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1985 Merkur XR4TI Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Apr 30, 1999
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Jan 20, 1999

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1985 Merkur XR4TI. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–2 of 2

Exterior lighting
Filed Apr 30, 1999

HAZARD SWITCH FAILS IN ON POSITION; TURN SIGNALS SOMETIMES DISABLED BY SAME SWITCH.

NHTSA ID
706140
Incident
May 1, 1998
Exterior lighting
Filed Jan 20, 1999

THE HAZARD FLASHER IS PART OF A MULTI-FUNCTION TURN SIGNAL/HIGH-LOW BEAM SWITCH. THE PLASTIC PORTION OF THE SWITCH DETERIORATED ALLOWING THE SWITCH TO FAIL, MAKING THE TURN SIGNALS/HAZARDS INOPERATIONAL. ALMOST ALL MERKUR XR4TI'S THAT I HAVE SEEN HAVE SUFFERED THIS FAILURE.

NHTSA ID
702398
Incident
Jun 1, 1998

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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