Consumer Complaint Detail

MERCURY / COUGAR / 2000

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 003244734 Incident Date: Jun, 14 2003
Consumer's City: Consumer's State: IL
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: COUGAR Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:alternator/generator/regulator
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 08 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Hi. i am from canada and hope that everyone that reads this never buys one of this pieces of junk cougars that ford is selling.the name speaks for it self fix or repair daily - drivers window assembly broke $100.00 to fix - fuel pump at 56,000 km $500.00- window stress cracked at 60,000 km not fixed yet- transmission replaced at 70,000 km $2500.00 - two ball joints and alternator replaced at 72,000 km $400.00- rearhatch will not open from inside not fixed yet- lights flicker on dash alternator again at 85,000km but did not help so put in new battery but didn't help no sense of phoning ford they don,t give a [xxx] $18,500 for this junk and by time it is paid off $24,000 plus all the repairs best place for all the ford junk is form the plant to the scrap yard so nobody has to put up with all these problems after reading all this you still go out an buy a ford as the saying goes there is a sucker born every day. *ak information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *tr