1994 MERCURY VILLAGER Complaints

FUEL SMELL - LOCAL DEALER REPLACE HOSE AT THE TANK ON A RECALL. STILL SMELL FUEL, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE A/C OR HEATER IS PUT ON. A MECHANIC BY PHONE SAID HE RECENTLY REPLACED ALL OF THE FUEL HOSES UNDER THE HOOD ON ANOTHER VILLAGER. I WILL BE BRINGING THE VEHICLE BY TO CHECK OUT THE PROBLEM FURTHER. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT SEE ANY OTHER PROBLEM.

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP FOR RECALL 00V419002/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 00S59 REPAIRS. DEALERSHIP INFORMED HER THAT REPAIRS COULD NOT BE PERFORMED BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE PARTS AVAILABLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WITHIN MINUTES AFTER CAR WAS TURNED OFF. CONSUMER FEELS IT WAS A DIRECT RESULT FROM RECALL ON FUEL VENT HOUSE.*AK

VEHICLE JUST CAUGHT ON FIRE WITHIN SECONDS WITH OUT WARNING. CONSUMER FEELS THIS PROBLEM IS RELATED TO RECALL FOR FUEL VENT HOSE. *AK

CONSUMER REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE. WHEN APPYING BRAKES, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE DIDN'T STOP. *AK

FUEL PRESSURE HOSE TO INJECTOR PREMATURELY CRACKED AND LEAKED FUEL WITH OUT PRIOR NOTICE. DEALERSHIP'S MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT THIS WAS NOT A MAINTENANCE PROBLEM. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS INOPERABLE AS THE RESULT OF LEAKING GAS. THE CONSUMER HAD INFORMED THE MANUFACTURER THROUGH INVESTIGATION QUESTIONNAIRE. *YH

THERE WAS FUEL SMELL IN INTERIOR OF VEHICLE, TAKEN TO DEALER ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO WHO REPLACED A NARROW HOSE THAT APPARENTLY WAS TOO CLOSE TO ENGINE AND CAUSED SMELL. *AK

SEVERAL OF THE BOLTS THAT HOLD THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD ONTO THE ENGINE BLOCK HAVE POPPED OFF LEAVING THE STEM OF THE BOLT EMBEDDED IN THE ENGINE. AS A RESULT, DANGEROUS EXHAUST GASES ARE SEEPING OUT INTO THE ENGINE AREA BECAUSE THE MANIFOLD IS NO LONGER TIGHTLY ATTACHED TO THE ENGINE. IN ORDER TO FIX THE PROBLEM THE BOLTS MUST BE DRILLED OUT. THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT. THIS HAS OCCURED IN A NUMBER OF MERCURY VILLAGERS THAT USE THIS ENGINE. I HAVE PERSONALLY TALKED WITH SEVERAL MECHANICS THAT HAVE INDICATED IT IS A CONTINUAL PROPLEM WITH THIS MAKE. IT DID NOT TAKE ME LONG TO FIND OUT THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISSOLATED INSIDENT BUT ONE THAT HAS OCCURED IN MANY OF THE VILLAGER'S.

THE LOCKS WILL LOCK ALL DOORS BY THEMSELVES, AND I HAVE TO REPEATEDLY PRESS THE UNLOCK BUTTON OR HOLD THE UNLOCK BUTTON DOWN WHILE GETTING OUT OR GETTING MY SON OUT. FORD HAS TOLD ME THERE IS A TECHNICAL BULLETIN FOR THIS PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM COULD MEAN LIFE OR DEATH IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH FUEL ODOR GETTING INTO VEHICLE ONLY IN COLD WEATHER. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON FOUR OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. *AK AFTER TRYING TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND FAILING, THE CONSUMER DID INTERNET RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WAS COLD WEATHER WHICH MAKES THE HOSES TO BECOME UNPLIABLE AND LEAK FUEL. *YH