Electrical System
Filed Aug 24, 1998AR
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLED AND LOST ALL POWER, WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK
1998 Mercury Cougar
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical System | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filings1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 1999| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 95 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2001 | 82 | 3 | 6 | 1 | Fatalities reported |
| 2000 | 211 | 5 | 10 | 0 | Above average |
| 1999 | 454 | 9 | 3 | 1 | Fatalities reported |
| 1998 — this page | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1997 | 76 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Routine |
| 1996 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1995 | 109 | 0 | 4 | 0 | Routine |
| 1994 | 137 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Fatalities reported |
| 1993 | 195 | 3 | 4 | 0 | Routine |
| 1992 | 92 | 3 | 2 | 0 | Routine |
| 1991 | 73 | 3 | 6 | 0 | Routine |
| 1990 | 86 | 3 | 9 | 0 | Routine |
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.