Worst years for a Mercury Villager
Owners have filed 2,205 complaints about the Mercury Villager with NHTSA across model years 1992 to 2002. More of them are about the engine & cooling than anything else.
Avoid
1993 Mercury Villager516 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly engine & cooling.
Every Mercury Villager year, graded
The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.
| Year | Grade | Complaints | Crashes | Fires | Median miles | Most reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | B | 20 | 2 | 0 | 66,500 | Steering |
| 2001 | C | 21 | 4 | 0 | 32,076 | Airbags |
| 2000 | C | 90 | 10 | 1 | 40,000 | Acceleration & Cruise Control |
| 1999 | C | 252 | 15 | 3 | 53,000 | Acceleration & Cruise Control |
| 1998 | C | 100 | 14 | 0 | 82,000 | Acceleration & Cruise Control |
| 1997 | B | 152 | 9 | 1 | 100,000 | Fuel & Propulsion |
| 1996 | C | 253 | 12 | 8 | 86,088 | Engine & Cooling |
| 1995 | D | 477 | 30 | 8 | 100,000 | Engine & Cooling |
| 1994 | C | 323 | 15 | 6 | 92,000 | Engine & Cooling |
| 1993 | D | 516 | 19 | 37 | 108,000 | Engine & Cooling |
| 1992 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | Body & Structure |
What breaks on a Mercury Villager
Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.
Exactly what failed on a Mercury Villager
The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.
Complaints filed over time
Every complaint about every Mercury Villager, by the month it reached NHTSA.
Mercury Villager problems by state
Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.
Compare the Mercury Villager
Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.