Mystique years to avoid
Too few Mercury Mystique model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 1 of the 5 needed.
The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method
Recalls and complaints by model year
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | First years | vs median year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 | not ranked |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 1 | not ranked |
| 2000 | 5 | 63 | 30 | not ranked |
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Mercury Mystique years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the Mercury Mystique
- EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS1
- SEAT BELTS1
- SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1
- SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS1
- SUSPENSION1
Mercury Mystique model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every Mercury Mystique recall campaign (5)
| Campaign | Component | Years | Risk named | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00V228001August 18, 2000 | seat belts | 2000 | crash | 144,435 |
| 00V075000March 9, 2000 | service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components | 2000 | crash | 436,200 |
| 99V361000December 29, 1999 | equipment: other: labels | 2000 | — | 1,381 |
| 06E022000 | service brakes, hydraulic | 2000 | crash | — |
| 08E033000 | suspension | 2000 | crash | — |
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Mercury Mystique. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: January 4, 2015. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted