1999 MERCURY COUGAR Complaints

THIS IS A FRONT CUP HOLDERS ON THE FRIST MODELS OF THE COUGARS, THEY ARE MADE YOU PUT IT UP AND FLIP IT OUT, YOU MAKE A RIGHT TURN AND WHAT EVER THATS IN THERE OTHER THAN A SODA CAN WILL SPILL ALL OVER YOU AND THE CAR, NOW IF IT WAS SOMETHING HOT IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A WRECK. FORD DID CHANGED THE CUP HOLDERS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 2000'S. *AK

CUP HOLDER CONTINUALLY SPILLS DRINK DURING REGULAR LH OR RH TURN. HAS NEARLY RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS (THROUGH LUNGING TO CATCH SPILLED DRINK AND LOSING CONTROL OF VEHICLE) HAS ALSO DAMAGED SEATING FABRIC. CURRENTLY DRIVE WITH ONLY ONE HAND ON WHEEL WHILE COMPLETING A TURN IN ORDER TO SUPPORT DRINK. THIS IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. MOST OTHER OWNERS OF SAME TYPE CAR ARE IN AGREEMENT ON THIS FACT. FORD HAS CHANGED DESIGN IN CURRENT 2001 MODEL TO ADDRESS PROBLEM - PROBLEM ACKNOWLEDGED INTERNALLY. PREVIOUS YEARS SHOULD BE RECALLED AS WELL.

THE CUPHOLDER HAD A 12 OZ CUP OF COFFEE IN IT ON MY WAY TO PROM. THE COFFEE SPILLED ON MY RENTED TUX. SINCE THEN, IT IS ESTIMATED I HAVE SPILLED SOME TYPE OF BEVERAGE 100 TIMES. THE CUP HOLDER IS EXTREMELY FLIMSY AND WEAK. ANY RIGHT HAND TURN RESULTS IN A SPILLED DRINK IN MY LAP. I'M QUITE SICK OF IT. FORD REPLACED THE CUPHOLDERS IN 2000 BECUASE OF SO MANY COMPLAINTS. THEY WANT $200 DOLLARS TO PUT A NEW CUPHOLDER IN MY CAR. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE BURNS THEMSELVES AND CAUSES AN ACCIDENT AND KILLS SOMEONE.

WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT AND STEPPING ON GAS PEDAL HEADLIGHTS GO DIM, THEN, THEY WILL BRIGHTEN BACK UP ONCE FOOT IS OFF GAS PEDAL.

PASSENGER'S SEAT WILL NOT LOCK IN PLACE UNLESS SEAT IS POSITIONED ALL WAY TO THE BACK CLOSELY TO REAR SEAT . *AK CONSUMER STATES THE SEAT IF UNLOCKED AND MOVED FOWARD WILL ONLY RELOCK WHEN PUSHED ALL THE WAY TO THE REAR, THEN SEAT CAN BE ADJUSTED AND LOCKED FROM ANY POSITION, THE PROBLEM IS THAT YOU CAN NOT LOCK THE SEAT IF ANYTHING IS PLACED BEHIND THE SEAT, IN TRYING TO LOCK THE SEAT CONSUMER STATES SHE HAS THE CRUSH HER GRANDCHILD'S FEET IN THE CAR SEAT, CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A STRONG TO LIGHT GASOLINE ODOR, ALSO GAS PEDAL WILL STICK IN UP POSITION AND NEED STRONG PUSH TO RELEASE, DOOR LOCKS AUTOMATICCALYLOCK AND UNLOCK AT ANY TIME, THE LOCKS WERE FINALLY REPLACED AND CONSUMER WAS GIVEN AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, CONSUMER STATES RADIO GOES OUT AND THE DISPLAY DISAPPEARS WHEN IT IS HOT.*JB

FRONT BRAKES FAILED WITH NO WARNING. FRICTION MATERIAL DETACHED FROM BACKING. ROTORS RUINED. NO METHOD FOR WARNING PROVIDED BY MERCURY AS DONE BY OTHER MANUFACTURERS.*AK

ENGINE LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER 8 TIMES. AFTER DEALER FIXED PROBLEM, AN HOUR LATER, LIGHT WAS BACK ON. OTHER LIGHTS ON DASH COME ON AS WELL. DEALER JUST RESET SYSTEM, NOT ABLE TO REPAIR IT. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT DESIGN OF WHEEL. UNDER ICY/SLUSHY CONDITIONS, CONSUMER'S WHEEL LOCKED UP/(FROZE AND CAUSED VEHICLE TO SLIDE. *AK WHEN THE WHEEL LOCKED UP, THE TIRE DID NOT ROTATE RESULTING IN WEARING OF TIRE. *YH

ENGINE THREW ROD AT 40K . NO OTHER PREVIOUS PROBLEMS ENGINE MAINTAINED EVERY 3000 MI. *AK

THE VEHICLE DEVELOPED A STARTING PROBLEM, IT WOULD CRANK EXCESSIVELY BEFORE STARTING, THE DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP BUT THAT ONLY TEMPORARILY SOLVED THE PROBLEM AS IT RETURNED SHORTLY AFTER REPLACING THE PUMP. NLM