Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1993 Mercury Topaz submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 12 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
BOUGHT CAR AT MOONEYS DESERT HOT SPRINGS AUTO SALES IN OCTOBER 10,2002 AS USED CAR. SEAT BELTS DO NOT WORK. SUSPENSION SHAKES, BRAKES MAKE NOISE. FUEL PUMP WENT OUT FIST TRIP. DRIVERS WINDOW DOES NOT RETRACK RIGHT. ENGINE OVER HEAT WHEN IDLING. WATER PUMP WENT OUT. AIR CONDITIONER AND HEATER DO NOT WORK.
WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED BRAKE PEDAL BECAME VERY HARD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO, VEHICLE SHUT OFF UNEXPECTEDLY. *AK
I PURCHASED A CAR IN OCTOBER OF 2002, THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT WORK,THE A/C AND HEATER DO NOT WORK. FUEL PUMP WENT OUT AFTER AP. 300 MILES, WATER PUMP SHORTLY THERE AFTER. ALL 4 TIRES TREADED APART. ELECTRONIC SIDE MIRRORS DO NOT WORK. GAS GAGE DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. HEATS UP WHEN IDLING. EXCESSIVE WOBBLE IN REAR END. FRONT END MAY BE FROM 1992 NOT 1993 MODEL OF CAR. DRIVERS WINDOW DOES NOT RETRACK RIGHT. TRUNK LID HOOK DOES NOT WORK. BRAKES MAKE NOISE. *NLM
ELECTRIC SYSTEM FAILURE, CAUSINHG POWER WINDOWS/DOORS TO MALFUNCTION. ALSO ABS MAKE METAL TO METAL GRINDING NOISES.
BRAKES PERFORM POORLY EVEN AFTER THEY WERE REPLACED.
VEHICLE SHIMMES WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT 35 MPH.
BRAKES FAILED FIVE TIMES, CAUSING ONE ACCIDENT. *DSH
REAR BRAKES LOCK UNDER COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVENTING STOPPING ABILITY. INVOLVED IN (2) ACCIDENTS DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
WHEN APPLY THE REAR BRAKE LOCKS UP DEALER REPLACED FRONT ROTOR, PADS, CALIPER BUT STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM . TT
THE FRONT DISC BRAKE WEAR OUT . TT
ABS: ROTORS WENT BAD/REPLACED; SHIMMIED WHEN BRAKES APPLIED; DRIVER'S SHOULDER BELT DOES NOT GO ON TRACK RIGHT; HANGS UP ON TRACK; DIFFICULT TO GET OUT OF CAR.
BRAKE SYSTEM REPLACED DUE TO PREMATURE WEAR. *SKD
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.
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