Mercury

Mercury Cougar

For the Mercury Cougar, model years 2000–2002 on this site have 5 matched recalls and 388 matched complaints (recall file dated Oct 23, 2026; complaint file dated Oct 23, 2026). Matched complaint counts run from 82 in 2001 to 211 in 2000. These are raw counts, not rates. EPA rates non-electric configurations 21–25 mpg combined (file dated Sep 29, 2026).

ABOUT THIS DATA

Mercury Cougar by model year puts the same counts in one sortable table.

Model years

One row per model year. Complaint and recall figures are matched raw counts.
Year	Recalls	Complaints	Crash	Fire	Stars	Comb mpg
2000	3	211	18	10	Pre-2011	21–25
2001	1	82	7	6	Pre-2011	21–24
2002	1	95	9	1	Pre-2011	21–24

Fuel economy by model year

Combined mpg below is EPA's figure for non-electric configurations in the file dated 2026-09-29. Electric configurations are shown as MPGe when that is the only figure. Annual fuel cost is EPA's published fuelCost08 range for the configurations of that year.

EPA combined fuel economy and annual fuel cost by model year
Year	Comb mpg	MPGe	kWh/100 mi	Range	Annual fuel cost
2000	21–25	—	—	—	$2,700–$3,200
2001	21–24	—	—	—	$2,800–$3,200
2002	21–24	—	—	—	$2,800–$3,200

Fuel cost for 2002 Compare 2002