Mazda MAZDA6 vs Mercury Sable

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	Mazda MAZDA6	Mercury Sable
Complaints on file	2,937	7,190
Model years covered	2002–2021	1984–2009
Worst model year	2014	2000
Best model year	2021	2005
Crashes reported	191	406
Fires reported	37	252
Injuries reported	112	264
Deaths reported	2	5
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	11.6%	12.9%

Mazda MAZDA6 by year

40 245 197 180 207 184 121 529 318 186 128 34 196 78 111 77 78 6 3 19

02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

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

What breaks

Airbags 638 21.7%

Body & Structure 298 10.1%

Engine & Cooling 235 8.0%

Electrical System 231 7.9%

Suspension 225 7.7%

Other & Unspecified 223 7.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 202 6.9%

Brakes 155 5.3%

Mercury Sable by year

1 55 105 189 300 220 346 517 981 534 485 391 326 243 302 578 528 541 251 75 112 2 81 27

84 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 08 09

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 1,423 19.8%

Suspension 988 13.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 844 11.7%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 520 7.2%

Brakes 499 6.9%

Electrical System 472 6.6%

Body & Structure 341 4.7%

Steering 337 4.7%