1995 MERCURY VILLAGER Complaints

SPRING LET LOOSE IN TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND CHEWED UP GEARS IN THE TRANSMISSION. *AK

!!!EMERGENCY ALERT!!! NHTSA RECALL NO. 00V419002 MFG. NO 00S59B PRESENTS ADDITIONAL, MORE SERIOUS RISK OF INJURY AND EXPLOSION. MY WIFE AND I COMMUTE OUR CHILDREN 30 MILES TO SCHOOL (2 HOURS AVE. DAILY). SHE PRIMARILY DRIVES THE VILLAGER. IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR SHE DEVELOPED SERIOUS TINGLING AND NUMBNESS THROUGHOUT HER EXTREMITIES INCLUDING FACIAL, FOOT AND HAND SUPERSENSITIVITY. THE CONDITION GREW WORSE AS THE MONTHS PASSED. WE SPENT MAY AND JUNE WITH DOCTORS PERFORMING MRIS AND NERVE CONDUCTION TESTS TO RULE OUT MS OR OTHER NEUROPATHY. UNTIL LAST WEEK WE WERE CLUELESS. FOR ABOUT A YEAR WE BEGAN NOTICING FAINT GASOLINE SMELLS IN THE CABIN OF OUR VILLAGER. THE WERE MILD AT FIRST. THEY BECAME MORE INTENSE IN JANUARY OF 2001. SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WE GOT THE NOTICE OF THE REFERRENCED RECALL REGARDING THE FUEL VENT LINE. WE EVENTUALLY HAD THE RECALL WORK SCHEDULED FOR JULY 2, 2001. AFTER RETURNING TO OUR FORD REPAIR SHOP AT THE END OF THE DAY ON THE 2ND, WE WERE TOLD TO COME BACK ON THE 9TH BECAUSE A NEW MOTOR WAS NEEDED PER ANOTHER RECALL, AND THAT BOTH WOULD BE DONE AT THE SAME TIME. WE DELIVERED THE VEHICLE TO FORD ON THE 9TH. BY CIRCUMSTANCES IT WAS NOT FINISHED UNTIL THE 17TH. BY ABOUT THE 16TH, (1 WEEK BEING WITHOUT THE VEHICLE) MY WIFE NOTICED REMARKABLE IMPROVEMENT IN HER SYPTOMS. THIS GAVE ME CAUSE TO INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE CONNECTION TO THE RECALL. MY DETERMINATION IS THAT IN ADDITION TO RISK OF GAS SPILLAGE DUE TO THE CRACKED VENT HOSE, GASOLINE FUMES CAN ENTER THE CABIN IF THE AIRCONDITIONING OR HEAT IS ON THE "MAX" POSITION WHICH CAUSES A VACCUUM IN THE CABIN. THIS VACCUUM DRAWS GAS FUMES THROUGH THE CABIN WALL NEAR THE GAS FUEL VENT. WE HAVE HAD MEDICAL BILLS IN THE MANY THOUSANDS. MY WIFE CANNOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE AS SHE CAN SMELL THE GAS IN THE UPHOLSTERY. AND, THIS COULD BE AN "EXPLOSION" HAZARD RATHER THAN JUST A "FIRE" HAZARD. THIS NEEDS IMMEDIATE ATTENTION AND WARNING TO THE PUBLIC!!!!!!!!

FUEL VAPORS WERE IN PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND MADE NECESSARY REPAIRS. VEHICLE WAS AFFECTED BY RECALL 00V419002. BUT, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT REPAIR WORK WAS UNRELATED TO THIS CAMPAIGN. *AK CONUMER STATES FULE LINES WERE LEAKING AT FUEL RAIL, THRER WAS ALSO LEAK UNDER VEHICLE WHICH WAS DETERMINED TO BE POWER STEERING LEAK FROM A HOSE.*JB

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM BEHIND, AND THEN PUSHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. HAS NOT CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

BELT RETRACTOR IN RIGHT MIDDLE AND RIGHT REAR PASSENGER SEATING POSITIONS HAVE LOCKED UP AND WILL NOT RELEASE. *AK BOTH SEAT BELTS WERE REPLACED, ONE ON WARRANTY AND ANOTHER AT CONSUMER'S COST. *YH

WE PURCHASED THIS CAR WITH 30,000 MILES ON IT. THIS IS THE SECOND FUEL PUMP FAILURE/REPLACEMENT. *AK

REAR SEAT FLOOR ANCHOR LATCH FAILED TO LATCH SEAT PROPERLY. SEAT WOULD SLIDE OR MOVE WHENEVER ITS OCCUPIED. CONTACTED DEALER , VEHICLE NOT UNDER RECALL 96V089001 THAT WAS ISSUED. *AK

TWICE ENGINE QUIT--BOTH TIMES CAUSE WAS SAME--ROTOR HAD SCREWED OUT. IS THIS A PERSISTENT PROBLEM?AK

CRANKSHAFT SNAPED OFF A GEAR IN TURNING BELT, CONTACTED AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO SAID THAT THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS. *AK

FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING. FUEL. THERE WAS AN O-RING THAT WAS CAUSING THIS LEAK. ALSO THERE WAS FUEL TANK FILLER HOSE RECALL ON VEHICLE. BUT CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY MANUFACTURER THAT LEAK WAS THE RESULT OF 2 SEPARATE DEFECTS. *AK *JB