Blue Bird ALL American vs Mercury Monterey

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Blue Bird ALL American	Mercury Monterey
Complaints on file	222	550
Model years covered	1992–2019	1968–2007
Worst model year	—	2004
Best model year	—	2007
Crashes reported	0	4
Fires reported	2	10
Injuries reported	0	8
Deaths reported	0	0
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	0.9%	4%

Blue Bird ALL American by year

182 1 2 1 2 10 1 2 5 5 3 1 4 1 2

92 98 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 13 15 16 19

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 63 28.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 46 20.7%

Body & Structure 32 14.4%

Steering 29 13.1%

Electrical System 26 11.7%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 9 4.1%

Brakes 8 3.6%

Seats 4 1.8%

Mercury Monterey by year

2 346 136 54 12

68 04 05 06 07

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 350 63.6%

Body & Structure 28 5.1%

Engine & Cooling 26 4.7%

Electrical System 23 4.2%

Seats 20 3.6%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 17 3.1%

Brakes 15 2.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 13 2.4%