1994 MERCURY VILLAGER Complaints

ELECTRICAL FAILURES HAVE CAUSED SHORT CIRCUIT IN BOTH DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE WINDOWS, AND REAR DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE WINDOWS. ALSO, REAR DEFROSTER AND AIR CONDITIONER DID NOT WORK. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

IN DECEMBER, WE COULD SMELL GASOLINE VAPORS COMING THROUGH THE DEFROST VENTS ESPECIALLY WHEN THE VAN JUST WAS TURNED ON IN THE COLD MORNING. IN JANUARY, WE TOOK IT TO PHIL LONG FORD (SERVICE ADVISOR: T. J. BROWN) TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND THEY WERE STUMPED AFTER HAVING THE VAN THREE DAYS. THEY HAD TO CALL FORD HEADQUARTERS AND ASK WHAT IS GOING ON? THEY FOUND OUT THAT SIX FUEL HOSES AROUND THE ENGINE WERE LEAKING. THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE MERCURY VILLAGER AND THE NISSAN QUEST. THIS COULD BE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION ESPECIALLY FOR A SMOKER. PLEASE CONTACT ME WHEN YOU CAN. THE VAN HAS BEEN FIXED, BUT OTHER PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.

MY CRANKSHAFT BROKE WHILE TURNING AT A LIGHT INTERSECTION. WHICH BROKE MY TIMING BELT.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING 40MPH AND LESS AND WHEN DRIVER LETS UP ON ACCELERATOR VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AND DIE. DEALER HAS DUPLICATED PROBLEM; HOWEVER, COULD NOT CORRECT IT. *AK

I AM SENDING THIS NOTE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT HOW THE CURRENT RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE IS BEING HANDLED. I HAVE STRUGGLED TO COMPLY WITH THIS RECALL, INVOLVING THE FUEL TANK, FOR OVER ONE MONTH, AND NO DEALER IN THIS AREA SEEMS TO HAVE THE PART, AND THEY HAVE NO CLUE AS TO WHEN THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE. WHAT CAN BE DONE TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION. *AK

THE CONSUMERS FUEL FILLER PIPE VENT HOSE LEAKED AND WAS REPAIRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE OOV-419, THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBUSEMENT. NLM

CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALERSHIP IN REGARD TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN 00V419002. CONSUMER MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH DEALERSHIP TO HAVE VEHICLE SERVICED, AND WAS INFORMED AT TIME OF APPOINTMENT THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE.*AK

FRONT ELECTRONIC RESTRAINTS ARE INOPERABLE. ONE IS LOCKED IN POSITION AND OTHER IS IN SEMI-LOCKED IN POSITION.DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

CONSUMER WENT TO LADIA LINCOLN MERCURY WEST , LAKE VILLAGER, CA. PHONE NUMBER 805-495-2193 AND WAS REFUSED RECALL OOV419002/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 00S59 REPAIRS. CONSUMER WAS GIVEN NO EXPLANATION. *AK

1) FUEL SMELL IN CAR. DEALER REPLACED FUEL LINE BY TANK. SMELL CONTINUES. MECHANIC STATED THEY HAD REPLACE FUEL HOSES UNDER THE DASH OF ANOTHER VILLAGER. ANOTHER MECHANIC STATE THEY HAD REPLACE SHEERED MANIFOLD BOLTS. 2.) A/C & HEATER DO NOT COOL OR WARM UP UNLESS YOU ARE EXCELLERATING. REAR AIR ESPECIALLY HAS TROUBLE. NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW THE ANSWER. 3) LAST YEAR I REPLACED TWO CONTROL SWITCHES FOR THE A/C. THE MECHANIC DID SOMETHING TO BYPASS THE SWITCH AND BOTH WORK INDEPENDENTLY. 4.) THE POWER STEERING HOSES ARE LEAKING AT THE END AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE HOSES. CLAMPS WERE PUT ON THEM TO STOP THE LEEKS. I HAD HARDLY ANY POWER STEERING AND NONE WHEN BACKING OUT WITH A HARD LEFT TURN. 4.) THE ENGINE LIFTERS MAKE A NOISE WHEN THE CAR SITS UP FOR 2 - 7 DAYS. DEALERSHIP SAID THIS IS NORMAL AND WOULD HURT NOTHING. 6.) NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES THE BRAKE SHOES AND PADS OR CHANGED THE BRAKES REMAIN LOW TO THE FLOOR. UPON QUICKLEY APPLYING THE BRAKES THE CAR MAKES A LOUD NOISE AND THE BRAKES SOUND LIKE THEY ARE BOUNCING.*AK