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 1998 Mercury Villager submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 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
CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP BECAUSE OF A NOISE THAT WAS BEING HEARD WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. DEALER MAINTAINED THAT THE BRAKES WERE FINE, YET THE NOISE CONTINUED. IT COULD BE HEARD WHEN VEHICLE WAS GOING AT 35 MPH. *AK
WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, THEY LOCKED UP AND CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *NLM BOTH FRONT BRAKES LOCKED UP WITHIN LESS THAN A MONTH APART. THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH BOTH REAR BRAKES AND THE LEFT FRONT CALIPER LOCKED UP. *SCC *JB
CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES TO COME TO A STOP AT INTERSECTION, PEDAL FELT HARD, AND VEHICLE WENT THROUGH INTERSECTION. DEALER STATED BOTH REAR CALIPERS WERE FROZEN, AND ONE FRONT ROTOR WAS RUSTED. ALL PARTS WERE REPLACED. ON JULY 26, 2002 CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AT 10 MPH, PEDAL FELT HARD, NO BRAKING ACTION. VEHICLE AT DEALER AT THIS TIME. *AK THE BOOSTER WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER IT IS UNCERTAIN AS TO IF THIS WILL REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *SLC
WHILE TURNING INTO A PARKING SPACE AT A LOW SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE KEPT GOING. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK
BRAKE PEDAL AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ARE TOO CLOSE. ALSO, HEIGHT OF BRAKE PEDAL AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL ARE THE SAME WHICH CAUSED PEDAL MISAPPLICATION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
WHILE MAKING A SUDDEN STOP BY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, VEHICLE WENT INTO A SUDDEN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, CAUSING CONSUMER TO DEPRESS BRAKES AGAIN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATON. *AK
WHILE MAKING A SUDDEN STOP CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMAION. *AK
AIR CONDITIONER FAILED DUE TO FAILURE OF THE BLOWER MOTOR, HOWEVER CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS.
ENGINE EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, REPLACED FUEL PUMP MODULE AND ENGINE CONTROL MODULE HOWEVER CONTINUED ENGINE POWER LOSS.
DESIGN PROBLEM; THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ARE THE SAME HEIGHT. IF DRIVER HAS PART OF FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL HE STEPS ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AT THE SAME TIME. DRIVER WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH ON JUNE 1, 1988 BECAUSE OF PROBLEM. *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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