1992 Mercury Cougar: problems, recalls and reliability

“Tl* the contact owns a 1992 mercury cougar. While driving at any speed, the headlights would fail intermittently, flashing on and off. The contact had not yet spoken to the dealer and was not repaired. The current and failure mileages were not available.”Owner report · Exterior Lighting · Nov 2009

“Tl*the contact owns a 1992 mercury cougar. While driving any speed at night, the exterior lighting will sporadically fail and significantly reduce the contact's visibility. She called the manufacturer in reference to NHTSA campaign id number 99v275000 (exterior lighting:headlights:switch) and stated that the VIN was excluded from the recall. The manufacturer would not assume any responsibility for the repairs. The contact is in the process of having the vehicle repaired. The failure and current mileages were 139,000.”Owner report · Exterior Lighting · Jun 2008

“The headlights of the consumer's 1992 mercury cougar would blink on and off. *cc eventually the lights remained off more than they remained on. The consumer did some research and found a recall which was related to the problem he was having with his vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer along with a copy of the recall. The dealer checked the vehicle's VIN and informed the consumer that his vehicle VIN was not included in the recall. Since the vehicle was not included in the recall the consumer would be responsible for the repairs. The consumer decided to replace the part himself. The defective switch was a motorcraft, e6eb-11654-aa.*nm”Owner report · Exterior Lighting · Jan 2007

“Tl* - the contact states that her 1992 mercury cougar's headlights continue to go off and on. The contact states that she could be sitting, parked or driving, and lights always turn of but if she turns the switch off and on the lights turn on again. The contact states that this started happening back in june of this year. The vehicle was purchased last year. The contact said that she did find the recall on this vehicle which was issued 10/08/99 for exterior lighting: headlights: switch.”Owner report · Exterior Lighting · Jun 2006

“Recall 99v275000 concerning headlights. The headlights would flicker on /off while driving at any speed at night, and/or intermittently would go off and come back on while driving at night. Consumer found this recall number on NHTSA website, called the dealer, who informed the consumer that this vehicle was not covered under the recall due to VIN. *ak”Owner report · Exterior Lighting · Aug 2004

“On trip to ohio one front tire blew out and the second became deformed which would have shortly blown except it was on the front and exibited a definite wobbly . The tires have approximately 13,000 miles on them.made in canada by national model xt 6000. *ak”Owner report · Tires · Jun 2004

“While driving 20 mph front/rear driver side tires blew out. The consumer managed to pull over and changed the tires. The dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem. National, xt6000, size 21570r15, dot#dhm37777018. *ak a second tire was replaced due to severe deformities that caused the steering wheel to wobble along with other difficulties. (tire make/national xt6000x) *sc”Owner report · Tires · May 2004