Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1986 Mercury Cougar

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

2
Open recalls
13
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
19
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

13 filed
0
Crashes
1
Fires
1
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE Assembly
    3
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    2
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    2
  • Engine AND Engine Cooling
    1
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM
    1
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER Dash
    1
  • Seats
    1

Recalls

2 campaigns
87V139000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS1987-09-04

SPRING LOCK FUEL LINE COUPLING MAY NOT BE PROPERLY ENGAGED.

RiskCOUPLING COULD DISENGAGE DUE TO FUEL PRESSURE,VIBRATION, AND ENGINE MOVEMENTS; THIS WOULD CAUSE LOSS OF FUEL WHICH, INPRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, CREATES A FIRE RISK.

FixINSTALL RETAINER CLIPS OVER THE COUPLINGS TO PREVENT COUPLING SEPARATION AND FUEL LEAKAGE.

86V065000·EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS1986-05-21

HEADLAMP COVERS WERE INSTALLED ON VEHICLES IN ERROR. CAUSING THE CARS NOT TO COMPLY WITH FMVSS 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: THE HEADLAMP COVERS MAY HINDER THE SAFE OPERATION OF THE CAR IN DARKNESS AND OTHER CONDITIONS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY.

FixREMOVE HEADLAMP COVERS.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
EA86010·SEATS1986-03-26 → 1989-07-28

SEATBACK FAILURE

Led to recall86V082000

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