Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1996 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
62
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
115
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

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

Consumer complaints

62 filed
3
Crashes
0
Fires
3
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Engine AND Engine Cooling
    5
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL Pipe
    5
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    4
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    4
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
    3
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
    3
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    3
  • Unknown OR Other
    3

Recalls

2 campaigns
96V070000·LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH1996-04-22

WHEN IN THE SECONDARY LATCHED POSITION, THE DRIVER DOOR LATCHES MAY OPEN WHEN SUBJECTED TO TRANSVERSE LOADS LESS THAN THAT SPECIFIED IN FMVSS NO. 206, "DOOR LOCKS AND DOOR RETENTION COMPONENTS."

RiskTHE DRIVER'S DOOR, WHEN CLOSED ONLY TO THE SECONDARY LATCHED POSITION, MAY NOT SUSTAIN A 1,000 POUND TRANSVERSE LOAD.

FixDEALERS WILL INSPECT AND, IF NECESSARY, REPLACE THE DRIVER DOOR LATCH.

96V007000·EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER1996-01-16

UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, THE CLIMATE CONTROL BLOWER DOES NOT OPERATE AS INTENDED. THE BLOWER COULD (1) STICK ON "HIGH;" (2) OPERATE ERRATICALLY WITH BLOWER OUTPUT VARYING BETWEEN NO BLOWER AND MAXIMUM BLOWER; OR (3) NOT OPERATE AT ALL DUE TO MALFUNCTION OF THE TEMPERATURE CONTROL MODULE.

RiskBLOWER MALFUNCTIONS LIMITING OR STOPPING OUTPUT CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT WINDSHIELD DEFROSTING AND DEFOGGING PERFORMANCE INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE SEMI-AUTOMATIC TEMPERATURE CONTROL MODULES WITH MODULES CONTAINING REVISED SOFTWARE.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
EA01001·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM2001-01-05 → 2001-07-31

BLOWER SWITCH/RESISTOR OR WIRING HARNESS

Led to recall01I009000

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