Owner-reported complaints naming the suspension system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Mercury Cougar submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
DT: THE CONTACT STATED APPROXIMATELY 18 MONTHS AGO HE HAD THE FRONT END REDONE. THIRTEEN MONTHS LATER THE LEFT BALL JOINT FAILED AND IT WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THEN, HE NOTICED Y THAT THE RIGHT BALL JOINT MALFUNCTIONED. UPON CONTACTING THE DEALERSHIP, THEY STATED THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. *AK
TRANSMISSION WAS NOT PERFORMING. WELL. CONSUMER STATED THAT GEARS WERE NOT CHANGING, AND THE VEHICLE WAS MAKING A LOUD NOISE. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT BALL JOINTS WERE DEFECTIVE. THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR WAS REPLACED.*AK
THE POWER ANTENNA ONLY WORKS ONCE AND A WHILE. INTERIOR LIGHT FLICKER. THE CAR VIBRATE AT HIGH SPEED. THE TAPE PLAYER EATS TAPES. *AK
WHENEVER FOOT IS RELEASED FROM THE ACCELERATOR AFTER DRIVING 50MPH, VEHICLE WOULD START TO SHIMMY & VIBRATE. THIS CAN ALSO HAPPEN WHEN THE BRAKES ARE RELEASED. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC SEVERAL TIMES & PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN SOLVED. *AK
POWER STEERING PUMP REPLACED.
SUSPENSION PROBLEM, CAUSING VIBRATION.
STRUTS RATTLE WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS. *DSH
SHOCK ABSORBER FAILURE. *AK
WARPED ROTORS/PADS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO VIBRATE UPON BRAKE APPLICATION. *AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
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