Mercury Tracer
Registered from 1996 to 1999.
About this model
The Mercury Tracer is a compact car that was marketed by Mercury from the 1987 to 1999 model years. The replacement for the Mercury Lynx, the Tracer was also sold as a three-door and five-door hatchback and a five-door station wagon; a four-door sedan was introduced for the second generation. Three generations of the model line were produced, with the second two serving as the counterpart of the Ford Escort.
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Crash test
| Stability control | No |
| Forward collision warning | No |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 9.4 L/100km (EPA) · 10.7 L/100km city · 7.6 motorway |
| 1998 | 9.4 L/100km (EPA) · 10.7 L/100km city · 7.6 motorway |
| 1997 | 9.0 L/100km (EPA) · 10.2 L/100km city · 7.6 motorway |
| 1996 | 9.4 L/100km (EPA) · 10.7 L/100km city · 8.1 motorway |
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Water intrusion into airbag monitor
Engineering analysis, opened June 2002, closed December 2002.
Integrated air bag monitor water
Preliminary evaluation, opened January 2002, closed June 2002.
Air bag non-deployment
Defect petition, opened April 2001, closed November 2001.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Mercury filed 85 bulletins about the 1999 Tracer.
- Engine and engine cooling: 19
- Power train: 15
- Equipment: 10
- Electrical system: 8
- Service brakes, hydraulic: 8
- Visibility: 4
- Exterior lighting: 3
- Vehicle speed control: 3
- Structure: 2
- Fuel system, gasoline: 1
- Other: 12
- General (pcm) power train control module programming procedures. *tt · April 2005
- Rear window defroster grid/integral antenna diagnosis and repair - terminal tab repair. *tt · April 2005
- General power train control module (pcm) programming procedures. *tt · April 2005
- Climate control a/c service tech tips. *eh · April 2005
- Rear window defroster grid/integral antenna diagnosis and repair - terminal tab repair. *tt · January 2005
- Trw vehicle safety systems, inc. is recalling certain service replacement seatbelt retractors (driver's side front retractor in gray) manufactured in december 2002 and sold as a service replacement… · November 2004
- Inoperative electric rear window defroster (heated backlite) grid lines, integral antenna concerns. *tt · September 2004
- Lamp-brake-invadvertent disabling of brake shift interlock. *mj · August 2004
77 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.