Safety Score
85
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1997 Mercury Cougar.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-06-19 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | MY VEHICLES BECAME TOTALLY DISABLED ON A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY WITH HEAVY AFTER HOURS RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. THE MANIFOLD WHIC… |
| 2011-07-06 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | FUEL WAS NOTED LEAKING FROM FUEL LINES JUST AFT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, FUEL WAS SEEM R… |
| 2009-12-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM | No | 0 | I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION SUIT DUE TO A FAULTY INTAKE MANIFOLD ON MANY FORD CARS WITH A 4.6 LITER ENGINE. … |
| 2008-01-10 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACK AND ANTI-FREEZE SPILLING OUT AND A LOT OF STEAM SMOKE WHILE I WAS DRIVING,CAR IN SHOP NOW A IT WI… |
| 2007-03-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | IGNITION FAILED TO TURN WITH KEY. PUT LUBRICANT (WD-40) IN HOLE AND TAPPED WITH HAMMER UNTIL KEY TURNED. |
| 2007-02-22 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | FORD HEADLIGHTS: CLOUDY LENSES: FORD MADE AUTOS HAVE PLASTIC LENSES/HEADLIGHTS THAT CLOUD UP OVER TIME, WITHIN 5 YEA… |
| 2006-03-19 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | I HAVE A 1997 MERCURY COUGAR XR7 THAT HAS 42,000 MILES ON IT. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED IN MY GARAGE AND LIQUIDS LEA… |
| 2005-08-24 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | 1 .HEAVY LOSS OF COOLANT,SPRAYING ALL OVER ENGINE AREA CONTINUOUSLY AND WOULD NOT MAINTAIN PROPER LEVELS. 2. CAR OVERH… |
| 2005-07-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I PARKED OUR 1997 COUGAR IN THE DRIVEWAY AROUND 5:00P.M. ON 07/15/05. I HAVE NOT BEEN HAVING ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR.… |
| 2005-04-21 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | 1997 MERCURY COUGAR DEVELOPED A CRACKED MANIFOLD.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR 1996 AND 1997 M… |
| 2005-04-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | CONSUMER'S REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT BUT WAS DENIED REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE PLASTIC MANIFOLD REPLACEMENT IN HIS 1997 MERC… |
| 2005-03-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | WHILE VEHICLE PARKED FOR 15 MIN,UTES A FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, B… |
| 2005-02-24 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED, CAUSING THE COOLANT TO LEAK OUT. COULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT. CONSUMER WILL CONTAC… |
| 2005-01-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL WELL OVER SEVEN YEARS AGO, AT THE TIME OF THE RECALL THE CONSUMER WAS NOT EXPERIENCING … |
| 2004-09-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THE MANIFOLD CRACKED IN THE SAME LOCATION, OVERHEATING THE CAR FOR THE SECOND TIME. *BF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS MADE O… |
| 2004-09-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM | No | 0 | INTAKE MANIFOLD 1997 COUGAR, ENGINE FAILURE. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE HAD TO PAY 900.00 TO REPLACE A PLASTIC … |
| 2004-08-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | PROBLEMS WITH PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD.*MR THE MANIFOLD WHICH WAS REPLACED UNDER RECALL CRACKED IN THE SAME LOCATION AS… |
| 2004-07-14 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A DEFECTIVE PART IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD, WHICH AT ONE TIME WAS ON RECALL. NO NOTIFICATION W… |
| 2004-07-13 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD ON MY 1997 MERCURY COUGAR FAILED ON 7/13/2004. THE COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE SPARK PLUG SOCK… |
| 2004-07-10 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | HAD CATASTROPHIC INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILURE WHILE ON VACATION. FOMOCO HAS A RECALL ON THIS COMPONENT (97M91) BUT REFUSED … |
| 2004-06-27 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | FOR NO REASON AT ALL ANTIFREEZE STARTED LEAKING FROM THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD IN MY 1997 COUGAR WITH A 4.6L MOTOR. I… |
| 2004-06-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | RECALL REGARDING PROBLEMS WITH PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD. *MR THE ORIGINAL INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED AT THE FRONT M… |
| 2004-05-20 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | I HAVE A 1997 MERCURY COUGAR. AFTER SEEING A LOW COOLANT LIGHT, AND STOPPING THE CAR, I OPENED THE HOOD AND HAD COOLANT… |
| 2004-05-19 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ON 5/19/2004 I HAD TO HAVE TOWED AND REPLACE DEFECTIVE CRACKED PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD ON A 1997 MERCURY XR7 COUGAR AN… |
| 2004-04-14 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I HAVE A 1997 MERCURY COUGAR. I FEW WEEKS AGO I STARTED SMELLING ANTI-FREEZE AND I NOTICED MY TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS OVE… |
| 2004-02-28 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | MAKE: MERCURY MODEL: COUGAR YEAR: 1997 TYPE: PASSENGER CAR SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER: 05N04 NHTSA ITE… |
| 2004-02-27 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE LOW COOLANT WARNINGING LIGHT CAME ON AND THE SMELL OF ANTIFREEZE CAME INTO THE VEHICLE COMPARTMENT. THE TEMPERATUR… |
| 2003-12-17 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE COOLANT LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON DASHBOARD .THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP. THE PLASTIC… |
| 2003-11-03 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | 1997 COUGAR XR7, 4.6LITER ENGINE. CRACKED INTAKE MANIFOD ALLOWS COOLING FLUID TO ESCAPE. PROBLEM HAS BEEN PRESENT FOR… |
| 2003-10-23 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER SMELLED ANTI FREEZE FUMES INSIDE THE VEHICLE. ANTIFREEZE FUMES WERE AFFECTING THE CONSUME… |
| 2003-07-29 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | ON 7/29/2003 WHILE FUELING T GAS WAS LEAKING UNDER THE VEHICLE. OWNER LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THREE HOLES … |
| 2003-07-20 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT | No | 0 | LOWER LEFT BALL JOINT BROKE WHEN VEHICLE HIT A POT HOLE. *MR THE VEHICLE STOPPED IMMEDIATELY GRINDING TO A HALT. … |
| 2003-07-20 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT | No | 0 | LEFT FRONT LOWER BALL JOINT ON VEHICLE BROKE AFTER HITTING A POTHOLE.*MR THE INSIDE OF THE WHEEL RIM SHOWED EXTENSIV… |
| 2003-06-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | THIS TYPE OF CAR HAS A HORRIBLE TENDANCY TO BLOW HEAD-GASKETS, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW… |
| 2003-05-28 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH THE VEHICLE INTAKE PLASTIC MANIFOLD OVER HEATED WITH NO WARNING AND THE CONSUMER WAS FORCED TO P… |
| 2003-02-04 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT | No | 0 | LOWER RIGHT BALL JOINT SEPARATED. PH |
| 2002-07-13 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM | No | 0 | THE CAR SHOOK AND PULLED TO THE RIGHT FOR A YEAR AND NOBODY COULD LOCATED THE PROBLEM. THE BALL JOINT WAS REPLACED AND… |
| 2002-07-02 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM | No | 0 | PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD WARPED. MR |
| 2002-06-19 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | NO WARNING, DRIVING TO WORK UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS WHEN STEAM AND COOLANT (WHICH COULD BE SMELLED) CAME OUT FROM UNDER… |
| 2002-04-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR | No | 0 | FRONT HYDRAULIC DISC ROTORS ARE 1/2 INCH BIGGER THAT REAR ROTORS WHICH CAUSES ROTORS TO WARP. BRAKES OVERHEAT, STEERING… |
| 2001-09-01 | POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION VIBRATES AND WAS ERRATIC, TORQUE CONVERTER WAS CLEANED, TRANSMISSION SHIFTER WAS INOPERATIVE. *YH |
| 2001-06-10 | TIRES | No | 0 | PLEASE HELP FOR OTHER DRIVER. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W2M3 IPN TIRESIZE: P215/70R15) |
| 2000-12-01 | TIRES | No | 0 | TIRE DELAMINATED. STEEL BELT BROKEN PER FIRESTONE SERVICE. REPLACED BEFORE CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. CHARGED FULL PRICE T… |
| 2000-10-15 | TIRES | No | 0 | AT 4;30 AM ON OCT. 15, 2000, I WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON I-95 IN SOUTHERN GEORGIA ON A RETURN TRIP FROM LOUISVILLE, KY. TO P… |
| 2000-06-12 | TIRES | No | 0 | PE00 020 ; WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 50MPH AND HEARD A NOISE, DRIVER REAR TIRE EXPLODED,AND CAR WOULDN'T START. TIRES WERE … |
| 2000-06-05 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | WE HAVE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS WITH THIS VEHICLE. ONE OF WHICH IS THE BRAKES. ANOTHER IS THE COOLING SYSTEM. THERE IS A … |
| 2000-04-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | SEATBELT BUCKLE FAILED. IS BROKEN. I'M A BIT UPSET!!*AK |
| 2000-02-10 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | RIGHT SIDE PASSENGER DOOR LOCKED (STUCK) CLOSED, THE DOOR CANNOT BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE OR THE OUTSIDE WITH A KEY, … |
| 1999-10-30 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | Yes | 0 | BRAKE LINE CORRODED BY BATTERY ACID AND BROKE, RESULTING IN A SUDDEN LOSS OF BRAKE FUNCTION AND SUBSEQUENT COLLISION WI… |
| 1999-10-05 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING BRAKE DISC ROTORS WARPED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. DEALER REPLA… |