1999 MERCURY COUGAR Complaints

CAR SOUNDS LIKE IT IS FALLING APART WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, STEERING MAKES LOUD SOUND WHEN BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPACE, TRUNK WON'T OPEN UNLESS HIT NUMEROUS TIMES FROM REMOTE OR INSIDE.

TRANSMISSION SURGES AND HESITATES UPON ACCELLERATION CAUSING UNEXPECTED INCREASES IN SPEED; REAR HATCH WILL NOT OPEN; BRAKES STILL GRIND AFTER REPLACEMENT; AFTER DOOR LATCHES REPLACED, CAR NOW MAKES WHINING NOICE; STARTER REPLACEMENT MAKES HIGH PITCHED NOISE; COOLANT LIGHT COMES ON--DEALER'S SOLUTION IS TO OVERFILL COOLANT LEVEL.

STARTER WAS DEFECTIVE DUE TO A THE MANUFACTURER'S FLAW. THE VEHICLE WIILLNOT START IN ANY KIND OF WEATHER. *AK

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATES, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

RATTLING, CLINKING NOISE IN REAR OF VEHICLE WHEN HITTING POTHOLE OR MAKING TURNS. *AK

REAR WHEELS OF VEHICLE SLIDE ON SNOW OR SLUSH WHEN TRAVELING OVER 30 M.P.H OR WHEN MAKING TURNS OVER 5 M.P.H. MAKING VEHICLE VERY HARD TO CONTROL RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 20560R15 )

VEHICLE DOES NOT START ALL THE TIME, SOMETIMES THE STARTER GRINDS WHEN YOU ATTEMPT TO START VEHICLE.

BRAKES ARE MAKING A GRINDING NOISE AND ARE VIBRATING, MAKING IT VERY HARD TO STOP. *AK

BRAKES CONTINUALLY MAKE GRINDING NOISE SINCE OWNERSHIP, SEVERAL REPAIRS AND INSPECTIONS TO VEHICLE WITH NO REMEDY, CONSUMER ALMOST IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT DUE TO LOSS OF BRAKE ABILITY, HOWEVER NO REMEDY AT THIS TIME FOR BRAKE FAILURE AND NOISE. *MJS

PLASTIC MOLDED GAS TANK IS DISINTEGRATING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL WHEN DRIVEN AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 60-70 MPH. VEHICLE HAS BEEN BOUGHT BACK BY MANUFACTURER. *AK