1996 Mercury Villager Consumer Reviews

Bought new, kept in garage, serviced regularly, four bucket seats made long distance travel super comfy, used to put boat in water from dry dock — across the road. Great car has served us well. No problems in mechanical.

Strong engine and transmission. 3 Liter/V6. Front end only two years old. Passed inspection in June of 2015. No rips in seats or interior. Clean engine, tires about 60% good. Great alignment. Have clean title. Brother bought it new in 1996. Have all receipts. No cracks in glass. All lights, signals, horn, and wipers work fine.

I have had 3 1993's and now have a 1996. They were all bought used and served me really fine. I put over 250,000 miles on each and have 138 on the current car. I love the way you ride in the car not getting down into it or climbing into it you just sit down. Like your living room chairs. Hold's a lot. Pulls a 16 foot trailer often and from Connecticut to Kansas with everything I owned in it 6' high. Room to have elbows and a center console for drinks and stuff (after market). 3 rows of seats for Kids and Grand kids. You can get a 12' folding ladder inside it. People think it is a much newer car the style has indured. I will probably buy another. Shame they don't make them anymore.

I have owned two of these vans the first one I totaled and I have it for spare parts. The Van is solid keep up on the tune ups and maintnace and it will never break down on you. The van has over 200k miles on it and it still runs like a new car.

Bought used 10 yrs ago with 45k miles on it.Put 120k on since.Very dependable only left me down twice- was fuel pump both times(was in last 20k miles),used it hard- to haul at times,and off road at camp(wish it had more ground clearance).rear air quit working ,had to solder circuit board-then worked for years.front wheel drive with winter tires does pretty well in harsh Pa.winter roads.decent gas mileage-(got 27 highway-took roof rack off,took out middle captain chairs),seats 7,room to haul

Very well put together, no complaints with starting up and driving and getting you where you need to go. Not much of a van person but very well a go to vehicle with room for anything.

Although van needs some work now it has been very reliable and great to have. Lots of room, comfortable and easy to drive.

We have driven this van 16 years. It's super comfortable with lumbar support on the driver's side seat and has lot of space. It gets about 17mpg in stop and go conditions. I like the extra gauges that keep track of the mileage for you and tell you the outside temp. I wish they still made them so I could buy a new one!