1996 MERCURY VILLAGER Complaints

HEAD CONTROL MODULE WIRE HARNESS IN BACK OF THE DASH PANEL BURNED UP. WIRES WERE COMPLETELY MELTED. *AK SEVERAL ELECTRICAL RELATED PROBLEMS: BATTERY FAILURE, OPEN CIRCUIT IN MAIN ENGINE HARNESS TO EGR SOLENOID, OVERHEAD LIGHT FAILED, POWER DOOR LOCKS WERE OPERATING BY THEMSELVES, POWER LOCKS WOULD NOT LOCK WITH THE SWITCH, REAR WINDSHILED WIPER SWITCH FAILED AND REAR WIPERS WOULD NOT STOP EVEN AFTER FUSE WAS REMOVED, SLIDING DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN WITH REMOTE OR SWITCH. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. POWER STEERING PUMP NOISY AND WAS REPLACED. AIR CONDITIONER MOTOR FAILED. WHEN LOCKING VEHICLE WITH KEY, HORN WOULD OPERATE, KEYLESS ENTRY HAD JUST BEEN INSTALLED. *SLC

REAR PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR COMES OPEN WHILE DRIVING REGARDLESS OF SPEED. DOOR APPEARS TO BE SHUT AND LOCKED, BUT WHEN DRIVING LATCH SYSTEM FAILS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK THE SLIDING DOOR POPS OPEN WHETHER LOCKED OR NOT. *YH

INTERMITTENTLY DOOR LOCKS OPEN AND CLOSE AUTOMATICALLY. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND COULD NOT SOLVE PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

RECALL 00V419002/ FUEL TANK VENT HOSE, RECEIVED LETTER ON 17 FEB 2001. AT THAT TIME CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY DEALER PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE YET. ON FEB 26 2001, CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE, AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES THERE WAS SMOKE . THEN FIRE STARTED UNDER HOOD. DEALER DENIES THIS COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY FUEL TANK VENT HOSE. *AK

WHEN AIR CONDITIONER AND HEAT ARE BEING USED VEHICLE OVERHEATS CAUSING VEHICLE TO DIE OUT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

SLIDING DOOR WILL BEGIN TO OPEN EVEN IF LOCKED, LIGHT COMES ON, DOOR OPENED. *AK

GASOLINE LEAKS RAPIDLY FROM UNDERNEATH THE VAN EVERY TIME THE TANK IS FILLED. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT FLASHING.DIAGNOSED BY DEALER AS AIR BAG MONITOR OR WIRING ISSUE.WAS TOLD BY SERVICE PERSON"DON'T WORRY I DON'T BELIEVE IN AIR BAGS".VEHICLE IS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD.THIS SYSTEM SHOULD HAVE A LIFETIME WARRANTY.*AK

IN WARM WEATHER, MY CAR VENTS A TERRIBLE AMOUNT OF GAS FUMES INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE (PARTICULARLY WHEN A/C IS ON). THIS IS A TERRIBLE PROBLEM AND THE DEALER CANNOT FIX IT. IN MY OPINION IT IS VERY DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY HERE AT HIGH ALTITUDES IN DENVER WHEN TREMENDOUS PRESSURE BUILDS UP IN THE GAS TANK WHICH APPEARS TO BE CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS SECOND VEHICLE OF THIS TYPE THAT I HAVE HAD WITH THIS PROBLEM. I ALSO HAD A 1995 NISSAN QUEST (THE SAME CAR - NISSAN VERSION) WHICH DID THIS. IT GOT SO BAD THAT THE DEALER KEPT PUTTING ME IN A RENTAL CAR UNTIL THEY COULD FIX IT (WHICH THEY NEVER DID). NISSAN ENDED UP BUYING THE CAR BACK. I THOUGHT THAT I JUST HAD A "LEMON" (AN ISOLATED INCIDENT) AND BOUGHT THE VILLAGER BECAUSE THE SLIDING SEAT SYSTEM IN THE CAR IS NECESSARY FOR ME (IT IS THE ONLY CAR THAT HAS ONE, NAMELY, REAR SEATS THAT ARE ON TRACKS/RAILS). ANYWAY, I WAS SURPRISED AND ANGRY TO FIND OUT THAT THE VILLAGER DOES THE SAME THING AND THE DEALER WAS NEVER ABLE TO FIX IT. THIS IS A SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM. IF YOU WANT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT IT, FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME.*AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 45MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES.*AK