1993 MERCURY VILLAGER Complaints

CRANKSHAFT SHEARED JUST BEHIND PULLEY, RESULTING IN IMMEDIATE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER, POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKE ASSIST.

EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS BROKEN, FUMES IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. BOLTS FAILED AT APPROX. 60,000 MILES, NOW FAILED AGAIN LESS THAN 30,000 MILES LATER. 142 ENTRIES FOR THIS IN NHTSA DB AND COUNTLESS ENTRIES IN WEB USER GROUPS.

BOLTS ON EXHAUST MANIFOLD SHEARED OFF, CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK ONTO MANIFOLD AND COOLING FAN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

REAR BENCH SEAT WOULD NOT LOCK ON LEFT SIDE------MIDDLE CAPTAINS CHAIR ON DRIVER'S SIDE / ONE LATCH WOULD NOT WORK ----- DRIVERS SEAT POWER MOTOR LOOSE SEAT ROCKS WHEN STOPPING VEHICLE

BROKEN EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS, LEFT & RIGHT MANIFOLD DROPPED, CAUSING MOMENTARY VEHICLE CONTROL LOSS. GASKETS BLOWN W/LONG TERM MONOXIDE LEAKAGE INTO PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, CAUSING ILLNESS/DROWZINESS, SULFER SMELL. LOSS OF EXHAUST PRESSURE LONG-TERM CAUSED IMPROPER FUEL MIX, LOSS OF PERFORMANCE AND BURNED VALVES. ENGINE TEARDOWN REQUIRED TO REMOVE BROKEN STUDS FROM ENGINE HEADS.

FUEL IS LEAKING FROM THE FUEL TANK . VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT FUEL TANK WAS NOT CRACKED. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WITH DOORS LOCKED, SLIDING DOOR WILL COME COMPLETELY AJAR. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLES BLINKERS SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING NOW THEY ONLY WORK ON SOME TRIPS AND SOME TRIPS NOT AT ALL. *AK

THE STOP LIGHT CIRCUIT HAS FAILED (APPARENT SHORT CAUSING BLOWN FUSE) THREE TIMES IN THE PAST 13 MONTHS. IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, A DEALER (ROCKVILLE LINCOLN MERCURY, ROCKVILLE, MD.) REPLACED THE RELEVANT WIRING HARNESS (ACCORDING TO SERVICE RECORDS) BUT THE CIRCUIT FAILED AGAIN OCT. 30.

EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLT BROKE, CAUSING NOISE AND LEAKS OF EXHAUST UNDER HOOD. TAKEN TO DEALER (BEAUDRY FORD, ATLANTA GA) AND INFORMED THAT SERVICE BULLETIN EXISTS AND THAT THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM. NEIGHBOR WITH SAME YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL ALSO HAS SAME PROBLEM. *AK