1994 Mercury Cougar complaints

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVEVEHICLE. *AK

THE CARS ENGINE HAS BEEN REPLACED(SO THEY SAID) ON JULY 1997 AND NOW THE ENGINE IS GONE AGAIN. THE SPEED CONTROL DOES NOT WORK. WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKES 4 TIMES ALREADY. THE DOOR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE THE WINDOW SOMETIMES DOES NOT WORK THE WINDOWS ARE POWER AND WILL NOT GO UP OR DOWN.ALSO THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED ALSO THE CAR HAS TIRE VIBRATION THANK YOU THIS CAR IS NOW BROKE DOWN AGAIN AND WE STILL ARE MAKING PAYMENTS I CALLED THE DEALER ON 4-5-2000 AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR LOOKING AT OUR CAR PROBLEMS. *AK

THE INFAMOUS 3.8L V6 HEAD GASKET FAILURE. THE AUTOMOBILE IS A WELL MAINTAINED 94 COUGAR WITH 65,915 MILES ON IT. IT SHOULD NOT EXPERIENCE THIS TYPE OF FAILURE AT THIS EARLY STAGE OF ITS LIFE. THEN, TO GO HIDE FROM THE PROBLEM AND NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT IS A DISGRACE. THEY CALL THEMSELVES A WORLD CLASS CORPORATION, THEY ARE, THIRD WORLD. *AK

ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM MALFUNTIONED SIMILARLY AS MENTIONED IN MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 8100 CINCERNING 1994 MERCURY SABLE. *AK

THIS CAR HAS THE SAME HEAD GASKET PROBLEM BUT WAS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST. *AK

BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS ARE BROKEN, AND THERE IS SOME TYPE OF NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. *AK

THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT A STOP LIGHT. MY VEHICLE WAS STOPPED,BUT SOMEHOW THE VEHICLE STRUCK THE BACK OF A 1986 PICKUP TRUCK. THE SUN WAS VERY LOW AND THERE WAS APOSSIBILITY THAT MY JUDGEMENT WAS IMPAIRED. THE DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK WAS MINIMAL $350. MY SMALL DG WAS STRUCK BY THE AIRBAG WHICH EXPLODED ON BOTH SIDES WITH A FORCE THAT KNOCKED ME OUT AND INJURED HIM SEVERELY. HE DIED 5 DAYS LATER AFTER DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO SAVE HIM. HIS NECK WAS SNAPPED, AND HE HAD INTERNAL INJURIES. THE FRONT DAMAGE TO MY CAR WAS NOT THAT GREAT AND COULD HAVE BEEN REPAIRED. I HARDLY TOUCHED THE TRUCK. MY CONCERN IS WERE THE AIRBAGS DEFECTIVE THE DAMAGE TO THE INSIDE OF MY CAR WAS ENOUGH TO TOTAL THE CAR. I NEED TO KNOW IF THIS HAPPENED BEFORE WITH THE 1994 COUGAR XR7. I HAVE HEARD SEVERAL COMMENTS CONCERNING THE SAFETY OF THIS PARTICULAR MODEL, AND I AM CONCERNED AS I REALLY DO NOT KNOW HOW THIS ACCIDENT HAPPENED AND WHY THE AIRBAGS EXPLODED AS THEY DID. I HAVE TO SAY THIS WAS A DEVESTATING XPERIENCE TO ME, AND ONE I HOPE NEVER HAPPENS TO ANYONE. THE CAR ACTUALLY EXPLODED INSIDE AND I THOUGHT THE CAR HAD BLOWN UP WITH ALL THE SMOKE IT MADE. THE WAY THAT THE BAG EXPLODED BROKE OUT THE FRONT WINDSHIELD IN 2 PLACES, BROKE THE REAR VIEW MIRROR, BROKE THE DRIVER VISOR OVERHEAD, BROKE THE PASSENGER SEAT, AND CRACKED THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD IN HALF WHERE IT EXPLODED OUT. THIS DAMAGE WAS WHY THE INSURANCE COMPANY TOTALLED THE CAR.

DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION IN 1996 WITH A LITTLE OVER 20,000 MILES ON THE CAR. AT LESS THAN 60,000 MILES, I BEGAN HAVING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE CAR SHUDDERS VERY VIOLENTLY WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. I DO NOT FEEL THAT THIS IS VERY GOOD WORKMANSHIP ON THE PART OF THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY. I HAVE ALWAYS OWNED FORD VEHICLES AND NEVER HAD A PBLEM SUCH AS THIS. I AM VERY UNHAPPY. THERE IS NO WAY UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD THIS CAR BE ON ITS SECOND TRANSMISSION, LET ALONE TO BE HAVING PROBLEMS AGAIN. I DO NOT FEEL THAT I AM SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE WHEN AT ANY TIME, THE TRANSMISSION COULD COMPLETELY GO OUT. I HAVE ALL OF THE PAPERWORK FROM STIVERS LINCOLN MERCURY CONCERNING THE FIRST REPLACEMENT.

THE PAINT IS FALLING OFF THE HOOD, TRUNK AND TOP OF THE CAR. IT IS DOWN TO THE METAL IN SOME AREAS. I APPARENTLY RECEIVED A VEHICLE WITH A FLAWED PAINT JOB. I HAVE NOTICED SEVERAL OTHER COUGARS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM RIGHT HERE IN THE OKC AREA. NO SAFETY DEFECT . *AK

WHEN DRIVING, TRANSMISSION HAS A HARD SHIFT FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR AND SHUDDERS.

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HINGE AND ATTACHMENT DROPPED DOWN DUE TO THE HINGE PIN THAT CAME OUT, AND THE RUBBER AROUND THE DOOR AND THE STRIP CAME OFF THE DOOR. *AK

WATER IS DRAINING INTO INTAKE MANIFOLD AND THEN INTO ENGINE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO ENGINE.TSB HAS BEEN ISSUED . *AK

WHILE DRIVING CAR WILL INTERMITTENTLY JUMP TO A LOWER GEAR . THIS HAPPENS AT ANY GIVEN TIME. *AK

INTERMITENT "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT. WHEN SACN IS HOOKED TO CAR, IT SHOWS NO CODE IN MEMORY. UNABLE TO RESOLVE. IN MEMORY

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH CONSUMER HAD A HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND NEITHER OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN VEHICLE IS IN OVERDRIVE, IT WILL JUMP OUT OF OVERDRIVE TO NEUTRAL. THE DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *YC DEALER HAS REPLACED THE MLP SENSOR, TURBINE SPEED SENSOR, 1-2 ACCUMULATOR PISTON AND SPRING, SOLENOID VALVE, MAIN CONTROL VALVE BODY, SOLLENOID ASSEMBLY, SWITCH ASSEMBLY, AND VONVERTER ASSEMBLY. SERPENTINE BELT WAS REPLACED. *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR, RESULTING IN SLOW SHIFTING AND HESITATION. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER STATED TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACING. *AK

FUEL TANK SUPPORT SYSTEM HAS COME LOOSE CAUSING THE TANK TO RATTLE AGAINST THE CHASIS. OUR MECHANIC SAID IT WAS A DESIGN FLAW AND HE COULD NOT REPAIR IT. HE FELT THE TANK WOULD LEAK IF IT IS NOT REPAIRED.

WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH REAR ENDED A PARKED VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. ALSO, SEAT BELTS DIDN'T RESTRAIN THE CONSUMERS FROM HITTING THE WINDSHIELD. *AK

DEALER SHIP SOLD ME THIS CAR KNOW IT HAD A PROBLEM BECAUSE I HAD MADE THEM AWARE OF IT. UNLESS THEY AGREED TO FIX THE PROBLEM OF SHUDDERING WHILE ACCEL AT 40 MPH AND AGAIN AT 80 MPH THAT I WOULD PURCHASE THE CAR. A WE OWE FORM WAS MADE OUT AND APPROVED BY MANAGER. THE CAR DEALERSHIP HAD FIXED EVERYTING BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT PART AND AGREED TO DO SO. TO THIS DAY I AM TOLD THEY CAN NOT FIND A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANY AND WILL NOT PUT ANYMORE MONEY INTO THE CAR. HAD TO RETURN CAR SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. I AM TAKING A LETTER TO THE DEALER ON JULY 24, 1999 IN REGUARDS TO SITUATION. I F CAR DEALERS ARE NOT GOING TO BACK UP THEIR WORD TO INSURE OUR SAFETY AND AGREEMENTS THEN WHO DO WE TRUST TO SELL US A CAR. I WILL GET A ATTORNEY INVOLVED IF THEY DO NOT WISH TO PROCEED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION THAT IS FAULTY AND WAS MADE AWARE OF IT BEFORE AND AT TIME OF PURCHASE. I HAVE WITNESS AND COPY OF WE OWE AND ALL WORK ORDERS THAT WERE PROCESSED ON THE CAR IN CASE OF NEEDING FOR COURT DOCUMATION. PLEASE DO NOT DRIVE A CAR OFF A LOT UNTIL YOU ARE TOTALY SATISFIED WITH YOUR LARGE INVESTMENT. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER WANTING RELIABLE SAFE TRANSPORTATION FOR MY FAMILY. IS THIS THE WAY FORD LINCOLN MERCURY WANTS DEALERS TO TREAT THEIR PRODUCTS AND CUSTOMERS ? IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR ME ON THIS YOU MAY CONTACT ME AT [email protected]. THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME OUT.

THE COUGAR AT ALL TIMES REFUSES TO UPSHIFT FROM 1ST GEAR TO THE NEXT HIGHER GEAR UNLESS YOU RELEASE THE GAS PEDAL AT 3,000 RPM, AND THEN REAPPLY GAS THAT SEEMS TO ALLOW THE GEARS TO CHANGE. THIS ALSO OCCURS WHEN I AM TRYING TO USE THE PASSING GEAR, THE CARS TRANSMISSION WINDS UP USELESS I AGAIN RELEASE TRHE GAS AND THEN RE-APLY IT. THAT IS NOT A VERY SAFE SITUATION. *AK

TORQUE CONVERTER WAS REPLACED AND FAILED AGAIN CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOOSE POWER TO THE DRIVE TRAIN. NLM

DEFECTIVE SEAT MATERIAL IN THE REAR STARTED TO BURN WHEN SUN REFLECTED OFF OF MIRROR IN THE REAR. MJS

WHEN TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED OR WHEN MAKING A STOP VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER REPLACED SENSOR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE AT 50 MPH GOES INTO NEUTRAL, ENGINE REVS FAR BEYOND NORMAL RANGE, BUT VEHICLE DOES NOT PICK UP SPEED. THIS HAPPENS ERRATICALLY. AT 20K MILES (WHEN PROBLEM FIRST DEVELOPED) DEALER HAD US REPLACE TRANSMISSION FLUID, THIS DID NOTHING FOR THE PROBLEM. NOW DEALER SAYS WE NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION BECAUSE TRANSMISSION IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. *AK

I HAVE CONTINUELY HAD THE BRAKES REPLACED DUE TO WARPED ROTORS AND GLAZED BRAKE PADS.

I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGED NUMEROUS TIMES BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION STUDDERS. THAT DOES NOT SEEM TO FIX THE PROBLEM. BUT NO ELSE CAN TELL ME WHAT I SHOULD DO.

AFTER PROCEEDING FROM A STOP LIGHT AND TAKING FOOT OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO VERY HIGH RPMS. APPLIED BRAKES, BUT DID NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER PUT VEHICLE IN PARK IN ORDER TO GET VEHICLE TO STOP. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

BRAKES PULSATE STRONGLY, EVEN AFTER REPLACEMENT. INSTRUMENT PANEL HOOD DOES NOT PREVENT SUN FROM REFLECTING TO DRIVER. *AK

THE VEHICLE SLID HEAD-ON INTO A GUARDRAIL AT ABOUT 35 TO 40MPH AND NEITHER DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN. *AK *ML

THE PLUG ON THE BACK OF THE HEADLIGHTS BURNT OUT AND MELTED, CAUSING THE LIGHTS TO GO OUT INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER PUT NEW WIRE HARNESS IN VEHICLE. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. ALSO FRONT BRAKE ROTORS/PADS AND CALIPERS FAILED. IN ADDITION, DEALER REPLACED REAR DRUMS/SHOES AND REAR CYLINDERS.

BRAKE SYSTEM FAULTY CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO VIBRATE AND SHAKE ONCE APPLYING THE BRAKE AT SPEEDS OVER 30 MPH, IF AN EMERGENCY STOP HAD TO BE MADE THE BRAKES WOULD FAIL RESULTING IN CONSUMER HAVING TO STEER CLEAR OF THE HAZARD, VIRTUALLY EVERY PART OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM HAS BEEN REPLACED. *ET

TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO FAIL IN THE FALL OF 1996. IT WOULD SHUDDER SHIFTING INTO OVERDRIVE AND ONCE IN OVERDRIVE IT SHIFTED OUT OF GEAR ON IT'S OWN. JANUARY 1997 THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE PROBLEM WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTOR AND THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE AS IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. 6 MONTHS LATER THE TRANSMISSION STARTED HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. SEPT 1997 I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN. THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. NOW JAN 1999, THE CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND IS CONVENIENTLY PAST THE 12 MONTH/12000 MILE WARRANTY PERIOD ON THE REPLACEMENT PART. ON THE INTERSTATE LAST WEEK, MY WIFE WAS GOING 70 MPH AND THE CAR SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND WOULD NOT GO BACK INTO OVERDRIVE. A SEMI ALMOST RAN INTO THE REAREND OF THE CAR. BOTH THE DEALERSHIP AND FORD REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM, EVEN THOUGH I BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE SEPT 1997 WHILE IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. IN 1997 THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME FORD WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE 1994 TRANSMISSIONS. LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ON YOUR WEBSITE, I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. NOW I'M STUCK WITH AN $1800 REPAIR BILL.

CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER HAD A HEAD-ON COLLISION, AND SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD HER. THE SEAT BELT BECAME UNFASTENED, CAUSING EXTENSIVE INJURIES. *AK

NO ONLY AM I DISOPPOINTED WITH THE BRAKES WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED 3 TIMES ALL TIMES ON THE SAME SIDE(DRIVERS SIDE ONLY) BUT I AM VERY DISPLEASED WITH THE PAINT JOB THAT MY CAR HAS. I WOULD HATE TO SELL MY CAR BUT NOW BECAUSE THE PAINT IS CHIPPING AND PEELING ON THE HOOD AND BUMPER TO THE POINT THAT WHEN I AM DRIVING PAINT CHIPS ARE FLYING UP AND HITTING THE WINDSHIELD. JUST RECENTLY AS WHAT I THOUGHT OF AS A CRUEL JOKE MERCURY CALLED ME AND THOUGHT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TRADE MY 94 COUGAR(WITH BAD PAINT JOB IN FOR A NEW 99 COUGAR AND GUARENTEED THAT THE PAINT WOULD NOT PEEL. I THOUGHT WHAT A LAUGH!

TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED CAUSING THE CAR TO SHUDDER WHEN SHIFTING FROM 2 TO 3RD, AND 3RD TO 4TH. PROBLEM REPAIRED, BUT OTHER TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS OCCURRED LATER. *ML

ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES ON ANY TYPE OF ROAD SURFACE, NO INCLEMENT WEATHER, THE VEHICLE SHIMMIES BADLY. THE VEHICLE HAS HAD A NUMBER OF REPAIRS, AND THE PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES CONTINUES. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

THE LOCATION OF THE ASH TRAY CAUSES THE DRIVER TO LOOK DOWN WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED.

BOTH ENGINE HEAD GASKETS FELL APART ON THE ENGINE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER CONTACTED, AND CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. RECALL ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT THIS VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED. *AK *ML

TORQUE CONVERTER WAS SLIPPING CAUSING A VIBRATION WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. WAS TOLD BY SERVICE MANAGER THERE WERE TWO OTHER CARS COMING IN FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM THE NEXT DAY. WAS ALSO TOLD BY SERVICE TECH THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS FIXED IN THE 1995 MODEL. THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE FIXED BY THE MANUFACTER

RAW GAS IS COMING OUT OF THE EXHAUST PIPE. VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AS FAILED PCM LEAVING INJECTORS OPEN AND POURING RAW FUEL TO SPEW FROM TAIL PIPES CREATING A FIRE HAZARD NO WARNING INDICATORS PRESENT. *AK

I JUST THINK THAT IF A CHEVIEY TAHO AND A CHEVIE VAN HIT A MERCURY COUGAR AT A STOP SIGN AT THE SPEED OVER 55MPH AND PUSHES MY COUGAR 5 FEET SIDWAYS IN THE CORNER OF MY FRUNT END THE AIRBAGE'S SHOULD HAVE IMPLODED ???

TRANSMISSION SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL SLOW DOWN UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. REPLACED PARTS OF THE TRANSMISSION, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK

IGNITION SWITCH BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO START THE VEHICLE.

I HAVE SEARCHED THE LIST OF COMPLAINTS AND FIND THAT THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS RELATED TO BOTH THE BRAKE AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WHICH I HAVE EXPERIENCED. PLEASE REMIT THIS COMPLAINT TO THE MANUFACTURER AND ADVISE WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON WHETHER OR NOT THE MANUFACTURER IS DOING ANYTHING TO RESOLVE THESE CUTOMER COMPLAINTS. POWER WINDOWS REPLACE FOUR TIMES. BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP. TRANSMISSION SLIPPING FROM DAY ONE BUT THE DEALER TOLD ME REPEATEDLY THER WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY REBUILT.

97V22500 FORD CONTOUR, 97V225000, MERCURY MISTIQUE, CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN HE MOVES HIS FOOT FROM THE GAS PEDAL THE CAR KEEPS GOING. RECALL ON OTHER CARS THAT HE OWNS STATES THAT IN CARS WITH TRACTION CONTROL ENGINE MAY NOT SLOW TO IDLE WHEN DRIVER REMOVES FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR. HE IS NOW HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE THIRD VEHICLE. *AK

ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE CAUSING ACCIDENT.

TRANSMISSION IS SHUDDERING AND SHIFTING ROUGH DURING THE 3-4 SHIFT.