Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Apr 3, 1996IL
BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE, EXCESSIVE PEDAL TRAVEL WITHOUT VEHICLE BRAKING. *AK
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1994 Mercury Tracer complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1994 record →
Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Feb 6, 1996SC
DRIVERS AIR BAG DID NOT INFLATE DUE TO A TEAR, RESULTING IN INJURY. *DH
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Drum
Filed Jan 8, 1996NC
REAR BRAKES FAILED.*SD
Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Dec 26, 1995WI
AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN A FRONTAL COLLISION (12:00) AT 35 MPH. TT
Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Nov 30, 1995OH
THE DRIVER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT, AND GOT BURNED IN THE CHEST AREA WHEN THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. TT
SeatsCrash4 injured
Filed Nov 17, 1995NC
THE REAR BACK SEAT CAME UNATTACHED FROM THE VEHICLE WHEN CAR WAS IN ACCIDENT. TT
Suspension › FrontCrash
Filed Oct 25, 1995NJ
VEHICLE PULLS TO RIGHT, CAUSING CAR TO SLAM INTO CURB/DAMAGE SUB-FRAME. *SD
Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Sep 11, 1995FL
HIT A TRUCK FROM BEHIND AND DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG ONLY DEPLOYED HALF WAY SPARKS AND SMOKE CAME FROM AIR BAG. TT
Suspension › FrontCrash
Filed Sep 11, 1995NJ
VEHICLE PULLS TO THE EXTREME RIGHT WHILE DRIVING. HAD ALIGNMENT STILL PULLS. TT
Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Sep 8, 1995CA
THE VEHICLE WAS STANDING STILL AND THE VEHICLE WAS HIT IN THE FRONT AT THE AIRBAG SENSORS AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
Vehicle Speed ControlCrash
Filed Jul 13, 1995PA
SUDDEN ACCELERATION, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT. *AK
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed May 8, 1995TN
PURCHASED CAR AS NEW, HAD 3,000 MILES ON IT AND AT 4,000 MILES ITS TIMING BELT MADE NOISE AS LOUD AS THE RADIO. TT
Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar
Filed Apr 24, 1995NJ
STEERING WHEEL LOCKUP WHEN MAKING A LEFT TRUN, ALSO MAKE A LOUD NOISE. TT
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Mar 31, 1995FL
NOTICE SLIDING WHEN BRAKES APPLIED, GRINDING AND SQUEEKING NOISES, CLEAN AND GLAZED BRAKES, ABS SYSTEM. TT
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc
Filed Feb 24, 1995MD
NOTICED HORRIBLE SOUND WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES IN THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL. TT
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Jan 13, 1995TN
PURCHASE CAR JUNE 1994 TOOK BACK TO DEALER BECAUSE IT MADE TOO MUCH NOISE WAS COMING TO A STOP SIGN BRAKES FAILED WOULDN'T STOP. TT
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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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