1999 MERCURY VILLAGER Complaints

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK, AND VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDENLY ACCELERATION. *AK

GAS PEDAL STICKS ON MY 1999 MERCURY VILLAGER AND IS VERY UNSAFE. I TRANSPORT MY THREE CHILDREN EVERY DAY IN THIS VAN. I THOUGHT I PURCHASED A GREAT FAMILY VEHICLE BUT IT SEEMS JUST LIKE MANY OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE MY PEDAL STARTED TO STICK AFTER JUST HITTING THE 30,000 MILE MARK. COINCIDENCE??? I DON'T THINK SO..... JUST HAD MY VAN IN FOR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF SERVICE AND NOW THIS OCCURS AND I AM TOLD IT'S GOING TO COST ME AT LEAST $800.00 TO REPAIR THE THROTTLE ON MY 5 YR OLD VAN WITH ONLY 34,000 MILES ON IT. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE??? *NM

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED INSIDE THE PARKING LOT IT CAUGHT ON FIRE DRIVER WAS NOT HURT. FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE RESPONDED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. *AK

HEADLIGHTS SUDDENLY WENT OUT WHILE IN USE. THIS OCCURRED BECAUSE OF A SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WIRING. THE SOCKET MELTED. THIS COULD CAUSE A FIRE, PER THE DEALERSHIP. *AK DEALER REPLACED DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT SOCKET, WIRE HARNESS AND BULB. *LA

WHEN CONSUMER STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT VEHICLE RACED, MAKING IT HARD FOR THE DRIVER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE ONCE IT STARTED MOVING. *AK DRIVER'S FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY MOVED FORWARD, REAR ENDING THE VEHICLE AND CAUSED FRONT-END DAMAGE IN THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. THIS IS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE OF THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY MOVING FORWARD SINCE PURCHASE ON MARCH 2003. CONSUMER THINKS THAT IT MAY BE A POSSIBLE COMPUTER SENSOR PROBLEM. ALSO, DEALER REFUSED TO EXAMINE VEHICLE. *LA

WHEN PUMPING GASOLINE IT LEAKED FROM UNDERNEATH THE FUEL FILLER NECK. THIS CAUSED A GASOLINE ODOR. DRIVER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS, AND MECHANIC HAS NOT RESOLVED THE PROBLEM. *AK *MR

HEADLIGHTS FAIL FREQUENTLY ON MY 1999 MERCURY VILLAGER. THE DEALER INFORMS ME THAT THIS IS DUE TO OVERHEATING OF THE SOCKET WHICH PROVIDES POWER TO THE HEADLIGHT BULB. BOTH HEADLIGHT SOCKETS HAVE FAILED MULTIPLE TIMES ON THIS VEHICLE, YET THE DEALER INDICATES THAT NO TSB OR RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A GROSS SAFETY ISSUE AS THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT ILLUMINATION COULD BE LOST DURING NIGHT DRIVING. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THIS HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED BY NISSAN OR MERCURY.*AK

GAS PEDAL STICKING UPON ACCELERATION FROM STOP. WHETHER OR NOT AT LIGHT, STOP SIGN OR LEAVING PARKING SPACE. ALSO HAVING PROBLEMS WHEN ACCELERATING ON HIGHWAY WHEN PUSHING PEDAL DOWN TO ACCELERATE. PROBLEM IS WHEN I TRY TO PASS SOMEONE ON HIGHWAY, IT FEELS LIKE IT'S NOT GETTING ANY GAS. REPAIR FACILITY CLEANED THROTTLE CHAMBER WHICH SEEMS TO HELP. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE FAST WHEN PASSING SOMEONE IS STILL THERE. *JB

THE ACCELERATOR OF MY MERCURY VILLAGER STICKS. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED PREVIOUSLY AND THE DEALER FIRST CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY AND THEN IN JANUARY 2003 REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY AT A COST OF ABOUT $400.00. LESS THAN A YEAR LATER THE PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED AGAIN. THE ACCELATOR ALWAYS STICKS. I WILL NOW HAVE TO PAY AGAIN TO HAVE A NEW THROTTLE BODY INSTALLED. I NOTICED ON THIS WEB SITE THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON COMPLAINT FOR 1999 MERCURY VILLAGERS AND IT'S TWIN THE NISSAN QUEST, ALONG WITH 1999 MERCURY MOUNTAINEERS, & MERCURY COUGARS. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY FORD ISN'T BEING REQUIRED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT SUCH A DANGEROUS CONDITION. I'VE HAD MANY NEAR ACCIDENTS.*AK

OUR VAN ALSO EXPERIENCED MELTED HEADLIGHT SOCKETS FAILURE DUE TO A WEAK SOLDERING FROM THE WIRE TO THE SOCKET. UNBELIEVABLE THAT THIS IS NOT A RECALL. THE DEALER'S PARTS DEPARTMENT PERSON TOLD ME WHEN I ORDERED THE REPLACEMENT SOCKETS THAT THEY SELL LOTS OF THESE SOCKETS. WE HAD INTERMITTENT LIGHTING PROBLEM ON ONE SIDE, THEN THE OTHER, THEN TOTAL FAILURE OF BOPTH HEADLIGHTS. PLEASE REPORT YOUR EXPERIENCE. THIS MUST BECOME A RECALL. I WANTED TO FILE MULTIPLE OTHER PROBLEMS: THE TIRES AFTER COMPLAINING OF WOBBLING IN THE STEERING WHEEL FOR 3 YEARS, THE DEALER SAID THEY ARE OFFERING REPLACEMENT TIRES TO OWNERS WHO COMPLAIN, BUT NOT TO ALL OWNERS, AND THAT WAS NOT A RECALL, I DID NOT KEEP THE BRAND OR MODEL OF THE TIRES THE DEALER REMOVED. WITH THE NEW GOOD YEAR EAGLE TIRES THE VAN DRIVES FINE. THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL. A THIRD: THE LIGHTS AND LED'S OF THE SOUND SYSTEM GO ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY.*AK