1993 MERCURY COUGAR Complaints

COULD ANYONE TELL ME WHY WHEN YOU HAVE THE HEADS AND VALVE GASKETS REPLACED IN MAY BECAUSE THEY FAILED WITH ONLY 15,000 MORE MILES, THEY BLEW AGAIN. NOW I AM FIND OUT THAT THERE ARE QUITE A FEW 93 MERCURY COUGARS JUST IN OUR AREA HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM??? WHAT IS THIS? *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE OVERHEATS AND STALLS,VEHICLE DIES OUT, AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE LIGHT GOES OFF. THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. DEALER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS WITHIN THE RADIATOR, AND THE RADIATOR WAS REPLACED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP TWICE, AND THE DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WOULD OVERHEAT. WHEN TAKEN TO GOODYEAR, THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO A CRACK ENGINE HEAD GASKET. THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED. *AK

HEAD GASKETS HAVE CORRODED AND FAILED. ALSO, GREY SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE TAIL PIPE, CAR WAS TOWED AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. MANUFACTURER IS AWARE AND HAS REDESIGNED THE GASKETS TO AVOID THE PROBLEM.

STEERING STARTED TO JERK WHEN TURNING A CORNER, THE STEERING OR FRONT END SEEMED DEFECTIVE. DEALER CONTACTED AND REPAIR WORK WAS DONE, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

HEADLIGHT LENSES FROSTED, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. DEALER NOTIFIED AND REFUSED TO REPLACE THE PART UNLESS COST GOES TO CONSUMER. MANUFACTURER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WA S OUT OF WARRANTY AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY COULD DO.

VEHICLE'S TEMPERATURE READS HOT. THERMOSTAT CHANGES INTERMITTENTLY. WAS OUT FOR SUMMER, BUT VEHICLE STILL RAN HOT. BEEN LOSING COOLANT. WOULD RUN ROUGH WHEN STARTS UP. WHITE SMOKE FROM EXHAUST. TOLD COOLANT LEAKING INTO ENGINE DUE TO FAULTY HEAD GASKET. HAD TO REPLACE HEAD GASKET.

DASHBOARD COMPUTER SYSTEM GOES CRAZY. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THERE'S NO WAY TO TELL HOW FAST CAR IS TRAVELING. ALSO, OIL GAUGE WILL SHOW THAT VEHICLE OVERHEATED WHEN IT DID NOT OVERHEAT. *AK

BRAKES SQUEAK AND WHEN APPLYING FOOT TO THE PEDAL, IT SHAKES AND SHIMMIES. DEALER CONTACTED, AND STATED DEFECTIVE ROTORS, AND REPLACED THEM THREE TIMES IN THREE YEARS. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE VERY BADLY. LITTLE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. MAKES A TAPPING NOISE IN ENGINE. RUNS HOT. LEAKS ANTI-FREEZE; HEAD GASKET NOT GETTING FREON.