1994 MERCURY VILLAGER Complaints

IN MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC VEHICLE DIED. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER, MECHANIC STATED THAT CRANKSHAFT WAS BROKEN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK INJECTORS AND FUEL PUMP RUNNING ALL THE TIME, THE SPARK LEADING UP ALL THE TIME , TIMING BELT APPEAR BROKE, DISTRIBUTORS NOT MOVING, TIMING BELT FAILED, THE DEALER REPLACED THE TIMING BELT AND FOUND CRANKSHAFT BROKEN. NLM

AFTER DRIVING FOR APPROXIMATELY 15MINUTES ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WOULD COME ON. AFTER AWHILE IT WOULD GO OUT BUT IT WOULD COME BACK ON. HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO PRIVATE MECHANIC AND IT WAS PLACED ON A TESTER AFTER BEING TEST DRIVEN. FIRST TIME INDICATION WAS A WATER PUMP AND IT WAS REPLACED. SECOND TIME, A TICKING HAD DEVELOPED, AND PROBLEM WASTHE EXHAUST, WHICH WAS LEAKING. MECHANIC NOTICED 2 STUDS HAD MELTED & BROKE OFF IN ENGINE HEAD. NEEDED TO BE DRILLED OUT AND REPLACED DUE TO INCORRECT TEMPERMENT. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD BEEN COMING ON FOR A YEAR, THE REPLACEMENT OF THE WATER PUMP DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM, AS WELL AS THE EXHAUST, ONCE THE BOLTS WERE REPLACED THE ENGINE LIGHT STOPPED COMING ON.*JB

CRANKSHAFT BROKE WHILE DRIVING ONLY 5MPG IN A PARKING LOT. HAD THIS HAPPENED A FEW MINUTES EARLIER WHILE WE WERE ON A BUSY ROAD, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN GRAVE DANGER. ENGINE RUINED, REPLACEMENT COST $4,400.

VEHICLE STOPPED OPERATING WHILE TRAVELING OFF FREEWAY. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TOWED TO MECHANIC WHO INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PROBLEM WAS DUE TO CAMSHAFT FAILURE. ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK *SLC

THE TOP OF THE HEAD BOLT BROKE OFF DUE TO BAD HEAT TREATING, AND LODGED AGIANST THE CAM SHAFT AND CAUSED MAJOR ENGINE DAMAGE , ALONG WITH HAVING THE BRAKES NOT OPERATING , NO POWER STEERING AND, NEEDLESS TO SAY NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.WITH NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AN ACCEDENT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

WHE VEHICLE IS STARTED PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FILLS UP WITH FUMES. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. A RECALL HA S BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE MAKE AND MODEL. *AK

RECALL 96 V 253 00E/REAR LAMP SOCKET: REPLACED REAR LAMP BULBS 2-3 TIMES A MONTH. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN.*AK DUE TO SAFETY ISSUE WITH NON FUNCTIONING BRAKE LIGHT, CONSUMER PAID TO REPLACE DEFECTIVE REAR LAMP SOCKET ASSEMBLY.*JB

I REQUESTED BELLEVUE LINCOLN MERCURY INVESTIGATE A 'CLICKING' NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THEY ADVISED ME THAT THE NOISE WAS COMING FROM A GASKET FAILURE BETWEEN THE EXHAUST MANIFOLDS AND THE ENGINE HEADS. THE PROBABLE CAUSE WAS A FAILURE THE THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD STUDS. THIS FAILURE ALLOW HOT EXHAUST GASES TO LEAK AND CAUSE HEAT DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE FAILURE OF ENGINE OR AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS. ADDITIONALLY THE EXHAUST GAS MAY BE INTRODUCED INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT POSSIBLY ASPHYXIATING THE OCCUPANTS. DEALER MECHANICS AND OTHER ENGINE MECHANICS STATE THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS YEAR AND MODEL OF MERCURY VILLAGE VANS, AS WELL AS NISSAN QUEST VANS.*AK

BOTH OF THESE PROBLEMS APPEAR TO BE A MFG FLAW AND ARE VERY COMMON. FORD IS DOING NOTHING TO FIX. *AK

THERE IS A GAS LEAK FROM THE MAIN FUEL INTAKE LINE AT THE TOP OF THE ENGINE. IT RUNS DOWN THE BLOCK AND MANIFOLD. NOT ONLY IS THERE CONCERN FOR FIRE BUT ALSO THE ODOR IS VERY STRONG AND UNHEALTHY IN THE PASSENGER CABIN. THIS LEAK APPEARS TO BE DUE TO POOR CLAMP OR HOSE. I HAVE HAD IT FIXED BUT IT HAS RETURNED. I AM UNSURE OF ACTUAL START DATE AS I STRUGGLED WITH THE GAS ODOR AND LEAKAGE FROM THE VENT HOSE THAT WAS RECALLED FOR OVER 1 YEAR. WHEN I FINALLY GOT IT FIXED I NOTICED THE GAS SMELL DID NOT GO AWAY, SO I WAS PROMPTED TO LOOK ELSEWHERE AND THAT IS WHEN I FOUND THIS MAIN ENGINE FUEL LEAK. PERHAPS IT WAS LEAKING THE WHOLE TIME AS THE GAS ODOR NEVER DISSIPATED. THEREFORE I ARTIFICIALLY USED 4/01/1999 AS THE DATE. ACTUALLY THE PREVIOUS, AND ONLY, OWNER HAD NOTICED THE GAS SMELL BEFORE I PURCHASED BUT HE ALSO ATTRIBUTED TO THE FUEL TANK VENT HOSE (RECALLED) AND HIS ATEMPTS TO FIX WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL EITHER. *AK