Ford Club Wagon 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	Ford Club Wagon	Mercury Monterey
Complaints on file	220	550
Model years covered	1985–2001	1968–2007
Worst model year	1997	2004
Best model year	1993	2007
Crashes reported	16	4
Fires reported	14	10
Injuries reported	8	8
Deaths reported	1	0
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	17.7%	4%

Ford Club Wagon by year

1 2 1 1 9 5 5 18 15 24 23 24 40 35 9 6 2

85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01

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

What breaks

Brakes 59 26.8%

Engine & Cooling 29 13.2%

Tires 18 8.2%

Electrical System 17 7.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 13 5.9%

Steering 12 5.5%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 12 5.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 10 4.5%

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%