Mercury Mystique: best and worst years

Every model year, ranked by owner complaints reported to NHTSA relative to time on the road. Click a year for its problems, recalls and trouble codes.

Mercury Mystique — Pictured: 1994 model · Photo: Vauxford, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Years to avoid: 1995

Complaint rates far above this model's median, even after adjusting for time on the road.

Held up best: 1997, 2000

The fewest complaints relative to years on the road - at most half the model's median rate.

2000solid year63 complaints · 5 recalls 1999128 complaints · 4 recalls 1998231 complaints · 11 recalls 1997solid year71 complaints · 7 recalls 1996185 complaints · 10 recalls 1995worst year335 complaints · 12 recalls

Ranked by complaints per year on the road (age capped at 12 years), so older years do not lead just because they have been around longer. Years under 3 years old are not judged - they have not had time to show their problems. Rates are relative to this model only and are not adjusted for sales volume.