Hood Hinge Problems of Mercury Cougar

Mercury Cougar owners have reported 2 problems related to hood hinge (under the structure category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Mercury Cougar based on all problems reported for the Cougar.

1 Hood Hinge problem of the 1999 Mercury Cougar

Failure Date: 12/04/2004

Contact owns a 1999 Mercury Cougar. While contact's son drove the vehicle the hood latch broke, causing the hood to fly up and shatter the windshield. The consumer has contacted service dealer, but they stated there was no recall, and that the consumer would be responsible for the cost. The consumer has contacted the manufacturer.

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2 Hood Hinge problem of the 1996 Mercury Cougar

Failure Date: 08/24/2003

While driving, the hood flew up without warning. As a result the windshield shattered. There is a defective design to the hood latch.

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Other Common Structure related problems of Mercury Cougar

Problem Category	Number of Problems
Body problems	13
Door problems	12
Trunk Lid problems	11
Structure problems	8
Bumper problems	4
Roof And Pillar problems	3
Hood Hinge problems	2
Hood problems	2
Hatchback/liftgate problems	2
Frame And Members problems	1

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