Enter the 17-character VIN of your Mercury Mountaineer to see the factory basics. Free, with no registration.
Look on the dashboard, the driver's door frame or in the registration document.
Type all 17 characters. The letters I, O and Q are never used in a VIN.
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Every car Mercury Mountaineer carries a 17-character VIN, and the free decoder on this page turns it into the manufacturer, the model year and the country of manufacture. Data on the model Mercury Mountaineer at a glance: 1996 - 2010 for the years, SUV for the body styles, 295 hp for power, and 3 versions in total. The first three characters identify the manufacturer and region, the 10th stands for the model year, and the 11th often marks the plant.
Nothing in the VIN reveals what happened to the car after it left the factory. Damage, mileage, theft entries and ownership changes are covered by a paid vehicle history report. Look at the VIN of the car Mercury Mountaineer in more than one place. The number on the dashboard and the one on the door frame should agree with each other and with the paperwork.
1996 - 2010
Production years
208 - 295 hp
Power
1
Body styles
3
Versions
Versions and generations in our data. Use the VIN to confirm which one you have.
| Version | Years | Body | Power |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury Mountaineer I | 1996 - 2010 | SUV | 208 - 295 hp |
| Mercury Mountaineer II | - | - | - |
| Mercury Mountaineer III | - | - | - |
The 10th character of the VIN is the model year. For the Mercury Mountaineer, with model years 1996 - 2010 in our data, these are the characters to expect. The letters repeat every 30 years, so always confirm the year against the car itself.
On the driver's side, visible through the windshield.
On a sticker on the door frame or the edge of the door.
Printed in the vehicle registration or title.
Stamped on the firewall or the frame on many models.
A VIN is built from six parts, and each one says something about the vehicle. Our guides explain how to read it and what it can and cannot tell you.
Enter the 17-character VIN and see the factory basics in seconds.
Our data lists model years 1996 - 2010 across 3 versions of the Mercury Mountaineer. The VIN of a particular car shows its model year in the 10th character.
It is the 10th character. For the Mercury Mountaineer the characters to expect are T (1996), V (1997), W (1998), X (1999), Y (2000), 1 (2001), 2 (2002), 3 (2003), 4 (2004), 5 (2005), 6 (2006), 7 (2007), 8 (2008), 9 (2009), A (2010).
3 versions, in 1 body style, with power up to 295 hp. Use the VIN to confirm which one you have.
The usual places are the dashboard just under the windshield, the frame of the driver's door and the registration document. Compare them with each other.
It cannot show accidents, mileage, theft records or previous owners. The VIN does not contain that information; it is found in a paid vehicle history report.
Yes. The decoder is free and open to everyone, so no account, login or registration is required.