2004 Mercury Mountaineer Seat belts Problems
- Complaints
- 1about this part
- Share
- 0%of 210 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 27,000miles
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 1 complaints about the seat belts of the 2004 Mercury Mountaineer, 0% of the 210 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 27,000 miles. 1 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“I flipped in my 2004 Mercury Mountaineer and hung upside down for an hour till someone came by because my seat belt would not release. The emt's could not even get it to release so they had to cut it off of me. I the thing released I could have crawled out the window and would not have had to have $12,000.00 damage to my car because they would not let me crawl out and had to use the jaws of life to get me and the board out. I was told that this is how they are designed and I feel this is not a good thing. Had I landed in water or caught on fire I would have been dead before I was found.”
NHTSA complaint #10133026, filed 2005-08, 27,000 milesRelated service bulletins
- 10014138Jun 7, 2005Safety belt retraction speed.
Seat belts: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | 8% |
| 2008 | 4 | 4% |
| 2007 | 3 | 4% |
| 2006 | 1 | 1% |
| 2004 | 1 | 0% |
| 2003 | 2 | 1% |
| 2002 | 7 | 2% |
| 2001 | 1 | 5% |
| 2000 | 1 | 1% |
| 1999 | 1 | 1% |
| 1998 | 3 | 1% |
| 1997 | 12 | 4% |
Other parts of the 2004 Mercury Mountaineer
79 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
64 complaintsVehicle speed control
21 complaintsElectrical system
16 complaintsAir bags
12 complaintsEngine cooling
11 complaintsOther or unknown
9 complaintsEngine
8 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
7 complaintsSuspension
6 complaintsBrakes
5 complaintsSteering
5 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2004 Mercury Mountaineer
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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