Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1982 Mercury Lynx

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.

5
Open recalls
3
NHTSA complaints
5
Defect investigations
3
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

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

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    2
  • STRUCTURE:FRAME AND Members
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN
    1
  • STEERING: Steering WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
    1

Recalls

5 campaigns
85V067000·SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER1985-05-21

REAR SEAT BELT RETRACTORS MAY ALLOW TWISTED WEBBING TO ENTER THE RETRACTOR HOUSING AND JAM THE RETRACTOR. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: A JAMMED RETRACTOR WOULD INTERFERE WITH WEBBING RETRACTION AND WITHDRAWAL. THIS WILL DISCOURAGE SEAT BELT USAGE.

FixA CLIP WILL BE INSERTED INTO THE RETRACTOR HOUSING WEBBING TO PREVENT JAMMING.

84V071000·SEATS1984-06-15

SEAT FRAME STRUCTURE COULD SEVER FRONT SEAT BELTS IF VEHICLE IS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, DEPENDING ON FORCE OF IMPACT.

FixDEALER WILL INSTALL A MOLDED SPACER BETWEEN REINFORCEMENT PLATES AND LOWER DECORATIVE PLASTIC COVER.

83V063000·LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH1983-06-22

DOOR LOCK PILLARS COULD DEVELOP FATIGUE CRACKS FROM NORMAL USAGE OF DOOR, AT THE POINT WHERE DOOR LATCH STRIKER REINFORCEMENTS ARE ATTACHED.

FixANY DAMAGED LOCK PILLARS WILL BE REPAIRED AND REINFORCEMENTS WILL BE INSTALLED BETWEEN THE DOOR LATCH STRIKER AND LOCK PILLARS.

83V013000·SEAT BELTS1983-02-17

THE PORTION OF THE ROOF ABOVE FRAME (RAIL) TO WHICH THE SHOULDER BELT IS ANCHORED MAY HAVE A SLOT THAT CAN COMPROMISE THE STRENGTH OF THE SHOULDER BELT ANCHOR UNDER CERTAIN SEVERE LOADS. (THE SUSPECT AREA IS NOT VISIBLE.) CONSEQUENTLY, SOME VEHICLES INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL MAY NOT MEET THE 3000 POUND ANCHORAGE STRENGTH REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD 210, "SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY ANCHORAGES".

FixTHE DEALER WILL INSPECT AND, IF NECESSARY, REINFORCE THE ROOF RAIL INNER PANEL SURROUNDING THE DRAINAGE HOLE AT NO COST TO OWNER.

82V045000·EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER1982-05-11

ON THE INVOLVED VEHICLES, A THERMAL LIMITER IN THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR CIRCUIT OF THE AIR CONDITIONER/HEATER ASSEMBLY MAY NOT FUNCTION AS INTENDED. IF THE BLOWER MOTOR BECOMES JAMMED WHEN THE SYSTEM IS OPERATING IN THE MEDIUM-LOW BLOWER SPEED, THE RESISTOR COILS CAN OVERHEAT CAUSING MELTING AND POSSIBLE IGNITION.

FixDEALER WILL REPLACE THE RESISTOR ASSEMBLY WITH AN IMPROVED VERSION WITHOUT CHARGE TO OWNER.

NHTSA investigations

5 actions
DP85009·SEATS1985-01-29 → 1985-02-27

FAILURE OF SEAT BACK SECURING BOLTS

DP84017·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1984-05-30 → 1984-09-10

STALLING AND CARBURETOR MALFUNCTIONS

DP84009·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE1984-01-16 → 1984-07-17

TIMING CHAIN FAILURE

DP84002·UNKNOWN OR OTHER1983-10-11 → 1984-08-13

LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL

EA83013·SEATS1983-03-23 → 1989-01-26

FRONT SEATBACK FAILURE

Led to recall84V085000

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