Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1992 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.

3
Open recalls
92
NHTSA complaints
4
Defect investigations
47
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Not rated
Frontal
Not rated
Side
Not rated
Rollover
Not rated

Consumer complaints

92 filed
5
Crashes
2
Fires
2
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    13
  • Exterior LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH
    12
  • Exterior LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
    12
  • Vehicle Speed CONTROL:ACCELERATOR Pedal
    5
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    3
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:COOLING System
    3
  • EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR Conditioner
    3
  • Exterior Lighting
    3

Recalls

3 campaigns
99V275000·EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH1999-10-12

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH FOG LIGHTS, IN WHICH THE HEADLIGHTS MAY GO OUT FOR VARIOUS INTERVALS AND WHICH MAY BE PRECEDED BY FLICKERING OR BLINKING AS A RESULT OF THE CIRCUIT BREAKER OPENING.

RiskDRIVER'S COULD EXPERIENCE A LOSS OF VISIBILITY, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

FixDEALERS WILL INSTALL A HEADLIGHT SWITCH WHICH INCORPORATES A CIRCUIT BREAKER OF REVISED DESIGN, AND INSTALL A WIRING HARNESS CONNECTOR, IF NEEDED.

97V159000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS1997-09-22

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES ORIGINALLY SOLD OR CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN THE STATES OF CONNECTICUT, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, DELAWARE, IOWA, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, KENTUCKY, MASSACHUSETTS, MARYLAND, MAINE, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, MISSOURI, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, VERMONT, WISCONSIN, AND WEST VIRGINIA. MOVEMENT OF THE FUEL LINES CAUSES THE NYLON FUEL LINE JUMPER TO CHAFE AGAINST THE FLOOR PAN. THIS WEAR CAN CAUSE A PIN HOLE IN THE FUEL LINE RESULTING IN FUEL LEAKAGE.

RiskTHIS FUEL LEAKAGE RESULTS IN DAMPNESS AND FUEL ODOR, AND IF AN IGNITION SOURCE WAS PRESENT, A FIRE COULD RESULT.

FixDEALERS WILL INSTALL A PLASTIC CONVOLUTE COVERING AROUND THE FUEL LINES. IF THE LINES SHOW A LEAK, THE LINES WILL BE REPLACED FIRST.

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

4 actions
EA99005·EXTERIOR LIGHTING1999-01-20 → 1999-12-14

HEADLIGHT SWITCH

Led to recall99V275000

RQ97011·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS1997-09-25 → 1998-11-16

FUEL LINE JUMPER

Led to recall97V159000

EA95030·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1995-10-31 → 1997-09-30

REAR FUEL LINE INTERFERENCE

Led to recall97V159000

PE93075·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1993-08-30 → 1993-12-30

THRTTL VLV LINKAGE BUSHING

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