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1996 Mercury Mountaineer Recalls

Recalls on record Updated July 2026

The 1996 Mercury Mountaineer has 1 NHTSA recall campaign affecting an estimated 23,000 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 3 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the tires. Last updated July 5, 2026.

Recall campaigns

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 97V074000 1997-04-30 23,000 affected
Defect

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MULTI-PURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 5.0L ENGINES ORIGINALLY SOLD OR CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN THE STATES OF ALASKA, IDAHO, IOWA, MAINE, MICHIGAN (UPPER PENINSULA ONLY), MINNESOTA, MONTANA, NEBRASKA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW YORK, NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA, VERMONT, WISCONSIN, AND WYOMING. …

Consequence

ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE CAN BE CONTROLLED BY EITHER APPLYING THE SERVICE BRAKES OR SHIFTING THE TRANSMISSION TO NEUTRAL, INCREASED BRAKE PEDAL EFFORTS OR SOME INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE CAN RESULT.

Remedy

DEALERS WILL INSTALL A REVISED PCV SYSTEM WITH WATER HEATED VACUUM SOURCE.

Complaints by component

TIRES
1
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
1
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
1
Total complaints3

What owners report

Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal information removed.

“I had tire blowout while driving at aprox.55-60 mph. Vehicle veered from the road . Tire shows signs of tread separation in an area about 8 inches long that runs along the sidewall and raps about 1/3 of the way across the tire. The tire was a right rear wilderness at. *ak (dot number: w2hl…”

TIRES:TREAD/BELT · reported 2000-11-08

“My wife purchased a 1996 mercury mountaineer in hawaii in february 1998. The vehicle came equipped with wilderness at tires (vnhl ipy 336 235/75 r15). In december 1999, tread on one of the new tires separated when the vehicle had 25,005 miles on it while driving in hawaii at a speed of about 55…”

TIRES · reported 1999-12-29

“While driving 40 mph throttle remains open, causing unatttended acceleration. Cause unknown. Please give any further details. *ak”

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Sources & methodology

Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL, FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 1996 Mercury Mountaineer as of July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page contains ads and affiliate links. Full methodology.