Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1986 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.

2
Open recalls
5
NHTSA complaints
7
Defect investigations
10
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

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

What people complain about

  • VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
    1
  • STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    1
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
    1
  • Exterior LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
    1
  • VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
    1
  • Electrical System
    1

Recalls

2 campaigns
89V170000·SEATS1989-10-13

THE FORWARD OUTBOARD PEDESTAL OF THE SEAT TRACK OF DRIVER'S SEAT MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FATIGUE FRACTURE.

RiskTHIS COULD RESULT IN A LIMITED DEGREE OF ROCKING MOTIONOF THE DRIVERS SEAT ASSEMBLY UPON ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION, WHICH COULDCAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

FixINSTALL A REINFORCEMENT ON ALL MODELS AND A NEW SEAT TRACK AS NECESSARY

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

7 actions
EA88038·SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER1988-08-29 → 1990-05-11

REAR SAFETY BELT FIT

DP88007·SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER1988-01-11 → 1988-08-24

REAR SEAT BELT COMPLIANCE

EA87023·SEATS1987-09-24 → 1989-11-16

SEAT TRACKS

Led to recall89V170000

PE87028·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1987-05-01 → 1988-01-21

STALLING

PE87026·SEATS1987-04-28 → 1987-09-24

SEAT TRACK FAILURE

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