1999 Mercury Cougar

GAS GAUGE HAS ERRATIC OPERATION (SOMETIMES STICKS ON E OR F AND NEVER ACCURATE). CAR HAS HESITATION. DEALER INDICATED IT WAS THE FUEL DELIVERY MODULE. FORD/MERCURY ISSUED RECALL IN MAY 2004 ON FUEL DELIVERY MODULE FOR THIS REASON. MY CAR WAS NOT IN THE RECALL AND FORD WILL NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE TO HAVE IT REPAIRED (APPROX $480 REPAIR). *NM

WHILE THE CAR IS RUNNING, MY 1999 MERCURY COUGAR WILL SHIFT FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL, TO REVERSE, WITHOUT EVER RELEASING THE LOCK. ALL IT TAKES IS SLIGHT PRESSURE ON THE GEAR SHIFT TO CHANGE GEARS UNINTENTIONALLY. THE DEALER I JUST BOUGHT THE CAR FROM 2 WEEKS AGO, AND FORD TELL ME THAT IT IS NORMAL FOR THE GEARS TO MOVE FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL WITH NO EFFORT. THE DEALER SAID NO HARM IS DONE. YOU ARE JUST DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 60 MILES AN HOUR WHEN YOU BUMP THE GEAR SHIFT, AND LOSE ALL ACCELERATION UNTIL YOU MOVE THE GEAR SHIFT BACK TO DRIVE. I CAN SEE A REAL SAFETY ISSUE THERE. AND, CONSIDERING THAT THIS IS MY 16 YEAR OLD'S CAR, I SEE A REAL SAFETY ISSUE. IT ALSO WOULD SHIFT FROM 2ND ALL THE WAY TO NEUTRAL WITHOUT RELEASING THE LOCK. *AK

THE CAR STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND ENGINE COULD NOT BE STARTED. IT HAD TO BE TOWED IN TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP. DIAGNOSIS: FUEL PUMP FAILURE. COST: $500. TWO WEEKS LATER I FOUND OUT THAT MERCURY HAD A RECALL ON FUEL PUMPS, HOWEVER MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I SUPPOSE IT'S JUST A BIG COINCIDENCE THAT MY CAR EXPERIENCED THE SAME EXACT SYMPTOMS AND THE FUEL PUMP FAILED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE RECALL. MERCURY TO THIS DATE HAS NOT REIMBURSED ME THE $500. *LA

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 99V194000 CONCERNING THROTTLE CABLE: WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WHEN CONSUMER STOPPED AT A LIGHT THE ENGINE REVVED. ALSO, WHEN VEHICLE WAS SITTING STILL THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO MOVE, EVEN WHEN THE CONSUMER'S FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKES. THIS MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR VEHICLE WAS ON RECALL. BUT, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK

THERE IS A PIN IN MY PASSENGER DOOR THAT FALLS OUT EVERY FEW MONTHS OR SO. (ABOUT 3-5 TIMES SINCE IT FIRST HAPPENED) WE JUST HOLD THE DOOR UP AND HAMMER THE PIN BACK INTO PLACE WHEN IT HAPPENS AND IT STAYS FOR A FEW MONTHS. WE'VE TRIED A FEW DIFFERENT KINDS OF CLIPS TO HOLD IT IN PLACE TO NO AVAIL. THE DOOR FALLS 1/2 WAY OFF AND JUST HANGS THERE. IT HASN'T HAPPENED WHILE THE CAR IS MOVING...JUST WHEN THE CAR IS PARKED AND A PASSENGER OPENS THE DOOR. THE CAR WAS ALSO SOLD TO ME WITH A BAD BEARING ON THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE...NOT SURE IF THAT'S NORMAL EITHER AROUND 40,000 MILES. ALSO, MY FUEL PUMP BURNED OUT AROUND 46,000 MILES...NOT SURE IF THAT'S NORMAL FOR A CAR OR NOT. *AK

MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH 1999 MERCURY COUGAR. *MR THE VEHICLE DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC ON THREE OCCASIONS. THERE WERE ALTERNATOR AND FUEL PROBLEMS. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED A CREDITED AMOUNT OF FUNDS AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE BATTERY, BRAKES AND ADDITIONAL EXPENSES. OTHER PROBLEM ARE AS FOLLOWED: THE NEW WHEELS WERE DEFECTIVE (CORRODED AND FROZEN), THE BRAKE SENSOR SNAPPED OFF OF THE WHEEL, THE CD PLAYER WAS SKIPPING, THE HATCH WOULD NOT RELEASE PROPERLY, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHAKE, THE KEYLESS ENTRY WITH ANTI-THEFT WAS INOPERATIVE, THERE WAS ROUGH IDLE, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER WOULD STICK, THE CUP HOLDER DID NOT SHUT, THE HOOD WOULD NOT OPEN, AND THE LIGHTS WOULD DIM AND OR BRIGHTEN WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND DRIVE IT TO THE DEALER. THE MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE ACCELERATOR STUCK AS THE CONSUMER WAS TAKING A RIGHT TURN. THE VEHICLE SPUN AROUND AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS APPLIED AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF. *SC *JB

21,210 MILES-BRAKE ROTOR AND PAD FAILURE,SUNROOF INOPERABLE,PASSENGER WINDOW INOPERABLE-WARRANTY 47,823 MILES-COMPLETE CHARGING SYSTEM FAILURE-WARRANTY TRUNK HAS NEVER OPENED CORRECTLY FROM INSIDE-NO SOLUTION 87,000 MILES- STARTER MOTOR FAILED-$250 91,519 MILES-2 RADIATOR HOSES FAILED-$240 93,000 MILES-MANUAL TRANSMISSION FAILED, DIFFERENTIAL GEARS -$2440 NOW I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY FUEL PUMP. THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THIS CAR THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS PROBLEMS CARS DON'T RECEIVE UNTIL AFTER 100,000 MILES. IN MY EYES, IT IS SIMPLY A 100,000 MILE LEMON! *NM