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Mercury Tracer

Every Mercury Tracer model year on file, 1987 to 2003. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years567125 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years171987 to 2003
Recall campaigns12Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins839Summed across model years
By model year

The 1997 model year drew the most complaints, 142, 25% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

050100150198719891991199319951997142199920012003
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Fuel system leads the Mercury Tracer complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Fuel system
80
Electrical system
79
Airbags
75
Engine and cooling
74
Seat belts
63
Brakes
58
Suspension
45
Powertrain
37
Speed control
34
Steering
30
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Mercury Tracer model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Mercury Tracer by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2003Not decoded0NoneNone101
2002Not decoded0NoneNone101
2001Not decoded0NoneNone101
2000SUV20.08107
1999Sedan2035.0911185
1998Wagon449.114411112
1997Sedan14225.474722143
1996Sedan1233.3600083
1995Sedan967.35193175
1994Wagon6636.48251078
1993Sedan6224.22581178
1992Sedan2433.31332163
1991Sedan6018.33163155
1990Not decoded250.0200009
1989Hatchback1618.81461018
1988Wagon2123.83003115
1987Not decoded0NoneNone1015
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Mercury Tracer

  • 04E-048 Jul 12, 2004
    Certain trw driver's side seat belts manufactured on december 6 and 9, 2002, for use as replacement equipment for 1997 ford escort 4-door and…
    Seat belts · 388 vehicles
  • 02V-323 Dec 9, 2002
    On certain passenger vehicles, the integrated air bag monitor (iabm) can be contaminated with water or other liquids and could experience internal…
    Airbags · 396k vehicles
  • 97V-145 Sep 3, 1997
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with 1.9l engines, built at the hermosillo assembly plant and originally sold or currently…
    Fuel system · 600 vehicles
  • 97V-144 Sep 3, 1997
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with 1.9l engines, built at the hermosillo or wayne assembly plants and originally sold or…
    Fuel system · 64k vehicles
  • 95V-103-011 Jun 27, 1995
    Front safety belt buckle release buttons can break
    Seat belts · 265k vehicles
  • 94V-218 Nov 10, 1994
    Driver side air bag module can have an inadequately welded inflator canister
    Airbags · 240 vehicles
  • 94E-019 Jun 2, 1994
    Offset toe adjusting pin can fracture under conditions such as torsional loads, flexing motion, impact loads, and overtorquing
    Suspension · 919 vehicles
  • 93V-057 Apr 15, 1993
    Roll pins securing the ignition lock in the steering column housing can separate or move out of position
    Electrical system · 91k vehicles
  • 92V-117 Aug 19, 1992
    Fatigue cracks can develop in the solder joint between the fuel return tube and the fuel pump sending unit located at the top of the fuel tank
    Fuel system · 22k vehicles
  • 92V-103 Jul 13, 1992
    Stop lamp switches could intermittently malfunction resulting in the stop lamps not illuminating when the brakes are applied
    Lighting · 43k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.