AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS TRIGGER WITHOUT ANY REASON. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO EXTRACT MY CHILD (STRAPPED IN HIS CARSEAT) FROM THE CAR ON NUMBEROUS OCCASIONS PUTTING HIS LIFE AT RISK. A NUMBER OF DEALERSHIPS HAVE EITHER LAUGHED AT ME OR WANTED TO CHARGE UP TO $800 TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. MY CHILD IS UNABLE TO RELEASE HIMSELF FROM HIS CARSEAT NOR IS HE ABLE TO REACH WINDOW CONTROLS WHILE STRAPPED IN HIS CARSEAT. IT ROUTINELY REACHES OVER 100 DEGREES HERE AND HE COULD EITHER DIE OR BE SEVERELY INJURED BEFORE I WOULD FINALLY BE ABLE TO OPEN A DOOR. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THIS IS NOT A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. MAYBE BUT IT IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. LET'S NOT LET ANY CHILDREN DIE BECAUSE OF EITHER A DESIGN OR MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN TREATED LESS THAT TOTALLY SERIOUSLY. THANK YOU FOR RECONSIDERING THIS ISSUE.*AK
1992 Mercury Villager
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the structure › body › door. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Structure › Body › Door | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsStructure › Body › Door
Filed Sep 8, 2001CA
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 1993Reading 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.