2000 MERCURY VILLAGER Complaints

THE RIGHT REAR SEAT BELTS WERE NOT OPERABLE . THE SEAT BELTS WOULD NOT CLICK OR UNLATCH. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

DRIVER WAS GOING DOWN HILL WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE PASSED OUT. SHE THEN NOTICED THAT SHE HAD HIT A LIGHT POLE, AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AS WELL AS THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN HER, WHICH CAUSED HER TO HIT THE STEERING WHEEL.*AK

OUR 2000 MERCURY VILLAGER HAS 3 MOTOR MOUNTS THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IF THESE HAD FAILED I WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE COULD FALL OUT. THE CAR ONLY HAS 65000 MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN DRIVEN FOR ABOUT 54 MONTHS (BECAUSE WE HAVE 6 PAYMENTS LEFT). THIS IS EITHER POOR ENGINEERING, BAD/DEFECTIVE PARTS OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO. *JB

INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAKED NUMEROUS EXCESSIVE COOLANT, CAUSING RADIATOR TO BECOME EXTREMELY HOT, AND COULD RESULT IN VEHICLE OVERHEATING. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. *AK

THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD STICK CONSTANTLY WHENEVER THE VEHICLE IS AT A STOP POSITION. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD NEED TO BE APPLIED HARDER TO RELEASE THE PEDAL. THIS PROBLEM CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LURCH FORWARD INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE AT THE REPAIR SHOP, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED.*AK

THE GAS PEDAL STICKS QUITE OFTEN. I CANNOT SIMPLY PRESS ON THE PEDAL TO GO, BUT INSTEAD MUST USE FORCE TO ENGAGE GAS PEDAL. *NM

INTERMITTENT STICKING GAS PEDAL FORCING DRIVER TO APPLY EXCESSIVE FORCE TO GAS PEDAL TO UN-STICK. WHEN PEDAL IS FORCED TO MOVE, VEHICLE WILL RAPIDLY ACCELERATE. MOST COMMON OCCURRENCE IS WHEN VEHICLE HAS BEEN STOPPED. HAS HAPPENED WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY AT HIGH SPEEDS. TALKED TO OTHER MERCURY VILLAGER OWNERS AND HAVE HEARD OF THE SAME PROBLEM. NO ONE WAS ABLE TO RE-CREATE THE PROBLEM WHILE AT DEALERSHIP OR WITH A TECHNICIAN. *JB

2000 MERCURY VILLAGER HAS EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS MULTIPLE TIMES WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKING. WE HAVE ONLY HAD THE VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR AND THIS HAS HAPPENED IN EXCESS OF 100 TIMES. WE HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE INTO THE SHOP AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. WHAT CAN BE DONE TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM AND WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM? MY RESEARCH REVEALS SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FOR THIS SAME EXACT PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IT WOULD STAY IN AN UPWARD POSITION, AND WOULD BE HARD TO PRESS DOWN. CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THIS HAPPENED INTERMITTENTLY. BUT VEHICLE WOULD MOVE SOMETIMES ON ITS OWN. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO APPLY THE BRAKES TO STOP VEHICLE. THEN, DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, BUT MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS. THIS HAS BEEN A SPORADIC PROBLEM. AT 35,500 MILES, THE DEALER CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY; BUT PROBLEM HAS BEEN OCCURRING AGAIN AT IRREGULAR INTERVALS. VEHICLE NOW HAS 77,500 MILES, AND DEALER STATES THAT VEHICLE NEEDS NEW THROTTLE BODY AT A COST OF $540.50. *LA