Mercury Monterey vs Ford E-350

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 Monterey	Ford E-350
Complaints on file	550	1,361
Model years covered	1968–2007	1983–2025
Worst model year	2004	1997
Best model year	2007	2015
Crashes reported	4	68
Fires reported	10	66
Injuries reported	8	55
Deaths reported	0	10
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	4%	14.6%

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%

Ford E-350 by year

1 1 2 2 22 51 53 60 93 59 96 70 77 63 59 61 59 70 80 76 23 56 11 21 19 22 32 23 10 5 17 5 4 2 30 20 3 2 1

83 86 88 89 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

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

What breaks

Brakes 225 16.5%

Engine & Cooling 219 16.1%

Tires 172 12.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 153 11.2%

Electrical System 97 7.1%

Steering 89 6.5%

Suspension 81 6.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 72 5.3%