Mercury Mountaineer Warning Lights
The Most Common Mercury Mountaineer Symbols
These are the most common dashboard symbols that you will see in your Mercury Mountaineer. Click on one to see more information or scroll further down to see the link to the owner's manual where you can find even more symbols.
Can't see the warning light you are looking for? Check the official manual:
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- Manufacturer: Mercury
- Data Source: Owner's Manual
About the Mountaineer
The Mountaineer was a car built by the American automaker Mercury, which was, for many years, a division of Ford Auto Mobiles.
Produced between the years 1996 and 2010, the mid-sized sports utility vehicles shared the platform with the similar-looking Ford Explorer.
Where the two cars are not identical externally, inside the vehicle, they both share the exact same hardware.
Initially created exclusively as a 4 door vehicle, Ford had great hopes for this car and the sales projection reflected this. Unfortunately, upon its release, the Mountaineer did not meet the sales targets which forced Ford to take another look at the design and configuration and make numerous revisions.
After a relaunch and marketing campaign, sales really picked up, to the extent that the Mountaineer soon became the third best-selling vehicle for the brand sitting just behind the slightly more popular Sable and Grand Marquis.
With the trim level and extras built into the vehicle, the Mountaineer sat in between its sister vehicles, the Explorer Eddie Beauer and the Explorer Limited.
To distinguish the Mountaineer from its two fellow vehicles, Mercury installed a classic chrome front grille and fitted it with a fully independent wishbone suspension.
The engine used was a 5-liter V8 4-speed automatic transmission capable of producing 215 brake horsepower.
Mercury’s second generation Mountaineer existed for just a short 3 years from 2002 and now had its own dedicated platform to give the car its own identity. Newly formed fenders surrounded the Mountaineer along with a new style hood, lamps and a shared chassis with the third generation Ford Explorer.
Initially showcased at the Los Angeles Auto Show in 2000, potential customers could see the concept Mountaineer two years before its official release. Here, Ford made good use of the traditional waterfall grille that could be found on much older vehicles. This made the Mountaineer much more recognizable as a Mercury as the grille was closely associated with the brand. Many vintage cars had the waterfall grille, a 1950s icon that could be found on a number of Buicks as well as Mercury.
