2000 Mercury Villager: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 2000 Mercury Villager. The newest campaign is 00V292001. NHTSA received the report on 10 Oct 2000. The NHTSA record gives the component Steering / Rack and Pinion. NHTSA has 71 complaints on file for this model year. 1 NHTSA investigation names this model year.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of the newest campaign, 00V292001, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will inspect the vehicles and, if the bolts are missing, will replace the steering gear mounting bolts. All bolts will be tightened to the specified torque. Owner notification began november 28, 2000. 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 1-800-392-3673.
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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Since the last update
No tracked figure of this page changed in a data update. What the log tracks
Recall campaigns
2 campaigns, newest first. 211,635 units in total.
00V292001Received . 67,200 units.
Steering / Rack and Pinion
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: mini vans. One or more of the five bolts that mount the rack and pinion steering gear to the vehicle may have been incorrectly tightened.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
There could be a looseness in the steering, which may be accompanied by noise or vibration.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will inspect the vehicles and, if the bolts are missing, will replace the steering gear mounting bolts. All bolts will be tightened to the specified torque. Owner notification began november 28, 2000. 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 1-800-392-3673.
Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Manufacturer campaign number 00S33. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
00V228001Received . 144,435 units.
Seat Belts
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles, light duty trucks, sport utility vehicles, and mini vans equipped with trw seat belt buckle assemblies. The buckle base of these seat belt assemblies were not properly heat treated and therefore do not pass the load bearing requirement of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 209, "seat belt assemblies."
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
In the event of a vehicle crash, the occupant may not be properly restrained.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will inspect the date code on certain seat belt buckles of your vehicle and replace all seat belt buckles that fall within the suspect date code range. Owner notification began october 26, 2000. 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 1-800-392-3673.
Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Manufacturer campaign number 00S21. 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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Complaints by component
71 complaints, 90 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.
- 2000 Mercury Villager
- All 2000 vehicles
| Component | 2000 Villager | All 2000 vehicles | Villager, all years | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle Speed Control | 444.4 | 42.6 | 87.1 | 40 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 77.8 | 106.5 | 81.2 | 7 |
| Seat Belts | 77.8 | 17.5 | 54.4 | 7 |
| Structure | 55.6 | 66.2 | 60.3 | 5 |
| Air Bags | 55.6 | 56.3 | 30.8 | 5 |
| Suspension | 44.4 | 80.3 | 24.5 | 4 |
| Electrical System | 44.4 | 99.2 | 35.8 | 4 |
| Seats | 44.4 | 15.1 | 16.3 | 4 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 44.4 | 114 | 193.7 | 4 |
| Equipment | 22.2 | 17.2 | 36.7 | 2 |
The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 17.
- Complaints that report a crash
- 8
- Complaints that report a fire
- 1
- Injuries in the complaints
- 11
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 27 Jan 2015
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PE04020 | Preliminary evaluation | FAILING HEADLIGHTS | Exterior Lighting / Headlights | 26 Feb 2004 | 24 Jun 2004 |
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 2000 Mercury VillagerThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 2000 Mercury Villager: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/mercury/villager/2000/. 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
- 30 Sep 2026
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY
The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2000 Mercury Villager?
- 211,635 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Mercury Villager have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 17 recall campaigns for the Mercury Villager, model years 1992 to 2002. 2 of them name the 2000 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 2000 Mercury Villager name most often?
- Vehicle Speed Control: 40 of 90 component mentions, or 444.4 per 1,000. For all 2000 vehicles the figure is 42.6 per 1,000.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2000 Mercury Villager open?
- No. The 1 investigation that names this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.