Mid/rear Seats Assembly problems of the 1999 Mercury Cougar

When installing the child seat in the rear seat, the consumer noticed that the rear seats incline which caused the child?s safety seat to incline. The consumer stated that, "four child seats had been tried in the rear seat and they all had the same problem. Please provide any additional information.

Passenger's seat will not lock in place unless seat is positioned all way to the back closely to rear seat . Consumer states the seat if unlocked and moved foward will only relock when pushed all the way to the rear, then seat can be adjusted and locked from any position, the problem is that you can not lock the seat if anything is placed behind the seat, in trying to lock the seat consumer states she has the crush her grandchild's feet in the car seat, consumer states there is a strong to light gasoline odor, also gas pedal will stick in up position and need strong push to release, door locks automaticcalylock and unlock at any time, the locks were finally replaced and consumer was given an extended warranty, consumer states radio goes out and the display disappears when it is hot.