1993 MERCURY COUGAR Complaints

ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID LEAK GOING INTO GASKET, CONSUMER HAD GASKETS AND COVERS REPLACED. *AK *SLC

FORD EXTENDED WARRANTIES FOR 1994 & 1995 3.8L ENGINE BECAUSE ADMITTEDLY, FAULTY HEAD GASKETS. THIS WAS OFFERED TO OWNERS OF MUSTANGS, THUNDERBIRDS AND THUNDERBIRD SUPERCOUPS FOR 100,000 MILES. I'VE CONTACTED FORD FOR THE SAME OFFER AS I PAID OUT-OF-POCKET FOR MY BLOWN HEAD GASKETS, ALSO TOWING. *AK

TEMPERATURE GOES UP AND DOWN, THERE'S WATER IN OIL, AND CAR SPUTTERS. IT IS HEAD GASKET. CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT CERTAIN MODELS WERE RECALLED FOR HEAD ENGINE, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK *JB

WITHIN 81,000 MILES ENGINE HEAD GASKETS ARE LEAKING BECAUS ETHEY HAVE PREMATURELY BLOWNOUT. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS BLEWOUT WHILE DRIVING. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE.*AK *JB

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH LOSS OF COOLANT, AND 3.8L V6 ENGINE OVERHEATED. VEHICLE TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND INFORMED CONSUMER OF A HEAD GASKET FAILURE,. ALSO MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MANUFACTURER'S EXTENDED WARRANTY. *AK *JB

THERE WAS NO HEAT IN VEHICLE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC THAT DETERMINED THE PROBLEM TO BE A HEAD GASKET THAT WAS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE. HAD TO REPLACE HEAD GASKET AT OWNERS EXPENSE FOR $1200.00. *AK *SLC

HEAD GASKET BLEW AT 67,000 MILES , ANTI FREEZE WAS GETTING INTO ENGINE. REPORTED TO DEALER WHO SAID IT WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THAT IT WAS MY RESPONSIBILITY AND A TWO TO THREE THOUSAND DOLLAR REPAIR. I TOOK THE CAR TO AN INDEPENDENT GARAGE AND HAD THE HEADS REWORKED AND HEAD GASKET REPLACED. IT COST ME $1000.00 OUT OF MY POCKET. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH ENGINE STARTED OVERHEATING. THEN, HAD TO PARK VEHICLE AND REFILL WATER. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, AND MECHANIC SAID THAT ENGINE HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWNOUT. *AK

THE FUEL LINE ASSEMBLY CHAFFED THROUGH. THIS PROBLEM WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN FIXED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID 97V159000. FORD DOESN'T WANT TO KNOW ANYTHING, SAYS IT WAS FIXED IN 1999 ON THIS CAR. I HAVE THE PART AND IT IS WORN THRU FROM CHAFFING THE FLOOR PAN JUST LIKE THE RECALL SAID. FUEL LEAKED OUT UNDER PRESSURE AND I'M LUCKY NO FIRE DEVELOPED. I FEEL THIS RECALL WAS EITHER NOT DONE OR NOT DONE PROPERLY, THERE WAS NOT CHAFF MATERIAL ON THE LINES AS MENTIONED IN THE RECALL.