Safety Score
83
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1990 Mercury Cougar.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | SEAT BELT DOESN'T STAY LOCKED AND LATCH BROKE, AUTOMATIC HEAD LIGHTS DON'T WORK THE DIGITAL INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DON'T WO… |
| 2017-09-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | AFTER STARTING VEHICLE FLICKERING ON OFF OF DASH LIGHTS,PANEL COMPLETELY OUT AND NOW WILL NOT COME BACK ON,CREATING AN … |
| 2017-06-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | HEAVY TRAFFIC ON STATE HIGHWAY ENGINE OVERHEATING ALARM ACTIVATED,INCIDENT HAS OCCURED TWICE,IN TRAFFIC,EVERYTHING HAD … |
| 2014-01-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1990 MERCURY COUGAR. THE CONTACT STATED SMOKE EMITTED FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD WHEN THE ENGINE W… |
| 2008-04-02 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 1 | THE CONSUMER PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR AND ACCELERATED WAY TOO FAST AND HE BOLTED FORWARD STRIKING A CONCRETE BARRIER.… |
| 2004-07-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | TWO YEARS AGO THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER NHTSA # 96V071000. DEALER REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH. ONE YEAR … |
| 2001-01-30 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | HEADS/HEAD GASKETS HAD CAUSED VEHICLE TO OVER-HEAT AS WELL AS SHUT ITSELF DOWN DURING MOTION. PROBLEM WERE BROUGHT TO T… |
| 2000-11-04 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK |
| 2000-05-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY |
| 2000-04-19 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES | No | 0 | WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 60 MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL NOT BEING ENGAGED, ENGINE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND TOOK… |
| 2000-04-10 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | REPLACED ACCUMULATOR ON THE ABS ASSEMBLY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM OF INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF BRAKES WHILE TRAVELING 40+ … |
| 2000-04-03 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THIE 3.8 ENG IS THE SAME AS THE RECALLS ON OTHER FORD VEHICLE. *AK |
| 2000-01-23 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILURE AT 75K MILES. FORMER FORD MECHANIC STATED HE HAD REPAIRED HUNDREDS OF THESE 3.8 HEAD GASKET… |
| 1999-10-11 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE HOOD LATCH MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE HOOD TO FLY OPEN, AND MAY HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE … |
| 1999-09-01 | VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | No | 0 | PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE WINDOWS CANNOT REMAIN ON TRACK. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER TO S… |
| 1999-05-10 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ENGINE FIRE. MJS |
| 1999-04-02 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | No | 0 | THE INCIDENT OCCURRED TWICE. FIRST TIME AT 65MPH. CRUISE CONTROL WAS SUSPECTED AS PROBLEM SO IT WAS DISCONNECTED. THE… |
| 1999-02-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED,CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *AK |
| 1999-01-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ENGINE FIRE DUE TO POSSIBLE RECALL COMPONENT (IGNITION SWITCH) FAILURE, NO NOTICE OF RECALL SENT TO… |
| 1999-01-11 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE | No | 0 | MOTORIZED SHOULDER BELT ON DRIVERS SIDE DOES NOT GO DOWN INTO THE LOCKED POSTION FOR SAFTEY. MOTER DOES NOT WORK AT AL… |
| 1999-01-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | REPORTING A BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET ON A 3.8L ENGINE, WHICH WAS REPAIRED BY A INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP AT CONSUMER'S … |
| 1998-12-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | ALTERNATOR CAUGHT ON FIRE TWICE, COULD HAVE CAUSED INJURIES. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VI… |
| 1998-08-07 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 65MPH THE ACCELERATOR WENT TO THE FLOOR BY ITSELF AND WOULD NOT COME UP, NO ACCIDENTS OCCU… |
| 1998-08-05 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT THE LENSES ON HEADLIGHTS ARE BADLY DISCOLORED, WHICH CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY AT NIGHT WHILE D… |
| 1998-02-07 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY | No | 0 | FUEL LINE AND TANK LEAK GAS, CAUSING FIRE. |
| 1998-02-05 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH | No | 0 | BOTH HOOD LATCHES FAILED SIMULTANEOUSLY CAUSING HOOD TO WRAP AROUND WINDSHIELD. WIHDSHIELD SHATTERED AND GRILL BROKE AN… |
| 1998-01-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | WHEN THE FUEL TANK IS FULL OR NEAR FULL, A STRONG GASOLINE ODOR IS PRESENT. APPEARS TO BE THE SAME AS ODI ID-807696 EX… |
| 1997-12-13 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE WHILE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS BEING DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE. *AK |
| 1997-12-08 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH | No | 0 | EA90-034; CONSUMER STATES WHEN TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 60 TO 65 MPH THE HOOD LATCH GAVE WAY, ALLOWING THE … |
| 1997-12-02 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP | No | 0 | FUMES HAVE A STRONG SMELL AT ALL TIMES SINCE THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER 97. CONSUMER ALSO SEES GAS ON GROUND OF PASSENGE… |
| 1997-10-24 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS | No | 0 | GETTING INTO VEHICLE, NO LEVER TO CLOSE FROM INSIDE. DROPPED OFF HINGES THAT WERE WORN & OUT OF ALIGNMENT. AUTOMATIC SH… |
| 1997-09-20 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THE HEAD GASKET FAILED CAUSING WATER AND ANIT-FREEZE TO LEAK INTO THE MOTOR, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HAVE NO HEAT. SLC |
| 1997-08-11 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE OUT OF DRIVEWAY THE COMSUMER TRIED TO STOP THE VEHICLE, BUT DID NOT HAD ANY BRAKES ON VEHICLE, TH… |
| 1997-03-25 | STEERING | No | 0 | VEHICLE LOST STEERING AND WAS PULLED TO THE RIGHT, CAUSING COLLISION. |
| 1997-03-25 | STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK | Yes | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ABOUT 2O MPH THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT WITHOUT ANY WARNING. CONSUMER HAD NO CONTROL OF… |
| 1997-01-02 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH | No | 0 | HODD ASSEMBLY LATCH FAILURE, WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED 70MPH, HOOD LATCH ASSEMBLY FAILED, CAUSING WINDOWS TO CRACK. *AK |
| 1996-12-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR | No | 0 | WAS DRIVING AND THE ROTORS FELL OFF DUE TO ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING DEFECT. TOOK TO DEALER AND HE WOULD NOT DO A… |
| 1996-08-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | VEHICLE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY, FRIEND DROVE BY, NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM VEHICLE, NOTIFIED FRIEND, CALLED FIRE DEPT WHO P… |
| 1996-08-22 | STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | No | 0 | THE CAR WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY AND THE STEERING COLUMN CAUGHT ON FIRE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. THERE IS A RECALL.*AK … |
| 1996-08-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | CONSUMER WAS DRIVING UNDER NORMAL OPERATION WHEN THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE FIREWALL AREA OF THE VEHICLE, CONSUM… |
| 1996-08-15 | STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | No | 0 | THE STEERING WHEEL IS VERY LOOSE. IT ROCKS BACK AND FORTH. *AK |
| 1996-07-29 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | Yes | 1 | DRIVER ENTERED VEHICLE, PUT ON LAP/SHOULDER BELT, PUT VEHICLE IN DRIVE POSITION, SUDDENLY VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND TOOK … |
| 1996-07-15 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | FRONT PASSENGER'S MOTORIZED SAFETY BELT DOES NOT SECURE/HOLD OCCUPANTS, DEALER REMOVED PAPER STUCK INSIDE WHERE SEAT BE… |
| 1996-07-03 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | Yes | 0 | GAS PEDAL STUCK, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SUDDENLY ACCELERATE/ACCIDENT. *AW |
| 1996-01-18 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING | Yes | 1 | THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT HOLD THE DRIVER PROPERLY IN A REAR END ACCIDENT.PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT |
| 1996-01-01 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD | No | 0 | PROBLEMS WITH WINDOW. |
| 1995-10-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | PASSENGER AND DRIVER SEAT BELT RETRACTORS DO NOT LOCK UP WHEN BRAKES APPLIED. TT |
| 1995-07-14 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. *AK |
| 1995-03-19 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH | No | 0 | HOOD LATCH FAILED ALLOWING HOOD TO POP UP BLINDING VISION @ 55 MPH. DRIVER CAME TO AN EMERGENCY STOP MANUVERING TRUCK. … |
| 1995-02-05 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | Yes | 1 | WITH FOOT ON BRAKE AND REAR ENDED, DRIVERS LAP BELT BUTTON IS STUCK WITH LATCH SEPARATING AND SHOULDER BELT DIDN'T REST… |