1994 MERCURY VILLAGER Complaints

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH TAIL LIGHTS NOT ILUMINATING PROPERLY, BEEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

FUEL SMELL INSIDE VEHICLE, FUEL LEAKING UNDERNEATH VEHICLE, REAR DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW IMPLODED, BACK VENT WINDOW FELL OUT OF FRAME. *AK

CRANKSHAFT BROKE AFTER BELT TIGHTENING. VEHICLE STOPPED WHEN MOVING IN TRAFFIC. HARD TO CONTROL. DANGEROUS SITUATION. *AK

CONSUMER HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR PASSED 4 YEARS. ONLY HAPPENS WHEN IT'S COLD. INSIDE OF VEHICLE FILLS UP WITH FUMES. ONCE VEHICLE IS WARMED UP FUMES GO AWAY. DEALER SAYS THEY'VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE. CONSUMER HAS AN APPOINTMENT TO INSPECT VEHICLE.*AK

AT 46,000 MILES VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH FUEL FUMES/ODOR GETTING INTO VEHICLE ONLY AT 0 DEGREE WEATHER. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BEFORE THIS PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED. *AK THE PROBLEM OCCURS DURING WINTER AND HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED TO BE DUE TO FUEL HOSE LEAKING AND WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER. *YH

VAN HAD A STRONG FUEL ODOR NEAR THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THIS ODOR FILLED THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT WHEN THE HEATER WAS TURNED ON. UPON INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE IT TURNS OUT THERE WAS A LEAK IN ONE OF THE FITTINGS ON A FUEL HOSE LEADING TO ONE OF MY (TWO) FUEL RAILS. THE LEAK WAS ENOUGH TO SATURATE THE HOSE AND SURROUNDING AREA WHEN STARTING THE VAN. I WAS ABLE TO GET RID OF MOST OF THE LEAK BY TIGHTENING THE SCREW ON THE FITTING. THIS FUEL LEAK IS DIFFERENT FROM THE FUEL TANK VENT HOSE LEAK WHICH I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED AND PREVIOUSLY REPORTED TO NHTSA. THANK YOU.

ON FIRST OCCASSION ON DEC. 1999 ON A SUB ZERO DAY THERE WAS A RAW GAS SMELL IN CAR. WAS TAKEN NEXT DAY TO DEALER BUT AS TEMPERATURE WAS WARMER DIDN'T SHOW UP. THEY CHECKED IT OVER AND TIGHTENED ALL CLAMPS. IT DIDN'T DO IT AGAIN UNTIL IT GOT DOWN TO SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES. EACH TIME TAKEN TO DEALER IT WAS NOT NOTICEABLE. I WAS INFORMED BY THEM THEY HAD OTHER COMPLAINTS SIMILIAR BUT WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE PROBLEM BUT WERE IN CONTACT WITH THE. *AK

ELECTRICAL:NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH DOOR LOCKS ACTIVATION/WINDSHIELD SPRAYER FRONT AND REAR INOPERATIVE/INTERIOR LIGHTING CONTROLS FOR VENTILATION INOP., RADIO&CD PLAYER OPERATION INTERMITTENT AT ALL TIMES AND REPLACED RADIO BUT STILL HAD PROBLEMS GETTING POWER TO THE UNIT ON A REGULAR BASIS; HYDRAULIC BRAKES: FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS NOT FUNCTIONING FULLY/REAR BRAKES MAKE GRINDING NOISES. EXHAUST SYSTEM: CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AT DIFFERENT INTERVALS DUE TO BROKEN HOSE BETWEEN EGR VALVE ASSEMBLY AND INTAKE MANIFOLD/O2 SENSOR REPLACED DUE TO TROUBLE CODES.

AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, AND REPAIRS DONE BY AN INDEPENDENT BODY SHOP, MANUAL SLIDING DOOR WOULD INTERMITTENTLY OPEN WHEN RUNING OVER A BUMP OR A POTHOLE. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

FUEL TANK VENT HOSE DETERIORATED RESULTING IN SERIOUS FUEL LEAK WHEN FUEL TANK WAS FULL OR NEARLY FULL. *AK