Mercury Police Vehicle Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 1 safety recall and 0 owner complaints across 1 model year of the Mercury Police Vehicle (1979).

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• 1979

All Mercury Police Vehicle recalls (1)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Mercury Police Vehicle, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

1. Frame and members (structure)

   NHTSA 79V116000 Reported May 15, 1979 12 vehicles potentially affected FORD MOTOR COMPANY

   The involved vehicles were produced with frames that may have inadequately welded #2 crossmember assemblies. This could occur if certain manual weld operations were not performed during frame fabrication. Severe operating conditions which may occur in police duty, may cause cracking around the gusset, allowing it to separate from the…

   Remedy: Dealer will inspect and, if necessary, reweld the manual weld areas on the #2 crossmember assembly.

   Model years: 1979

Other Mercury models

• Sable5,381 complaints
• Grand Marquis3,951 complaints
• Milan2,519 complaints
• Mountaineer1,992 complaints
• Cougar1,893 complaints
• Villager1,725 complaints
• Mariner1,296 complaints
• Mystique1,019 complaints

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.