FaultScore

Porsche Macan vs Mercury Tracer

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 Porsche Macan Mercury Tracer
Complaints on file 304 754
Model years covered 2015–2025 1988–2000
Worst model year 2017 1997
Best model year 2016 1998
Crashes reported 30 93
Fires reported 8 60
Injuries reported 9 71
Deaths reported 0 3
Most complained-about part Airbags Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm 15.5% 30.1%

Porsche Macan by year

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

What breaks

Airbags 54 17.8%
Brakes 28 9.2%
Lights 27 8.9%
Steering 20 6.6%
Other & Unspecified 18 5.9%

Mercury Tracer by year

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 83 11.0%
Airbags 76 10.1%
Brakes 67 8.9%
Seat Belts 64 8.5%
Suspension 48 6.4%