2005 Mercury Mountaineer Air bags Problems
- Complaints
- 3about this part
- Share
- 4%of 82 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 40,000miles
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 3 complaints about the air bags of the 2005 Mercury Mountaineer, 4% of the 82 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 40,000 miles. 2 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.
“My husband was driving our 2005 Mercury Mountaineer and he was going less than 20 miles per hour on a main street and got in a accident the woman stopped short and he rear ended her. The car totalled up buckled up air bags never inflated they came out completely deflated. Issue with this car also is the electric driver window dies out mechanic could not figure out bought new motors still wouldnt open electric switches they thought it was fully electronic they where going to re wire very expensibe but car was totalled. Car horrible on gas also. …”
NHTSA complaint #10860958, filed 2016-04, 124,000 miles“On december of 2007, I drove into my garage at a slow speed. I applied the brakes to be able to park the SUV. The car would not stop until it hit the inner wall of the house. The air bag did not go off after the impact.. Took the car in after repair to front of car was done. The dealer's service department could not find anything wrong. 01/10/08 on june 17, 2008, my husband was parking the car to let me out to go to the doctor's office, the SUV would not stop until my husband put the SUV in park and shut the engine off.”
NHTSA complaint #10318779, filed 2010-03, 36,000 miles“Own a 2005 Mercury Mountaineer. Since I've purchased it I've had issues with the airbag light staying on, the seatbelts not registered as being undone and the gas not registering (I fill it up and it says the last amount and will not say it's full until sometimes 2-3 days). I'm most concerned about the airbags and the seatbelts. I seen that earlier models and 2006 have issues with the airbag not deploying. The dealership has replaced the sensor 3 times for the airbag and put in a new seat belt system about 15 mos. Ago. The dealership will not cover it again and says I need to pay for it. …”
NHTSA complaint #10381474, filed 2011-02, 40,000 milesAir bags: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 1 | 1% |
| 2007 | 1 | 1% |
| 2006 | 1 | 1% |
| 2005 | 3 | 4% |
| 2004 | 12 | 6% |
| 2003 | 9 | 6% |
| 2002 | 20 | 5% |
| 2001 | 1 | 5% |
| 2000 | 9 | 7% |
| 1999 | 14 | 9% |
| 1998 | 3 | 1% |
| 1997 | 7 | 2% |
Other parts of the 2005 Mercury Mountaineer
26 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
19 complaintsVehicle speed control
13 complaintsEngine
7 complaintsBrakes
5 complaintsElectrical system
5 complaintsEngine cooling
5 complaintsSteering
5 complaintsOther or unknown
4 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
4 complaintsFuel system
3 complaintsEquipment
2 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2005 Mercury Mountaineer
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Nov 1, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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