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 1995 Mercury Villager submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 51 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.
The 25 most recent of 51, in the owner's own words
VERY STRONG SMELLING GAS FUMES INSIDE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT WHEN HEATER IS TURNED ON. WHILE DRIVING THE SPEED GAUGE WILL STOP WORKING AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON. BRAKES MAKE A GRINDING NOISE EVEN AFTER BEING REPLACED. CV BOOT IS LEAKING AND CRACKED. DRIVER SIDE AUTO-SEAT BELT SOMETIMES FAILS TO GO UP AND DOWN. REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER GETS STUCK IN UP POSITIONS WHEN TRING TO USE IT. *AK
THE REAR FIRESTONE SI TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION AND WRAPPED AROUND THE AXLE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SKID AND CRASH. (TIRE SIZE, P205/75SR15).THE CONSUMER WAS ASKING REIMBURSEMENT. *YH
THE BRAKING SYSTEM WOULD INTERMITTENTLY ENGAGE AT ALL SPEEDS AFTER DRIVING FOR 20 TO 30 MINUTES. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM DURING 2 PRIOR SERVICE VISITS. AT THE BEGINNING THIS WOULD SIMPLY CREATE A DRAG EFFECT, BUT DURING THE LATEST INSTANCE THAT OCCURRED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE FRICTION CREATED ENOUGH HEAT TO ELICIT A BURNING SMELL, AND WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SLOWED IT STOPPED ABRUBTLY FROM 20 MPH, LOCKING UP THE BRAKES. IT TOOK OVER AN HOUR FOR THE BRAKES TO COOL TO THE POINT WHERE THEY WOULD RELEASE.*AK
1) HEATER: ALMOST CAUSED ELEC. FIRE, STOPPED WORKING, NOW NEEDS MOTOR REPLACED; 2) ABS FAILED ON SNOWY ROADS CAUSING SINGLE-VEHICLE ACCIDENT TO FRONT LEFT OF VEHICLE; 3) RECALL ON FUEL VENT HOSE, WILL REPLACE; 4) FRONT RT. LAP BELT WILL NOT PULL OUT (STUCK) NEEDS REPAIR/REPLACED; 5) OIL FILTER'S VERY VERY LOW LOCATION ON UNDERCARRIAGE FRONT, CAUSED DAMAGE TO FILTER, ALL OIL SPILLED OUT WHILE OPERATING VEHICLE PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, RAN OVER SNOW LEFT BY ROAD COMMISSION PLOW, CAUSED DAMAGE TO ROD BEARINGS, AND ENGINE, VEHICLE CURRENTLY OUT OF COMMISSION AWAITING REPAIRS, $500 COLLISSION DEDUCTIBLE.
WEEKS AFTER PURCHASE, FUEL PUMP BEGAN TO HOWL LOUDLY AND AT TIMES ACTED LIKE IT WAS SHUTING DOWN BUT WAS OK PER DEALER. MOTOR FAILED CAUSED BY "LACK" OF LUBRICATING HOLES IN BLOCK PER THE DEALER, WAS REPLACED TWO WEEKS LATER THE MOTOR STUMBLED AND SHUTDOWN AGAIN BUT RESTARTED 1 HOUR LATER. REAR BRAKES GRIND LOUDLY AND SQUEKS WHILE DRIVING. TOLD NOTHING WRONG BUT IT CONTINUES.*AK
WHILE DRIVING, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE VACUUM LINE TO EGR WAS BROKEN.*YH
BRAKING SYSTEM FAILS TO SLOW VEHICLE DOWN WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK
NOTCH WORN INTO THE SLIDING SURFACE ON STEERING KNUCKLE FOR FRONT BRAKE PADS PREVENTING THE OUTER PAD FROM SLIDING AND SELF ADJUSTING CAUSING OUTER PADS TO REMAIN STATIONERY AND CREATE LOUD GRINDING NOISE AND ANTILOCK BRAKES TO MALFUNCTION DEALER STATED THAT THIS IS COMMON, THIS SLIDING SURFACE SHOULD BE A NON WEAR SURFACE AND LAST THE LIFE OF THE CAR WITH NO WEAR.
WHEN IT IS COLD OUTSIDE AUTOMOBILE WILL NOT KEEP RUNNING AFTER IT IS PUT IN GEAR. WHEN IT IS FINALLY IN GEAR, IT HAS NO POWER. FRONT BRAKES ARE NOISY,BELTS REPLACED, VEHICLE SCREECHES WHEN RUNNING. DESPITE REPLACEMENTS AND REPAIRS FOR ALL THESE PROBLEMS, THEY STILL EXIST. *AK *ML
NO SUMMARY
BRAKE LIGHT LAMPS ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. *AK
VAN HAS BEEN IN FOR REPAIR 4 TIMES BECAUSE BREAKS KEEP GETTING SLUGGISH AND THEN THERE ARE NO FRONT BREAKS
ABS HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR FAILED. YH
CONSUMER HAS RECEIVED AN RECALL LETTER SAYING TO BRING VEHICLE IN TO BE INSPECTED. MANUFACTURER RECALL #MN-96S61, NHTSA #96V253003. DEALER DOES NOT HAVE PARTS. *AK
WHEN DRIVING THE BRAKES DON'T COME ON AND WHEN TURNING ON THE HEADLIGH DON'T COME ON. CONSUMER HAD BRAKE LIGHTS FIXED FIVE TIMES, AND THE RIGHT SIDE WORKS WHENEVER IT WANTS TO. THE DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK
PADS FAILED, ROTORS UNDERSIZED WITH RUSTING.
THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOCK UP, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. DEALER REPLACED THE ABS SENSOR. *AK *JB
THE ABS BRAKE UNIT LEAKS FLUID, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER IS REPLACING ABS UNIT. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK
REAR BRAKE LIGHT SOCKET OVERHEATED AND THE CONTACT POINTS MELTED, SEPARATING THE CONTACTS FROM THE SURFACE.
RECALL ON BRAKE LIGHTS--EVEN AFTER REPAIRS, STILL DIDN'T WORK CORRECTLY.
BRAKES LIGHTS FAILED, RECALL ON OTHER VIN#'S, HOWEVER CONSUMERS VAN DOES NOT QUALIFY.
STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT WHILE REFUELING. ALSO ABS BRAKES LOCK UP/FAIL IN PANIC STOP. *AK
REAR BRAKES LIGHTS FAIL CONTINUALLY.
UNABLE TO BRING VEHICLE TO A RAPID STOP AT SPEEDS OF 20 MILES OR LESS DUE TO BRAKES FADING.
REAR BRAKE LIGHTS DID NOT ILLUMINATE DUE TO METAL HOLDER SEPARATING FROM PLASTIC HOUSING PRIOR TO RECALL, RECALL REPAIRS REFUSED BY MANUFACTURER, NO REASON GIVEN TO CONSUMER. (96V253) AND (96V-253.001). *AK
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