1997 Mercury Mountaineer Consumer Reviews
Review Summary
Most Helpful Reviews
Positive Review
Purchased this car new in Jan 1999. Have had it since then. This car has been the most reliable auto I have ever owned. It has the 5 liter v-8, auto with all wheel drive. Over the last 16 years the only repairs were. A. tranny repaired once ($400) -B. had the radiator replaced once, and have had the AC repaired once($400). THAT IS ALL (It now has 199,500 miles) . I have done tune ups, brake repair, fluid changes etc over the years. At this point it now has a rear main seal leak, and tranny fluid leak but not bad enough to require any fluid replacements between services (oil every 5000 miles and tranny every 30,000 miles. It is now used only as a second car or when we go to the high county for skiing in the winter and to the high country for cooler weather in the hot months. It has absolutely no value - I think trade in is only $200 or so.
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Critical Review
It rides wonderful. Many options. In snow and bad weather very good on the road. Roomy and gas mileage is 17 mi/ gal. Looks great.
1997 Mountaineer Reviews
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This car is the most reliable car I have ever had if I were to buy one again I would buy the 2000/the year model its my favorite and I would pay $90,000 for it that's just how much I love this car, the only thing I would say that it needs is a better sound system and yearly maintaining
Vehicle is still working. No tears in leather seats. 8 cylinder bought brand new and have never regretted.
Dependability
GAS HOG
My average miles per gallon on my 1999 mountaineer all-wheel-drive is about 14-16. I inherited this vehicle from my uncle in 2017, when it had 54,000 miles on it. At this age it needed brakes, water pump, the rear windshield wiper didn’t work, etc. I have been driving this car for 5 1/2 years and I have had very few issues with it other than gas consumption. Everything works well and it has never let me down in five years. It’s a larger heavy vehicle and I feel safe in it. Overall, I am very happy with my mountaineer and hope to get ANOTHER 5 years out of it! I give it 4.5 stars.
Fun to drive
Its a reliable ans has lots of power
Good utility vehicle
None really
I've owned this vehicle for 11 years. Maintenance thus far has been very acceptable as we use it as a 3rd car, driven mostly in the summer. My experience in snow driving has been very favorable, the AWD plows through the snow like it's a Jeep. Only negative is the poor quality of the door locks, replaced twice already in 3 of 4 doors. Decent MPG as car is driven mostly on country roads with few stop lights
When you need to get to new tires all 4 at same ti
I love this SUV i would highly recommend this vehicle to anyone
runs good. body in good shape
some rust. exhaust system needd replaced
entire exhaust needs replaced drives ok
Reliable, drives great in wintery conditions
Gas mileage
I've been driving this vehicle for 13 years. It's had a few minor repairs over the years, but it's never let me down. After 200,000 miles, it appears to be burning some oil and potentially has a coolant leak. However, these are things that I expect after nearly 20 years. I can still count on it to drive me 30 miles roundtrip to work everyday. It performs great in the snow. The only downfall is the 15-17 mpg. I'll drive this thing until the wheels fall off.
