2000 Mercury Cougar

SICKLY SWEET SMELL WHEN AIR CONDITIONER ON. INITIALLY CHECKED FOR POSSIBLE FLUID LEAKAGE FROM AIR CONDITIONER. THAT WAS NOT IT. LATER TRACED TO TOXIC MOLD IN A TRAPPED AREA OF THE AIR CONDITIONING PATH. DEALER SPRAYED IN FUNGICIDE WHICH WORKED FOR A SHORT WHILE. ON ONE OCCASION I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND INTO THE HOUSE AND COULD SMELL THIS SICKLY SWEET SMELL ON MY BREATH. THE DAY AFTER I STARTED COUGHING AND IT TOOK 3 MONTHS OF INTENSIVE MEDICAL TO GET IT CLEANED UP. THEN I GOT ANOTHER WHIFF AND STARTED COUGHING AGAIN. I DISCOVER THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM, BUT NOT ADMITTED. VOLVO RUNS A SPECIAL DRYING CYCLE IN THEIR AIR CONDITIONING TO AVOID THIS MOLD PROBLEM. I ALSO HEAR MERCEDES HAS A SIMILAR PROBLEM.

PROBLEMS WITH ODOMETER, GAS GAUGE, TURN SIGNALS,WINDOWS, RADIO, HAZARD LIGHTS, AIR BAG LIGHTS, SPEEDOMETER.*MR. THE MILEAGE AND CLOCK WERE NO LONGER VISIBLE. A NEW BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR WERE INSTALLED PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE SUN ROOF LEAKED CONSTANTLY AND WAS ALSO FIXED PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE BATTERY AND WRENCH LIGHT WERE CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED. THIS VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPAIRED OVER AND OVER AGAIN. CONSUMER HAD TO EXIT AND BARELY MADE IT HOME WHEN SHE ENTERED THE DRIVEWAY, THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY DIED. *PH. THE AIR CONDITION WAS NOT COLD ENOUGH, THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER WAS BROKE, THE BRAKES MADE A GRINDING NOISE, THE DOOR LOCKS/LATCHES WERE INOPERATIVE, AND THE VEHICLE HAD A TRANSMISSION LEAK. *JB

I HAVE A 2000 MERCURY COUGAR THAT ONCE WARMED UP ACCELERATES 3000 TO 3500 RPM AND WILL NOT SLOW DOWN UNTIL I COME TO A DEAD STOP. I HAD IT IN FOR THIS PROBLEM AT LEAST 6 TIMES AND THEY CAN'T FIX IT. I CALLED THE FORD/MERCURY SERVICE HOT LINE TO SEE IF SOMETHING COULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS. WHEN I CALLED ABOUT THIS I THOUGHT THAT A MERCURY REP. WOULD GET A HOLD OF THE CAR DEALERSHIP WERE I GOT THE CAR (JOHNSON FORD LINCOLN/ MERCURY IN PITTSFIELD, MA) AND THEN GET A HOLD OF ME. I CALLED IN JAN. THATS NOT WHAT HAPPENED, WHEN I CALLED I FOUND OUT THAT JOHNSON FORD TOLD THEM, THEY DID NOT EXPERIENCE THE PROBLEM. THAT'S AN OUT RIGHT LIE. DOM KELLOG HEAD OF JOHNSON SERVICE DROVE IT AND EXPERIENCED IT AND ON ANOTHER TIME ONE OF THE MECHANICS RIDING WITH ME ALSO EXPERIENCED IT. WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT THIS. I CAN'T LET ANYBODY DRIVE MY CAR, I AM AFRAID THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE HANDLE IT AN GET SERIOUSLY HURT. I DON'T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL I GET KILLED OR SOME ONE ELSE BEFORE THEY DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU OR I CAN DO ABOUT THIS. I AM GOING TO PUT DOWN AN ESTIMATE THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WHICH WAS ABOUT 10000 MILE MARK THE CAR NOW HAS ABOUT 23000 MILES ON IT. *JB

THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL DURING DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. WITHIN TWO DAYS THAT I RECEIVED THE VEHICLE IT STALLED. ELECTRICALS INTACT. MILEAGE 102. DEALER SAID MOST LIKELY BAD GAS, CALL IF HAPPENS AGAIN. AT JUST OVER 7000 MILES SOMETIME IN MARCH IT STARTED BUCKING AND THEN STALLED AT HIGHWAY SPEED. AFTER FIFTEEN MINUTES IT RESTARTED. I WAS VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS I WAS STUCK ON THE SPAN OF A MAJOR BRIDGE WITH NO PLACE TO GO.. FOR THREE WEEKS THE DEALERSHIP ATTEMPTED TO FIND THE PROBLEM AND FINALLY BLAMED A FUEL PUMP. ONE WEEK LATER, AT 55 MPH, THE CAR ENGINE SHUT OFF WITH NO WARNING, ELECTRICALS APPEARED TO WORK. CAR RESTARTED ABOUT ONE MINUTE LATER ON FIRST TRY. DEALERSHIP BLAMED AIR CONDITIONER, EXCEPT I HAD NOT USED AIR CONDITIONER IN THE PREVIOUS SIX MONTHS. THEY NEVER FIGURED IT OUT AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE. AFTER A NASTY DEALING WITH FORD, MY LAWYER, AND THE FLORIDA LEMON LAW I NOW DRIVE A 2001 MERCURY DEATHTRAP/COUGAR. *AK