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Mercury TRACER at salvage auctions

Copart 1993 Mercury TRACER 3MAPM10J6PR633758 Rear End36,574 mi Copart 1995 Mercury TRACER BASE 3MASM10J6SR664009 Front End211,399 mi Copart 1997 Mercury TRACER LS 1MELM13P5VW624816 Front End126,393 mi Copart 1998 Mercury TRACER LS 1MEFM13P8WW631094 All Over107,488 mi

Mercury TRACER: model passport

Everything our database knows about the Mercury TRACER: salvage auction lots, owner complaints to NHTSA, recalls, crash-test stars and real sale prices.

At salvage auctions

Cars4
Median retail value$2,134
Median repair cost, % of value283%
Median odometer126,393 mi
Run and drive100%
Primary damage
  1. Front End 2 50%
  2. All Over 1 25%
  3. Rear End 1 25%
Yard state
  1. IN2 50%
  2. MN1 25%
  3. SC1 25%

Median is the middle: half the cars are below it, half above. Retail value (Copart's Est. Retail Value) and repair cost are the auction's estimates, not sale prices. Odometer median counts only readings marked actual.

Owner complaints to NHTSA

755 complaints about the Mercury TRACER (all model years) sent by owners to the US road safety regulator.

Complaints755
With a crash93
With a fire61
Injured105
Deaths4
What fails: complaints by system
  1. Electrical system
    median 65,000 mi at failure     99 13%
  2. Fuel and propulsion
    median 88,000 mi at failure     84 11%
  3. Engine and cooling
    median 61,607 mi at failure     83 11%
  4. Airbags
    median 92,000 mi at failure     77 10%
  5. Seats and seat belts 74 10%
  6. Brakes
    median 80,000 mi at failure     67 9%
  7. Suspension
    median 83,250 mi at failure     48 6%
  8. Transmission and drivetrain
    median 100,000 mi at failure     43 6%
  9. Speed control
    median 66,500 mi at failure     36 5%
  10. Steering
    median 103,001 mi at failure     33 4%
Complaints by model year
1990
1995
181
2000

Recalls

12 recall campaigns for the Mercury TRACER.

Recall campaigns by model year
31991
31995
2000
2003

Real sale prices

11 sales of the Mercury TRACER at US government auctions, median price $250. All real prices →

Sources: our Copart lot database; NHTSA owner complaints, recalls and NCAP; open sale records of US cities and the US Treasury. Complaints are reports from owners, not confirmed defects; more popular models get more of them. Median: half are below, half above.