Toyota Camry Solara vs Mercury Mountaineer

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	Toyota Camry Solara	Mercury Mountaineer
Complaints on file	1,108	2,646
Model years covered	1999–2009	1996–2010
Worst model year	2004	1997
Best model year	2003	2010
Crashes reported	239	191
Fires reported	18	91
Injuries reported	117	148
Deaths reported	7	5
Most complained-about part	Body & Structure	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	34.4%	16.4%

Toyota Camry Solara by year

109 80 66 67 34 204 131 159 158 99 1

99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09

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

What breaks

Body & Structure 174 15.7%

Airbags 130 11.7%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 130 11.7%

Engine & Cooling 80 7.2%

Brakes 70 6.3%

Transmission & Drivetrain 63 5.7%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 61 5.5%

Other & Unspecified 58 5.2%

Mercury Mountaineer by year

3 399 298 182 164 32 504 220 271 113 153 119 156 8 24

96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 399 15.1%

Tires 364 13.8%

Body & Structure 298 11.3%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 221 8.4%

Engine & Cooling 217 8.2%

Electrical System 190 7.2%

Brakes 142 5.4%

Seats 127 4.8%