Mercury Cougar owners have reported 38 steering related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 11 most common steering problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's hydraulic power assist steering system (12 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's steering (6 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.
Vehicle stalled in traffice resulting in loss of power steering and power brake control. Read details...
I have only owned this vehicle for about 4 months and have had many problems including brake lights not working and back wheel locking up. It was raining, I was driving down the freeway about 55 mph and suddenly the power steering went out completely, the heat/defrost stopped working and my battery Read details...
Rack & pinion. Loss of fluid. Read details...
6 months after I bought the car I noticed that after fueling that the fuel gauge still stayed on empty after a while it corrected itself but after that now everytime that I put fuel in the car it registers either empty or only half full. Read details...
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. Read details...