Mercury Sable vs Ford Edge

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 Sable	Ford Edge
Complaints on file	7,190	17,975
Model years covered	1984–2009	2004–2024
Worst model year	2000	2013
Best model year	2005	2021
Crashes reported	406	428
Fires reported	252	110
Injuries reported	264	296
Deaths reported	5	3
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	12.9%	4.7%

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%

Ford Edge by year

5 1,242 1,467 307 778 2,538 1,480 3,240 516 964 1,103 1,630 970 919 429 144 162 31 50

04 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 3,153 17.5%

Electrical System 2,612 14.5%

Brakes 2,347 13.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 2,124 11.8%

Other & Unspecified 1,520 8.5%

Airbags 1,309 7.3%

Body & Structure 964 5.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 698 3.9%