Gasoline Engine Problems of Mercury Cougar

Problems with the transmission, when shifting into gear vehicle will shake violently. Dealer was not contacted at the time of this call. Ts.

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2001 Mercury Cougar. Since I have owned this car I have replace the engine at 65,000 miles, left front wheel bearing at 70,000 miles, right front wheel bearing is on its way out at 100,000 miles along with a plugged catalytic converter, and transmission slippage. A/c also failed at 115,000 miles.

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Oil pan gaskets should have a longer life. This car is out of warranty due to time of ownership not miles driven repairs cost $371. Car receives regular oil changes and good care. If this problem is getting widespread I would like to see a recall or be offered extended warranty protection. Dt.

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On approx. The 15th of March, my daughter lost all power in car while driving through lunch traffic in town and was nearly rearended by a petroluem tanker. We brought car in to dealership. They ran a battery test and b/c that came back fine they refused to do any further testing. She was having problems getting the key to turn over to start car. They fixed that problem at the same time. On the 15th of may, the car came out of the shop for the 2nd time after it had lost power twice on her while driving again. Her. The dealership contacted Ford headquarters for recalls. None had been posted, but Ford said if they check the fuel filter at the bottem of the fuel tank we would probably find the problem with losing all power(braking, steering, ect. ) was that the filter was clogged therefore no gas was getting to the motor and thus this was why the car was losing power. They replaced the fuel pump and said that was a temporary fix for approx the next 3000 miles(for it was happening about every 3000 miles). And that we would have to bring the car in every 3000 miles to remain safe from losing power when it became clogged again. We decided that since Ford knew about the problem and refused to do a recall to fix the problem that anyone in my family who drove or rode in the car would be putting their life in danger so we tried to trade the car. The dealership wanted us to pay a $6,000 deficit so we decided to keep the car until we could complete the lemon law process. Three weeks later, my daughter stated she had got really bad gas mileage(15 miles took 1/4 of a tank she measured it) the day before and she was afraid that the car was going to lose power again. It was a Friday so the car couldn't go to the dealership til the following week. That night, the 6th of June. She lost brakes and steering while going around a curve. The car hit something in the ditch and rolled 1. 5x's to rest upside down. No airbags deployed. Seatbeat held her in car. Pictures of car and scene avail.

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Engine light came on I thaugh it would be an electrical problem, it was not. The car would jump and accelerate when stoping at traffic lights and stopped traffic when I would press on the gas lightly. Dealership said it would be $2000. To fix. I did not extend my Ford warranty. They said there was a hidden warranty with the engin and that I would have to pay $500. He aslo said I couldn't have been anything I did, the engine was coming apart, that would be the manufaturer's fault. I wish I would have not baught this Cougar, its been nothing but problems and recalls. I have went to the dealership so many time I've lost count.

Vehicle cuts off on an intermittent basis while traveling any speed on highway. Dealer has been contatced. Please provide further details.

Air conditioner turns off and on without manually operating the system, once air conditioner turns back on the air is not cool. Air blows like vent is closed. Also, engine will cut off without prior warning. Dealer unable to duplicate problems.

While standing outside of vehicle with windows rolled down when door closed and automatically locked. Consumer noted this was not a feature of vehicle. Key failed to unlock the door, consumer reached inside vehicle to manually unlock door. Dealer stated if a new alarm system was put in to replace the old one, problem might be corrected. Air conditioner turns on and off. Radio will not come on at times. Motor will die out. Alarm went off, door lock by themselves. Key will not crank vehicle at times. Vehicle jumped and jerked almost hitting consumers sister who was standing in front of the vehicle.

Engine threw rod at 40k . No other previous problems engine maintained every 3000 mi.

Rising rpms when clutch engaged - rose to approx 7krpm and engine died 3x's within 1 mile. Note, did not rise while in gear pressing gas only rose more.

While driving on a 4-lane highway, lights on the dashboard lit up and engine died. Then, consumer lost control of the vehicle. With no brakes or steering vehicle started to spin out of control and hit a guardrail at about 55mph. Consumer said it was a engine problem. Airbags did not deploy.

Intermittently vehicle failed to accelerate. Vehicle been in/out of dealer shop. Dealer informed consumer that no correction could be made at this time.

The vehicle developed a starting problem, it would crank excessively before starting, the dealer replaced the fuel pump but that only temporarily solved the problem as it returned shortly after replacing the pump. Nlm.

The engine has been replaced 2 times and the oil filter has blown off the engine.

On 4 different occasions vehicle will shut off suddenly andwithout warning as though someone shut key off, and then everything locks up/ loss of power occurs, and cannot even shift out of gear. Dealer has replaced starter, but it did not fix defect.

Top of engine, made out of plastic ,developed a tear in it. Consumer ordered new part which is now revised and made of stronger material.

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