One problem related to front seat belt buckle assembly has been reported for the 2000 Mercury Cougar. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2000 Mercury Cougar based on all problems reported for the 2000 Cougar.
Involved in a collision in which the driver's and passenger's air bags did not deploy, also, driver seat belt did not lock up, upon impact.
| Front Seat Belt Buckle Assembly problems | |
| Integrated Child Seat Belt problems |