Mercury Marquis
Owners filed 354 complaints across 15 model years of the Mercury Marquis. The 1997 drew the most (53).
Which Mercury Marquis years should you avoid?
No Mercury Marquis year stands out. Across the 6 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 31), and none shows an unusual share of fires, crashes or deaths for its age.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Mercury Marquis model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 12 | 0 | — | — | Exterior Lighting | Routine | |
| 2003 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 4 | Exterior Lighting | Routine | |
| 2002 | 11 | 0 | — | 3 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Pedals and Linkages | Routine | |
| 2001 | 26 | 0 | — | 3 | Engine and Engine Cooling | Routine | |
| 2000 | 23 | 0 | — | 1 | Structure › Body | Routine | |
| 1999 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 1998 | 29 | 0 | — | 1 | Suspension | Routine | |
| 1997 | 53 | 1 | 3 | 5 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe | Routine | |
| 1996 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Engine and Engine Cooling | Routine | |
| 1995 | 20 | 0 | — | — | Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly | Routine | |
| 1994 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 2 | Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls | Routine | |
| 1993 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 2 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 1992 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 5 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Routine | |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | Electrical System › Alternator/Generator/Regulator | Routine | |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.