Mercury Villager
Registered from 1996 to 2002.
About this model
The Mercury Villager is a minivan that was marketed by Mercury from 1993 to 2002. Taking its name used by Mercury to denote its wood-trimmed station wagons, the Villager was developed in a joint venture between Ford and Nissan; the latter manufacturer marketed the line as the Nissan Quest. The first front-wheel drive van produced by Ford, the Mercury Villager was introduced between the Ford Aerostar and the Ford Windstar, competing against Chrysler minivans and the General Motors APV minivans.
From the Wikipedia article Mercury Villager, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 |
|---|---|
| 2002 | 13.8 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 11.2 motorway |
| 2001 | 13.8 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 11.2 motorway |
| 2000 | 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 10.7 motorway |
| 1999 | 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 10.7 motorway |
| 1998 | 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 10.7 motorway |
| 1997 | 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 11.2 motorway |
| 1996 | 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 11.2 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.
Failing headlights
Preliminary evaluation, opened February 2004, closed June 2004.
Fuel tank vent hose leakage
Engineering analysis, opened May 2000, closed January 2001.
Unexpected opening on sliding door
Investigation SQ, opened May 2000, closed April 2002.
Fuel rail hose fitting leakage
Engineering analysis, opened June 1999, closed April 2001.
Battery explosions
Engineering analysis, opened May 1996, closed May 1997.
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 27 bulletins about the 2002 Villager.
- Equipment: 5
- Visibility: 5
- Power train: 4
- Structure: 3
- Electrical system: 2
- Engine and engine cooling: 2
- Exterior lighting: 1
- Interior lighting: 1
- Suspension: 1
- Other: 3
- 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
- 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
- Update wiring harness when replacing fuel injector. *tt · July 2004
19 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.