Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1988 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
55
NHTSA complaints
5
Defect investigations
22
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

55 filed
7
Crashes
6
Fires
8
Injuries reported
3
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE Assembly
    13
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    8
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    7
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    3
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
    3
  • STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD Assembly
    2
  • Vehicle Speed CONTROL:ACCELERATOR Pedal
    2
  • VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
    2

Recalls

1 campaign
96V071000·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION1996-04-25

THE IGNITION SWITCH COULD EXPERIENCE AN INTERNAL SHORT CIRCUIT.

RiskTHIS CONDITION COULD CAUSE OVERHEATING, SMOKE, AND POSSIBLY FIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN AREA OF THE VEHICLE.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE IGNITION SWITCH.

NHTSA investigations

5 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

EA90009·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1990-02-08 → 1991-02-28

THROTTLE STICKING

PE90001·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1989-10-04 → 1990-02-02

THROTTLE STICKING

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

FLOORMAT/ACCEL PEDAL INTRF

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