Safety Score
92
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
43
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1998 Mercury Tracer.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-02-18 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | SPEEDS UP ON ITS OWN WHEN DRIVING AND WHEN STOPPED AT LIGHTS. OCCURS EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT. MOST OF ALL IN THE WINTER… |
| 2007-05-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHILE I AM ON THE FOOT BRAKE SLOWING DOWN, CAR SUDDENLY REVS, SHIFTS INTO GEAR AND ACCELERATES. I AM UNABLE TO HOLD BA… |
| 2005-11-30 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | DT: THE CONTACT TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE, AND THE DEALER DISCOVERED THE REAR PASSENGER STRUT… |
| 2005-06-15 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TRUNK LID:LOCK | No | 0 | DT : TRUNK LATCH WAS FAULTY. TRUCK LATCH HAD A SENSOR IN IT THAT WILL CAUSE THE VEHICLE NOT TO RUN. THE PART THEY RE… |
| 2005-03-01 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF HER 1998 MERCURY TRACER AND COLLIDED HEAD ON INTO A GUARDRAIL. NEITH… |
| 2004-12-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | ON DECEMBER 11, 2004 I WAS OUT SHOPPING AND I GOT IN THE CAR AND IT WOULD NOT START I LEFT IT SIT THERE OVER NIGHT AND … |
| 2004-12-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE HORN STARTED BLOWING AND I HAD TO TAKE THE FUES OUT TO STOP IT. *AK |
| 2004-09-30 | SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS | No | 0 | REAR COIL SPRING FRACTURED, WITHOUT PROVOCATION, IN MY 1998 MERCURY TRACER SEDAN. AFTER SPEAKING TO 3 DIFFERENT INDEPE… |
| 2004-02-16 | SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS | No | 0 | THE REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKE ON MY 1998 MERCURY TRACER. WHEN SEEKING A REPAIR, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A WELL DOCUMEN… |
| 2003-08-27 | STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH A RIGHT TIE ROD AND A RIGHT COIL SPRING. HE HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO A R… |
| 2003-02-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN | No | 0 | THE HORN STARTED BLOWING ON ITS ON.*JB |
| 2002-05-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | HOLE IN MY BLOCK WITH OIL LEAK AND VALVE GASKETS SO BAD I TURNED THE CAR IN. |
| 2002-02-28 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHILE STOPPING AT SPOT LIGHT AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE SURGED WHILE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED. DEALER WAS CONTACT… |
| 2002-01-25 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A 20-25 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE … |
| 2001-12-19 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ENGINE FAILED AFTER COMPLETE TUNEUP. *YH |
| 2001-12-19 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ENGINE FAILED AFTER COMPLETE TUNEUP. *YH |
| 2001-12-17 | SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS | No | 0 | BROKEN REAR COIL SPRINGS AT VERY LOW MILEAGE,COULD HAVE CAUSED TIRE BLOWOUTS,SERIOUS ACCIDENT.*AK |
| 2001-12-17 | SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS | No | 0 | BROKEN REAR COIL SPRINGS AT VERY LOW MILEAGE, COULD HAVE CAUSED BLOWOUTS, SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *AK |
| 2001-04-25 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER | No | 0 | INTERMITTENT LOSS OF WINDSHIELD WIPER FUNCTION, WILL WORK IN MEDIUM/HIGH MODE. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK … |
| 2001-03-07 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | OIL DIPSTICK KEPT 'POPPING' UP AND SQUIRTING OIL ON ENGINE. *AK |
| 2000-10-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | A HOLE IN FIREWALL HAS CAUSED EXHAUST FUMES TO ESCAPE INTO PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. *AK DEALER TOLD CONSUMER TO PUT A PI… |
| 2000-06-19 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. *AK *ML |
| 2000-05-22 | STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | No | 0 | MANY TIMES CAR IN SHOP FOR SQUEALING STEERING WHEEL NOISE WHEN TURNING A FAR RIGHT, RATTLING NOISE, GRINDING NOISE FROM… |
| 2000-05-22 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM | No | 0 | BALL JOINTS WITHOUT OILING GREASE ZERK FITTINGS WHICH CAUSED THE BALL JOINTS TO CRACK/BREAK DUE TO LACK OF LUBRICATION.… |
| 2000-04-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ENGINE STALLS AT SLOW SPEEDS AND WHILE TAKING CORNERS WITH THE CLUTCH ENGAGED. NLM |
| 1999-10-21 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 55MPH AND HIT A TREE, AND THE AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY AT ALL. *AK |
| 1999-09-07 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | TEMPERATURE GAUGE NEVER ONCE READ ABOVE NORMAL, WAS TRAVELING, HEARD A NOISE IN ENGINE, SLOWED DOWN AND VECHICLE SHUT D… |
| 1999-08-11 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | DRIVER'S AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY AT ALL WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH. *AK |
| 1999-04-20 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | AT 2,795 MILES THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED. AT 4,162 MILES VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION ON TWO OCCASIONS. ONE IN… |
| 1999-04-19 | SUSPENSION:MULTIPLE AXLE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STARTED PULLING TO THE RIGHT AFTER SEVERAL ALIGNMENTS HAD BEEN DONE AND SET OF TIRES HAD BEEN REP… |
| 1999-02-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN | No | 0 | I REPORTED THIS PROBLEM TWICE TO CORTESE. THE HORN WILL NOT SOUND UNLESS YOU PRESS REALLY HARD ON THE HORN ICON. CORTES… |
| 1999-01-04 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE VIBRATES WITHIN THE STEERING COLUMN AND IN THE ENGINE. *AK |
| 1998-12-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | HAD PARKED VEHICLE. NOTICED VEHICLE MAKING NOISES PRIOR TO BEING PARKED. DASHBOARD PANEL LIGHTS CAME ON. LIFTED HOOD &… |
| 1998-09-09 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP | No | 0 | WHEN PUMPING FUEL INTO THE FUEL TANK, IT DOES NOT ENTER THE TANK PROPERLY AND BACKS UP IN THE FILLER NECK, WHICH CAUSES… |
| 1998-02-24 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER | No | 0 | CALIPER SEALS FAILED, CAUSING FLUID LOSS AS WELL AS BRAKE FAILURE. ALSO, MASTER CYLINDER FAILED. |
| — | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN | No | 0 | HORN DIFFICULT TO ACTIVATE DUE TO DESIGN. |
| — | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATED THAT FIRST TIME 2 NEW TIRES WERE NEEDED AT 19,022 MILES, MECHANIC SAID NO PROBLEM WITH REAR SUSPENSION,… |
| — | VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR | No | 0 | GLASS ON VEHICLE IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE THROUGH IN SUNLIGHT DUE TO LARGE AREA OF GLASS AND SLANT OF GLASS (DESIG… |
| — | SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS | No | 0 | DURING A VEHICLE INSPECTION REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKE AND WERE REPLACED. *AK |
| — | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | SUNVISOR IS DESIGNED TOO SHORT AND DOES NOT BLOCK THE SUN SUFFICIENTLY. *MJS |
| — | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILS TO SHIFT PROPERLY INTO GEARS, THIS CAUSES VEHICLE TO JERK AND SHIFT HARD INTO GEARS, SOMETIMES WOULD… |
| — | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND REMAIN, HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER. MECHANIC EITHER WOULD REPLACE OR RESET THE S… |
| — | STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION) | No | 0 | WHEN TURNING OR CHANGING GEARS, THE CAR MAKES A POPPING AND RATTLING NOISE. DEALER SAYS SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE ST… |