1999 MERCURY COUGAR Complaints

SUNROOF CEASED OPERATING. TAKEN TO MERCURY DEALER APPROX. AUG/SEPT. 2001 WAS TOLD WHOLE ROOF ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED. COST APPROX. $ 1500.00. MOONROOF ONLY HAD APPROX. 40-60 HRS. USE.*AK

VEHICLE ONLY HAS ABS ON DRIVER'S SIDE AND STANDARD BRAKES ON PASSENGER'S SIDE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION, AND VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.*AK

THE FAN MOTOR BLOWER DOESN'T WORK RESULTING IN ONE OF THE RESISTORS BURNING, THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THE POTENTIAL OF A FIRE. NLM

THE TIMING CHAIN FAILED & BROKE, RESULTING IN EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE CAR'S ENGINE. CAR LOST POWER & STALLED ON A STATE HIGHWAY. ACCORDING TO INDEPENDENT REPORTS FROM (2) REPAIR SHOPS, PREMATURE FAILURE OF THE TIMING CHAIN WAS INDICATED, RESULTING IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE - HEADS & VALVES.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND APPLYING BRAKES ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM WILL LOCK UP. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON I THAUGH IT WOULD BE AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, IT WAS NOT.THE CAR WOULD JUMP AND ACCELERATE WHEN STOPING AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND STOPPED TRAFFIC WHEN I WOULD PRESS ON THE GAS LIGHTLY. DEALERSHIP SAID IT WOULD BE $2000. TO FIX. I DID NOT EXTEND MY FORD WARRANTY. THEY SAID THERE WAS A HIDDEN WARRANTY WITH THE ENGIN AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $500. HE ASLO SAID I COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANYTHING I DID, THE ENGINE WAS COMING APART, THAT WOULD BE THE MANUFATURER'S FAULT. I WISH I WOULD HAVE NOT BAUGHT THIS COUGAR, ITS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS AND RECALLS. I HAVE WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP SO MANY TIME I'VE LOST COUNT.*AK

CONTROL ARM BROKE WHILE DRVING IN A PARKING LOT. DEALER/ MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME.*AK. *JG

SHORTLY AFTER OWNING THE CAR, I NOTICED THAT BRAKES SEEMED INSUFFICIENT FOR THE VEHICLE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER A FEW TIMES TO GET CHECKED, BUT THEY DENIED ANY THING BEING WRONG. WHILE DRIVING WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THE VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP AT A SUFFICIENT TIME. I ALSO HAD TO BUY SEVERAL TIRES SINCE THE PURCHASE DATE, BECAUSE THE TIRES WOULD GET LEAKS BY SIMPLE ROAD DEBRIS SUCH AS GLASS AND METAL PIECES. I REPORTED MY PROBLEMS IN PERSON AND BY PHONE TO THE DEALER I BOUGHT FROM, BUT THEY WOULD NOT GIVE ME ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE CAR'S HISTORY. THEY ONLY STATED THAT ALL NECESSARY CHANGES WERE MADE IN DECEMBER THE MONTH BEFORE I BOUGHT THE CAR. I ALSO TOLD THEM ABOUT THE SHIFTING IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN DRIVING, BUT THEY DISREGARDED THE COMPLAINT ABOUT THE STEERING AND THE INAPPROPRIATE STOPPING OF THE VEHICLE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: W2B0IRB TIRESIZE: P215/50R16)

HAD TWO TIRES COMPLETELY SHREADDED, BOTH TIRES HAD THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM THAT OCCURRED AROUND THE SAME TIME. HEARD A POPPING SOUND AND THE CAR VEERED OFF TO THE RIGHT, RESULTING IN A UNCONTROLABLE ISSUE WHERE THE VEHICLE WENT ONTO THE GRAVEL SHOULDER OF THE RAMP.

WHILE PARKING VEHICLE IN DRIVEWAY A FIRE STARTED UNDER THE DASH, DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORM ATION.*AK