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Mercury Mariner vs Chrysler Sebring

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 Mercury Mariner Chrysler Sebring
Complaints on file 1,722 4,094
Model years covered 2005–2011 1995–2011
Worst model year 2008 1996
Best model year 2007 2003
Crashes reported 48 416
Fires reported 4 123
Injuries reported 32 239
Deaths reported 0 9
Most complained-about part Steering Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm 4.9% 19.2%

Mercury Mariner by year

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

What breaks

Chrysler Sebring by year

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

What breaks