Mercury Villager
Owners filed 1,725 complaints across 11 model years of the Mercury Villager. The 1993 drew the most (414).
Model years11
Complaints1,725
Recalls25
Fires55
Deaths4
Which Mercury Villager years should you avoid?
Going by 1,725 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Mercury Villager years to avoid are 1993.
- 1993414 complaints, 2.2× a typical Villager year, most often about the engine.
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 Villager model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 18 | 0 | — | 2 | Tires | Routine | |
| 2001 | 20 | 1 | — | 3 | Suspension | Routine | |
| 2000 | 71 | 2 | 1 | 8 | Vehicle Speed Control › Accelerator Pedal | Routine | |
| 1999 | 185 | 4 | 3 | 11 | Vehicle Speed Control › Accelerator Pedal | Routine | |
| 1998 | 83 | 2 | — | 11 | Vehicle Speed Control › Accelerator Pedal | Routine | |
| 1997 | 125 | 3 | 1 | 5 | Structure › Body › Door | Fatalities reported | |
| 1996 | 188 | 2 | 7 | 11 | Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch | Routine | |
| 1995 | 367 | 3 | 7 | 26 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Fatalities reported | |
| 1994 | 253 | 3 | 6 | 11 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Above average | |
| 1993Avoid | 414 | 5 | 30 | 15 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe | High concern | |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Structure › Body › Door | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.