1999 MERCURY COUGAR Complaints

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY IN FORWARD. REVERSE STILL WORKS. SEVERAL SERVICE BULLETINS NOTING A DEFECT IN THE TRANNY HAVE BEEN POSTED. CAR HAD 60K ON IT AND HAD REGULAR TRANSMISSION SERVICES. *AK

SUNROOF WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY, JUST QUOTED $1000 FOR A WHOLE NEW ASSEMBLY, THE CAR HAS ONLY 32,000 MILES ON IT. HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS, WHY ISN'T A RECALL BEING DONE????*AK

VEHICLE WILL ONLY GO INTO REVERES GEAR. DEALER INDICATED THIS WAS CAUSED BY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ELECTRICAL FAILURE.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THROTTLE STICKS INTERMITTENTLY WHEN DRIVING, CAUSING UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. PROBLEM HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR 2 YEARS.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITH NO WARNING THROTTLE PEDAL WOULD STICK. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SUNROOF WILL NOT CLOSE. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.

CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE INTO THE SHOP. THERE WAS A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. TECHNICIAN TOLD HER THAT MOTOR WAS GONE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

THE CONSUMER PARKED VEHICLE, TOOK THE KEY OUT FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH, AND AT THAT MOMENT, THE PASSENGER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED. *AK *TS *JB

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S TRUNK COMING UNLATCHED FROM THE INSIDE. *MR THE HORN WAS ALSO INOPERATIVE, THE VEHICLE STALLED, AND THERE WAS A CONSTANT PROBLEM WITH THE BLOWER/FAN. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE REPAIR COST OF THE BLOWER. *SCC THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE HEATER BLOWER RESISTOR, HOWEVER THE DEALER STATED THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *JB

THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILED. CHAPMAN FORD FIXED ONE OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, BUT THE SYSTEM MAY STILL BE FAILING. *AK THE VEHICLE CONTAINED A ROTTEN EGG SMELL. *CB *JB