1997 Mercury Tracer: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 1997 Mercury Tracer. The campaign is 02V323000. NHTSA received the report on 9 Dec 2002. The NHTSA record gives the component Air Bags / Frontal / Sensor/Control Module-Inactive. NHTSA has 142 complaints on file for this model year. 2 NHTSA investigations name this model year.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of campaign 02V323000, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will install the shield over the iabm and apply nyogel grease to the connector. Owner notification began february 11, 2003. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact ford at 1-866-436-7332.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
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Recall campaigns
1 campaign. 396,217 units in total.
02V323000Received . 396,217 units.
Air Bags / Frontal / Sensor/Control Module-Inactive
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
On certain passenger vehicles, the integrated air bag monitor (iabm) can be contaminated with water or other liquids and could experience internal electrical shorting.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
This may, in turn, cause the air bag readiness light to illuminate and in very rare occurrences, air bag deployment, melted wiring, or fire may occur.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will install the shield over the iabm and apply nyogel grease to the connector. Owner notification began february 11, 2003. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact ford at 1-866-436-7332.
Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Manufacturer campaign number 02S44. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.
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Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Complaints by component
142 complaints, 181 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
- 1997 Mercury Tracer
- All 1997 vehicles
| Component | 1997 Tracer | All 1997 vehicles | Tracer, all years | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Bags | 270.7 | 60.7 | 100.8 | 49 |
| Electrical System | 154.7 | 79.7 | 133.1 | 28 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 127.1 | 134.8 | 111.6 | 23 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 82.9 | 106.3 | 83.3 | 15 |
| Suspension | 66.3 | 62.4 | 64.5 | 12 |
| Tires | 55.2 | 56.3 | 24.2 | 10 |
| Visibility | 49.7 | 58.9 | 30.9 | 9 |
| Unknown or Other | 49.7 | 20.7 | 25.5 | 9 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 27.6 | 44.5 | 47 | 5 |
| Seat Belts | 22.1 | 25.2 | 86 | 4 |
The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 20.
- Complaints that report a crash
- 15
- Complaints that report a fire
- 17
- Injuries in the complaints
- 17
- Deaths in the complaints
- 1
- Date of the newest complaint
- 11 Oct 2010
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Investigations
| Number | Type | Subject | Component | Opened | Closed | Campaign |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EA02008 | Engineering analysis | WATER INTRUSION INTO AIRBAG MONITOR | Air Bags | 10 Jun 2002 | 11 Dec 2002 | 02V323000 |
| PE02010 | Preliminary evaluation | INTEGRATED AIR BAG MONITOR WATER | Air Bags | 30 Jan 2002 | 10 Jun 2002 |
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
- NHTSA page of the 1997 Mercury TracerThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 1997 Mercury Tracer: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/mercury/tracer/1997/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 29 Mar 2018
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY
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Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1997 Mercury Tracer?
- 396,217 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Mercury Tracer have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 10 recall campaigns for the Mercury Tracer, model years 1987 to 2000. 1 of them names the 1997 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 1997 Mercury Tracer name most often?
- Air Bags: 49 of 181 component mentions, or 270.7 per 1,000. For all 1997 vehicles the figure is 60.7 per 1,000.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1997 Mercury Tracer open?
- No. Each of the 2 investigations that name this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.