1999 MERCURY VILLAGER Complaints

1.GAS PEDAL ON 1999 MERCURY VILLAGER STICKS OR DOES NOT ALWAYS RESPOND WHEN PRESSED. UNIT HAS DONE SO SINCE BOUGHT NEW/REPAIRED ONCE BY DEALER BUT CONTINUES TO DO THIS OFF AND ON/YOU NEVER NO WHEN IT WILL OR WON'T RESPOND.*AK

IN THE NEWSPAPER TODAY I READ ABOUT STICKING ACCELERATOR PEDAL, WHICH I HAVE EXPERIENCED AFTER ABOUT 1 YEAR OF OWNERSHIP. I MAY HAVE RECEIVED A RECALL, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM CONTINUES AND CREATES A DANGEROUS SITUATION BECAUSE THE PEDAL WILL NOT ALWAYS GO DOWN WHEN NEEDED. HIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. IS THERE ANY INFORMATION WHERE MERCURY WILL FIX THIS PROBLEM?*AK

INTERIOR DASH LIGHTS WENT OUT.INTERIOR REAR PASSENGER LIGHTS WENT OUT.BALL JOINTS NEED TO BE REPLACED.KNOCK SENSOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.POWER WINDOWS AND LOCKS DON'T WORK.DEALER TOLD ME THE KNOCK SENSORS COST $1500.00 TO FIX AND REAR INTERIOR LIGHTS $250 AND BALL JOINTS $225.INTERIOR DASH LIGHTS JUST WENT OUT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 55-65 MPH, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE VIBRATED. *AK THERE WAS A LOOSENESS AT HIGH SPEEDS ACCOMPANIED BY EXTENSIVE VIBRATION. THE WHEEL IMBALANCE WAS EXCLUDED AFTER SEVERAL RE-BALANCING JOBS. THE SYMPTOMS MATCHED THE STEERING GEAR RECALL# 00V292001. THE DEALER CLAIMED THAT THERE WERE NO OPEN RECALLS AND REFUSED TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. *SC *JB

LTR FM SALETTE SILVANA SELVAGGI(NY) INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT TRAVELING I-95 IN CONNECTICUT IN VEHICLE A 1999 MERCURY VILLAGE EXPERIENCED LOSS OF STOPPING POWER AND CONTROL QUESTION IF VEHICLE IS DEFECTIVE REPLY TO THE ROCKLAND DISTRICT OFC WEST NYACK, NY. *MR WHILE TRYING TO BRAKE THERE WAS A TOTAL LOSS OF STOPPING POWER AND LOSS OF CONTROL RESULTING IN A CRASH IN THE PASSENGER SIDE. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO INJURIES BUT THE CONSUMER BELIEVES A VEHICLE MALFUNCTION CAUSED THE PROBLEM. THE INSURANCE COMPANY CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT HE CONSUMER WAS 100% AT FAULT. *NM

ACCELERATOR STICKS IN AN UNPREDICTABLE MANNER THAT CAN CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO LURCH FORWARD. THE VEHCILE IS ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL IN WET OR ICY CONDITIONS. IT APPEARS I WILL NEED TO HAVE THE THROTTLE BODY CLEANED. THIS VEHICLE HAS THE SAME ENGINE AND DRIVE TRAIN AS THE NISSAN QUEST WHICH HAD A RECALL FOR THIS REPAIR. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED (THEY SELL BOTH NISSAN & MERCURY VEHICLES) AND HE INDICATED THE RECALL WAS ONLY FOR THE QUEST. *LA

THE GAS PEDAL STICKS; I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS AND THEY SAY IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. THEY SPRAYED THE BUTTERFLY VALVE WITH WD40 AND UNSTICK IT. IT ONLY LASTS A COUPLE OF MONTHS. THEN BACK TO THE DEALER.*AK

VEHICLE LOST POWER RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *MR THIS OCCURRED AS THE CONSUMER WAS ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE. THE CONSUMER WAS UNAWARE OF WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM. *SC THE TROOPER CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE HAD DEFECTIVE DUE TO THE FLUID TRAIL, SKID MARKS ON THE ROAD AND PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WAS ISSUED A CITATION. *JB

THE SEA BELTS ON PASSENGERS (BACK SEATS) LOCK MOST THE TIMES AND SOMETIMES I HAVE TO MOVE MY DAUGHTER TO THE FRONT AND MY WIFE TO THE BACK SEAT BECAUSE WE CANNOT USE THE SEAT BELTS, TOOK VAN TO THE DEALER ON MY FIRST YEAR OR SECOND AND EVEN THEY SAID THEY FIXED (NEVER GOT THE PAPER WORK AND I EVEN REQUESTED SINCE WAS UNDER WARRANTY). A FRIEND OF MINE WHO OWN'S A VAN LIKE MINE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED REAR CAPTAINS SEAT WILL EITHER SLIDE UP OR BACKWARDS WHEN THE GAS OR BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT WILL NOT REPAIR IT FOR FREE. *AK