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Mercury Zephyr

Every Mercury Zephyr model year on file, 1976 to 1994. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years31 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years91976 to 1994
Recall campaigns5Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins2Summed across model years
By model year

The 1982 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 33% of the model's total

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

00.250.50.7511976197719781979198019811982119831994
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Powertrain leads the Mercury Zephyr complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Powertrain
1
Suspension
1
Structure
1
Electrical system
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Mercury Zephyr 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 Zephyr by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
1994Not decoded10.050000
1983Not decoded1100.0100301
1982Not decoded10.0100201
1981Not decoded0NoneNone200
1980Not decoded0NoneNone300
1979Not decoded0NoneNone400
1978Not decoded0NoneNone1100
1977Not decoded0NoneNone100
1976Not decoded0NoneNone100
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Mercury Zephyr

  • 08E-019 Mar 6, 2008
    Filter's outlet cap may not be securely crimped to the housing
    Fuel system · 1,937 vehicles
  • 07E-064 Aug 27, 2007
    Certain federal-mogul aftermarket fuel pumps sold under the brand names of carter, accuflow, napa, truflow, parts depo, and parts master, shipped…
    Fuel system · 34k vehicles
  • 83V-017 Feb 24, 1983
    Shift indicator may not accurately reflect the shift selector position
    Powertrain · 36k vehicles
  • 82V-100 Oct 13, 1982
    Park lever on the involved vehicles contains a defective spring which could prevent automatic engagement of the parking gear
    Powertrain · 2,089 vehicles
  • 80V-152 Nov 19, 1980
    On some of the involved vehicles, the brake pushrod to brake pedal retaining pins may be missing or loose
    Brakes · 1,500 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.