Owner-reported complaints naming the body or structure system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Mercury Villager submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 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
I HAVE GONE TO THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES AND THAY TELL ME IT WILL BE ABOUT 350.00 TO LOOK AT THIS AND THAT STILL MAY NOT FIX IT. THE DOORS JUST LOCK BY THEMSELVES AT ANY RANDOM TIME LEAVING YOU LOCKED IN OR OUT. SOMETIMES I MUST USE 2 HAND TO GET OUT ONE PUSHING THE LOCK BUTTON OPEN WHILE PULLING THE DOOR HANDLE WHILE THE LOCKING MECHAMISM GRINDS AWAY. *AK
THE LOCKS WILL LOCK ALL DOORS BY THEMSELVES, AND I HAVE TO REPEATEDLY PRESS THE UNLOCK BUTTON OR HOLD THE UNLOCK BUTTON DOWN WHILE GETTING OUT OR GETTING MY SON OUT. FORD HAS TOLD ME THERE IS A TECHNICAL BULLETIN FOR THIS PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM COULD MEAN LIFE OR DEATH IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK
ELECTRICAL:NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH DOOR LOCKS ACTIVATION/WINDSHIELD SPRAYER FRONT AND REAR INOPERATIVE/INTERIOR LIGHTING CONTROLS FOR VENTILATION INOP., RADIO&CD PLAYER OPERATION INTERMITTENT AT ALL TIMES AND REPLACED RADIO BUT STILL HAD PROBLEMS GETTING POWER TO THE UNIT ON A REGULAR BASIS; HYDRAULIC BRAKES: FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS NOT FUNCTIONING FULLY/REAR BRAKES MAKE GRINDING NOISES. EXHAUST SYSTEM: CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AT DIFFERENT INTERVALS DUE TO BROKEN HOSE BETWEEN EGR VALVE ASSEMBLY AND INTAKE MANIFOLD/O2 SENSOR REPLACED DUE TO TROUBLE CODES.
CRANKSHAFT BROKE APART IMMEDIATELY BEHIND TIMING GEAR. VEHICLE IDLING AT A STOP SIGN AT TIME OF FAILURE. TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE. / ELECTRIC LOCKS LOCK THEMSELVES INTERMITTENTLY, WITHOUT HUMAN ASSISTANCE. MUST ALWAYS HAVE KEY IN HAND WHEN EXITING THE VEHICLE. FAILURES ARE ONGOING AND UNPREDICTABLE. *AK
4 TO 5 TIMES A MONTH AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS WILL LOCK AUTOMATICALLY. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
THE LOCKS ONCE ENGAGED AUTOMATICALLY ARE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO OPEN AS THE SOLENOID/MOTOR FIGHTS BACK WHEN TRYING TO OPEN MANUALLY. *AK
CRANKSHAFT PULLEY BROKE AND TIMING BELT BROKE CAUSING DAMAGE TO ENGINE.
POWER DOOR LOCK MALFUNCIONS, LOCKS EVERY BODY INSIDE THE VEHICLE. TT
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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