Two problems related to fuel injection have been reported for the 1999 Mercury Villager. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
My 1999 Mercury Villager with approx 39k miles started showing this problem in April 2006. When I press the gas pedal after the light turns green, the pedal does not depress. I press harder, it finally depresses, but the van lunges forward. One time I got honked from behind. This happened about 5 times. I was planning on taking it to the shop. Then a few days later the van started trembling during idle and the "service" indicator came on. I took it to the shop on April 29th. They charged me approx $550 to replace one fuel injector and clean the throttle body and other fuel injectors. Yesterday, may 3rd the van did the same thing with a stuck gas pedal. I searched on the internet and found several complaints of this nature. Please let me know what options I have.
Check engine soon light came on and I took the vehicle to the dealer as instructed in owners manual. The vehicle had been chugging when idling at a stop. For the second time in 6 months when the vehicle was presented to the dealer for service - a fuel injector had to be replaced. Fortunately I had purchased an extended warranty so the vehicle was covered except for the $50 deductable. However, there will come a time when the warranty runs out and the mechanic informed me that he has seen that the fuel injectors in this model "go out every 20,000 or so" miles. I asked if there was a preventive maintenence procedure I could deploy and he advised me there was not - "the injectors will fail" I was instructed. I wonder how many other Mercury Villager owners are experiencing the same problem.