1995 Mercury Villager

VERY STRONG SMELLING GAS FUMES INSIDE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT WHEN HEATER IS TURNED ON. WHILE DRIVING THE SPEED GAUGE WILL STOP WORKING AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON. BRAKES MAKE A GRINDING NOISE EVEN AFTER BEING REPLACED. CV BOOT IS LEAKING AND CRACKED. DRIVER SIDE AUTO-SEAT BELT SOMETIMES FAILS TO GO UP AND DOWN. REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER GETS STUCK IN UP POSITIONS WHEN TRING TO USE IT. *AK

THE PAINT IS CRACKED ON THE HOOD, UNKNOWN WHAT MONTH, ABOUT 1997. WE NEVER HAD IT FIXED. DRIVERS DOOR SEATBELT STAYS IN THE RUNNING POSITION, IT WON'T MOVE FORWARD, BUT IT MAKES A LOUD MOTOR NOISE, UNKNOWN WHAT MONTH, SINCE ABOUT 1999. WE NEVER HAD IT FIXED. THE SEAT BELT ON THE RIGHT NEXT TO THE MIDDLE SEAT FELL OFF. WE TOLD THE DEALER. THEY ORDERED ONE. WE WENT BACK ABOUT A MONTH LATER THEY SAID IT WAS TOO LATE TO FIX IT. THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT IN ABOUT MAY OF 1998, AT ABOUT 120,000 MILES. WE HAD IT REBUILT. IT WENT OUT AGAIN ABOUT A YR LATER. WE CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE IT REBUILT AGAIN RIGHT NOW. SO IT SITS. IN JUL OR AUG OF 1998, THE MOTOR WENT OUT. WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, AND IT STARTED KNOCKING, THEN QUIT. ALSO ON CHRISTMAS EVE OF 1997, WE WERE GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE THING SOUNDED LIKE ALL THE RODS WERE KNOCKING. THE TEMP GAUGE SAID IT WAS OVER HEATING. WE PAID A GUY $100 TO BRING IT FROM EDMORE, MI TO BATTLE CREEK, MI. THE NEXT DAY WE WENT OUT AND STARTED IT, AND IT WAS FINE. OUR TAIL LIGHTS ALSO WENT OUT, THE FORD DEALER FIXED THEM. SO NEEDLESS TO SAY, I WILL NEVER BUY A MERCURY AGAIN. IF I HAD WANTED A NISSAN, I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT A NISSAN. I HAVE A 1976 FORD CHATEAU CLUB WAGON, OVER 250,000 MILES. IT HAS ONLY HAD TO HAVE A TRANSMISSION AT ABOUT 240,000 MILES. SO I GUESS I AM SAYING THIS VILLAGER IS A LEMON. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, DAWN GREEN

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH HEARD ENGINE RATTLING NOISE. ENGINE QUIT RUNNING AND FAILED TO RESTART. TOWED TO MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED CRANKSHAFT WAS BROKEN. MECHANIC SAID HE HAS HAD 3 OTHER BROKEN CRANKSHAFTS ON SAME MODEL VEHICLE WITH FRONT WHEEL DRIVE, TRANSVERSELY MOUNTED ENGINE, BUT NO SUCH PROBLEMS SEEN WHEN SAME ENGINE IS MOUNTED WITH DRIVESHAFT TO REAR WHEELS.*AK

LOST REVERSE GEAR ON TRANSMISSION. TOOK TO THE NEAREST TRANSMISSION SHOP. OWNER SAID A PIECE HAD BROKEN APART IN THE TRANSMISSION, WEARING A GROOVE IN THE REVERSE CYLINDER. THE TRANSMISSION WAS FULL OF METAL PIECES. AFTER A $2000 REPAIR, FORD TELLS ME THAT THEY WON'T HONOR ANY WORK DONE AT A NONE FORD REPAIR SHOP. I BELIEVE THAT THIS DEFECT HAS BEEN SEEN IN OTHER TRANSMISSION FAILURES IN THESE VEHICLES. *AK

GEAR SHIFT WILL INDICATE THAT VEHICLE IS IN PARK, BUT WILL ACTUALLY BE IN REVERSE AND ROLL AWAY. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TWO STAR HEAD SCREWS UNDER THE DASH ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STEERING COLUMN BACKED OFF FROM THEIR PROPER POSITION, ALLOWING THE LINKAGE AND SHIFTING INDICATOR TO MOVE. *SLC

IN 2000, THE LEFT CV BOOT CRACKED AT 70,000 MILES, REQUIRING BOTH THE AXLE AND BOOT TO BE REPLACED. NOW, THE RIGHT CV BOOT HAS CRACKED AT 87,425 MILES, REQUIRING THE OTHER BOOT AND AXLE TO BE REPLACED. WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE. WE HAVE NEVER HAD TO REPLACE AXLES ON ANY PREVIOUS CARS AT ALL, AND ESPECIALLY NOT BEFORE THE ODOMETER REACHED 100,000 MILES. WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THERE MIGHT BE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT CAUSING THESE CRACKS. THANK GOODNESS WE DID NOT HAVE AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THEM. EACH REPAIR CAME TO A COSTLY $295.00, BUT WE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO PAY IT.

TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHEN TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AFTER ONE WEEK THEY LOOKED AT IT AND SAID THAT A SPRING HAD COME LOOSE IN THE TRANSMISSON AND HAD MADE THE TRANSMISSION SLIP AND THEN CHEW UP THE GEARS NUMBER 3 AND 4 AND REVERSE THAT IS WHY IT WENT OUT AND THE FACT THAT THEY SAID IT WAS DEFECTIVE AND NOT WELL LUBRICATED IN THE TRANSMISSION THAT WAS WHY IT WENT OUT DUE TO NO NEGLECT ON MY PART . SO I NEED SOMEONE TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE AND SEE I HAD MY VAN SERVICED BY THE SAME PEOPLE WHO DID THE TRANSMISSION SO I DID THE MAINTENANCE HOW FORD TOLD ME TO SERVICE IT AND I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION? AND A SPRING WENT LOOSE, AND DID ALL THAT DAMAGE TO THE VAN TRANSMISSION ? I'M AT THERE MERCY OF THE DEALERSHIP AND THEN IT 3 WEEKS TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION? SO THEY HAD THE CAR 4 WEEKS ONE (MONTH) THE DEALERSHIP IS SAN DIEGO AUTO COLLECTION OF MISSION VALLEY IN SAN DIEGO CA.*AK (TIRESIZE: 205R7015)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 205R7015 )