Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1987 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.

1
Open recalls
33
NHTSA complaints
3
Defect investigations
22
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

33 filed
3
Crashes
8
Fires
3
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE Assembly
    9
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    4
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER Dash
    3
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION Components
    3
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    3
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    2
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC Convertor
    2
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
    2

Recalls

1 campaign
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.

NHTSA investigations

3 actions
EA95021·SEAT BELTS1995-07-31 → 1997-09-30

FAULTY SEAT BELT BUCKLES

PE95019·SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY1995-03-27 → 1995-07-31

FAULTY SEATBELT BUCKLES

PE88097·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1988-08-31 → 1988-12-02

FLOORMAT/ACCEL PEDAL INTRF

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