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Mercury Villager Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 3 recall campaigns for the Mercury Villager, across 2 model years from 2000 to 2001. The 2000 has the most (2); the fewest among years with a recall is 2001 (1).

Model years
2

2000–2001, with a recall

Recall campaigns
3
Most recalls
2000

2 recalls

Owner complaints
109

all model years, NHTSA

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Owners have filed 109 complaints with NHTSA about the Mercury Villager across 3 model years; the most, 71, concern the 2000.

Owners marked a crash on 13 of the Mercury Villager complaints (12%) and a fire on 1.

Across all Mercury Villager model years, owners name the vehicle speed control most often (at least 39 complaints), then the service brakes, hydraulic (11).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Mercury Villager in 2003: 20, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Mercury Villager is seat belts, in 1 model-year listing.

The newest Mercury Villager recall, 00V338001, was reported on October 26, 2000 and concerns the seat belts: front: buckle assembly.

Mercury Villager years to avoid

Too few Mercury Villager model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 2 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

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Mercury Villager, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
20020188not ranked
200112014not ranked
200027133not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Mercury Villager years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Mercury Villager

  • SEAT BELTS1
  • SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY1
  • STEERING:RACK AND PINION1

Mercury Villager model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Mercury Villager recall campaign (3)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Mercury Villager, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
00V338001October 26, 2000seat belts: front: buckle assembly2001crash and injury2,500
00V292001October 10, 2000steering: rack and pinion2000—67,200
00V228001August 18, 2000seat belts2000crash144,435

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Mercury Villager. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

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Newest record on this page: February 10, 2019. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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