1993 Mercury Villager complaints

EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS MALFUNCTIONED.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE COULD SMELL STRONG EXHAUST FUMES BECAUSE THE BOLTS HAD SHEARED NEAR THE ENGINE OUT OF PLACE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

BOLTS USED TO SECURE FRONT AND REAR MANIFOLDS FAILED.

BOLTS SHEAR OFF WHERE THE MANIFOLD ATTACHES TO THE HEAD RELEASING EXHAUST FUMES INTO THE OCCUPANT COMPARTMENT.

STUD ON EXHAUST MANIFOLD CRACKED, ALLOWING EXHAUST FUMES INTO VEHICLE.

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT NO PARTICULAR SPEED, THE VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN BY 30 MPH WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. BEEN AT DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVDE DETAILS. *AK

TRANSMISSION DROP PAN BOLT FELL AND WOULD NOT RESECURE. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND REFUSED TO REPAIR UNLESS COST IS TO THE CONSUMER. *AK *SLC

THE PLASTIC CONNECTOR ARE BROKEN ALL AROUND THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT, CAUSING DOOR NOT TO BE SECURED PROPERLY. DEALER NOTIFIED AND RFUSED TO REPAIR UNLESS COST GOES TO CONSUMER. *AK

RT FRONT LAP BELT WILL NOT RETRACT FAR ENOUGH.

AIR CONDITIONING UNIT FAILURE.

ELECTRONIC SHOULDER BELT CONNECTION TO DOOR DOES NOT WORK. THE RELAY SWITCH WOULD BE MAKING CLICKING SOUND. WAS REMOVED BY OWNER. PUT OLD RELAY SWITCH ON & BELTS WORKING AND SMOKE CAME UNDER SEAT. HAS NOT TAKEN TO DEALER YET. *AK

ELECTRIC DOOR LOCKS MALFUNCTION AT DIFFERENT TIMES BY EITHER LOCKING CONSUMER IN THE VEHICLE OR OUT OF THE VEHICLE.

STUD WHICH HOLDS THE EXHAUST ASSEMBLY TO THE MANIFOLD HAS SHEARED OFF, CAUSING FUMES TO ENTER INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTER DETAILS. *AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR SHOULDER BELT BOLTS WHICH SUPPORT THE SEAT SHOULDER BELT HAVE SEPARATED WHERE THE SEAT BELT IS SECURED, CAUSING THE SEAT BELT TO BE INOPERATIVE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

ENGINE MOUNTS FAILED.

EXHAUST MANIFOLD STUDS BROKE OFF CAUSING EXAUST FUMES TO LEAK INTO INTERIOR OF VEHICLE.

EXHAUST MANIFOLDS AND BOLTS FAILURE. EXHAUST FUMES ALSO ENTER PASSENGER COMPARTMENT.

WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION, HITTING A LIGHT POLE TRAVELING ABOUT 30-35, THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOTALLED. *AK

EXHAUST MANIFOLD STUDS HAVE BROKEN OFF IN THE FRONT AND REAR AT THE SAME RATE AND TIME.

BLOWER MOTOR FOR HEAT AND AIR CONDITIONING FAILED.

ELECTRICAL WIRING FAILURE CAUSED BRAKE LIGHTS TO FAIL.

BOLTS CONNECTING EXHAUST TO MANIFOLDS WERE SEVERED.

EXHAUSTSYSTEM FAILED, CAUSING SULFURIC ACID SMELL TO ENTER INTO VEHICLE.

EXHAUST MANIFOLD WAS CAUSING FUMES TO LEAK INTO VEHICLE. DRIVER WAS DIZZY, NAUSEOUS & SLEEPY. TOOK TO MECHANIC & WAS TOLD A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE MANIFOLD & NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE AT ACCELERATION. *AK

POWER DOOR LOCKS GO ON AND OFF ON THERE OWN, SOMETIMES MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO ENTER OR EXIT.

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK

OWNER COMPLAINED TO DEALER ABOUT CHITTERING AND CLICKING SOUND FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON ACCELERATION. FIVE MANIFOLD BOLTS CRACKED CAUSING GASKETS TO LOOSEN AND THUS CAUSE EMISSION PROBLEMS.

EXJAUST MANIFOLD MOUNTING STUDS APPEAR TO BE SHEARING OFF, COULD CAUSE EXHAUST GAS TO LEAK INTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VAN DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THERE WAS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MEANT THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP AT THAT TIME THAT THE BRAKES WAS APPLIED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE SENSORS ON THE BRAKES, AND THE BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING. THE VAN STILL HAS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

TRANSMISSION PLANATERY GEAR BEARINGS FAILED.

REAR SEAT BELT RETRACTOR FAILED.

THE EXHAUST STUDS BROKE, CAUSING THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD TO CRACK. THE DEALER HAS INFORMED THE OWNER THAT THERE IS A TSB ON THESE VEHICLES. *AK

EXHAUST MANIFOLD STUD BROKE, CAUSING EXHAUST LEAK.

DESIGN PROBLEM IN EXHAUST MANIFOLD CAUSES WEIGHT AND STRESS ON BOLTS BOTH SIDES OF ENGINE . HAD IT REPLACED 1 TIME AT 47,722 MILES; 2ND TIME 67,000, AGAIN AT 103.000 MILES. DEALER SAID TO EXPECT TO BRING IT BACK AGAIN AT ABOUT 28,000 MILES OR SOONER. *AK

THE METAL SHIFT LEVER COLLAR SHEARED IN HALF WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT INTO GEAR FROM PARK. *AK

DESIGN OF THE HEAD LAMPS ARE PLASTIC WHICH TURN CLOUDY WITH HEAT, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY.

THE REAR WINDOW HAD A "POP NOISE" AND SHATTERED FOR NO APPARENT REASON WHICH ALMOST CAUSED INJURIES. *AK *SLC

MASTER CYLINDER FAILED 4 TIMES AFTER RECALL. CONSUMER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF RECALL (92V-132.002). *AK

SEAT BELT RETRACTOR WOULD NOT PULL OUT PROPERLY.

SEATBELTS FAILED TO RETRACT.

UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. COULD RESULT IN A CRASH . CONSEQUENCE : CRANKSHAFT PULLEY BROKE. *AK

EXHAUST MANIFOLD STUDS ARE BREAKING DUE TO DESIGN OF MANIFOLD, CAUSING EXHAUST TO LEAK, ALLOWING FUMES TO ENTER INTERIOR OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE WITH DEALER. REMOVED BROKEN STUDS, REPLACED ALL STUDS. *AK

COMBINATION SWITCH (FRONT WINDSHIELD WASHER), WORKS ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS.

EXHAUST MANIFOLD STUD BROKE OFF IN CYLINDER HEAD DUE TO DESIGN, CAUSING IN EXHAUST FUMES IN INTERIOR OF VEHICLE.

EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS BREAK, CREATING A LEAK THROUGH MANIFOLD GASKET. *AK

BOLT TO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM CONTINUE TO FAIL CAUSING LEAKAGE.

BATTERY EXPLODED. CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *AK

THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY BEARING LEAKS SEVERELY.