Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1998 Mercury Villager

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

2
Open recalls
83
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
73
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

83 filed
11
Crashes
0
Fires
4
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Vehicle Speed CONTROL:ACCELERATOR Pedal
    9
  • STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
    7
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    5
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    5
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION Components
    4
  • LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
    4
  • SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL Springs
    4
  • Tires
    3

Recalls

2 campaigns
00V419002·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY2001-01-02

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MINIVANS. THE FUEL TANK VENT HOSE ALLOWS AIR TO VENT FROM THE FUEL TANK DURING REFUELING. CRACKS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE VENT HOSE. IF (1) THE FUEL TANK IS OVERFILLED, NOT ALLOWING EXCESS FUEL IN THE VENT HOSE TO FLOW BACK INTO THE TANK, (2) THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN ONLY A SHORT DISTANCE AFTER REFUELING AND, (3) THERE IS SUBSEQUENTLY SIGNIFICANT HEATING OF THE FUEL TANK, THE FUEL IN THE TANK CAN EXPAND INTO THE VENT HOSE AND LEAK FUEL.

RiskFUEL LEAKAGE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE CAN RESULT IN A FIRE.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE VENT HOSE.

97V184001·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY1997-10-29

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER MINI VANS EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMOTIVE BATTERIES SUPPLIED BY GNB TECHNOLOGIES. THESE BATTERIES HAVE A DEFECTIVE NEGATIVE POST THAT CAN CAUSE ACID LEAKAGE AND RELATED CORROSION DAMAGE.

RiskTHIS CONDITION CAN CAUSE A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE BATTERY WHICH COULD LEAD TO AN ENGINE FIRE OR BATTERY EXPLOSION.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THESE BATTERIES. UNTIL A NEW BATTERY IS OBTAINED, OWNERS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO "JUMP START" THESE BATTERIES.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
EA00014·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES2000-05-22 → 2001-01-04

FUEL TANK VENT HOSE LEAKAGE

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