Nothing much. Specifically, badges are different, front grill and rear taillights are different, different cloth was used on the interiors. They have all the same mechanicals, were built together, and were shipped together. They are the same van, but the Mercury's lighted grill is way cooler.
The Mercury Villager is a badge-engineered Nissan Quest. The vehicles are mechanically identical.
1999-2002 Villager or Nissan Quest.
Yes, the 1993 Mercury Villager was a 1992 Nissan Quest. The last year Nissan used a Carburetor on a Quest. Fuel injection system replaced the carburetor in 1993.
The Villager is NOT an interference engine. This is straight from a guy who was engineering liaison between Ford and Nissan on this project. The catalogs that say it is are WRONG.
Try a Ford/Mercury or Nissan dealer.
The cam sensor on a 1996 Mercury Villager cost about $35 to $40. The sensor is actually manufactured by a Nissan subsidiary.
Yes, they should be identical.
The Villager is NOT an interference engine. This is straight from a guy who was engineering liaison between Ford and Nissan on this project. The catalogs that say it is are WRONG.
It is a Nissan 3.0 or 3.3 V-6 with some modifications to Ford's specs.
The Villager engines are NOT interference engines, even though some catalogs claim they are. The reason is that it is a Nissan engine, and the Nissan versions are interference, the Mercury ones are not.
The Nissan Quest starter is the same.
under the hood