1996 MERCURY VILLAGER Complaints

AFTER TURNING THE KEY IN THE IGNITION SWITCH FOR THE SECOND TIME THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION UNDER THE HOOD. THE ENTIRE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT ON FIRE. FROM LOOKING AT THE HOOD, IT APPEARED THAT ONE OF THE HOTTEST POINTS WAS OVER THE BATTERY AREA. EVERYTHING FORWARD OF FIREWALL WAS TOTALLY BURNED. THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

ALL DOORS AUTOMATICALLY LOCK ON THEIR OWN. CANNOT GET IN OR OUT UNLESS KEY IS USED. ALSO WOULD BEEP & HONK ON ITS OWN. THE AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD ALSO COME ON. HAD TAKEN TO DEALER & MECHANIC CAN NOT REPAIR PROBLEM. *AK

LOCKS ARE NOT OPERABLE. DOORS LOCKED WHEN CONSUMER GOT OUT AND SHUT THE DOOR. TWO SMALL CHILDREN WERE LOCKED IN VEHICLE WITH TEMPERATURES AT 100 DEGREES. THE DOORS WILL EVEN LOCK BY THEMSELVES WHILE DRIVING. A BUMP IN THE ROAD OR TURNING A CORNER CAUSES DOORS TO LOCK. *AK

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 15MPH ENGINE STALLS. ALSO WHEN OPENING PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR SOMETHING TRIGGERS INSIDE THE LOCK MECHANISM, WHICH CAUSES THE DOOR TO AUTOMATICALLY LOCK. *AK

THE SLIDING GLASS WINDOW HAS A TENDENCY TO LOOSEN AT THE HATCH WHERE YOU OPEN AND CLOSE IT. WHEN NOT TIGHTENED ENOUGH, THE BOLT WILL LOOSEN AND FALL CAUSING THE SLIDING DOOR GLASS TO FLIP/FLAP AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT

WHILE PLACING VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND THEN APPLYING BRAKES TO DRIVE IT, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HIT A WALL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

VEHICLE DOOR LOCKS MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING ALL DOORS TO LOCK UNEXPECTEDLY. IF OCCUPANT WAS OUT OF VEHICLE / VEHICLE WAS RUNNING WITH CHILDREN IN IT, CONSUMER WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET INTO VEHICLE. DEALER REPLACED DOOR LOCKS MODULE TWICE. PROBLEM REOCCURRING. VAN HAS REMOTE DOOR LOCK/UNLOCK FEATURE-USES KEY TOB. *YC

ELECTRONIC DOOR LOCKS MALFUNCTIONED WHEN CLOSING THE DOOR. AFTER INSTALLING CSS AND COMING TO THE DRIVER'S DOOR, ALL THE DOOR LOCKS WERE IN LOCKED POSITION WITH THE CHILDREN INSIDE. COMMON PROBLEM. DEALER SAID THAT THE SEAMS WERE NOT ADEQUATELY CLOSED AROUND THE DOOR LOCKS, CAUSING WATER TO ENTER, AND RESULTING IN A SHORT CIRCUIT. A TSB BULLETIN WAS ISSUED ON THIS REOCCURRING PROBLEM. DEALER IMPROVED THE SEAL AND PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK

WHILE PARKED ON AN INCLINE SLIDING DOOR CAME DOWN, CAUSING INJURIES TO OCCUPANT COMING IN OR OUT OF VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE SLIDING DOOR WOULD BECOME UNLATCHED & OPEN WHEN EVER VEHICLE HITS BUMPS OR ROUGH PATCH IN ROAD. PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTEN BUT NOW MORE CONSTANT. ALSO, HAVE A HUMMING SOUND FROM FUEL TANK. INFORMED BY MECHANIC IT WAS FUEL PUMP. WAS ALSO INFORMED BY DEALER ALL VILLAGERS HAVE HUMMING SOUND AFTER 1 YEAR.