Consumer Complaint Detail

MERCURY / CAPRI / 1991

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0 Injured
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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007127242 Incident Date: Oct, 14 2007
Consumer's City: GLENVIEW Consumer's State: IL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: CAPRI Model Year: 1991
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:ignition:module
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 6MPCT01Z9M8 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 18 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Aug, 31 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Driving, then coming to a stop or slowing down, when suddenly the engine stops running, and will not re-start. at first it restarted after about 4 hours. next when it had happened it did not restart until overnight rest. the it started right up and ran for several days when the same thing had happened again. this started the summer of 2007, about a month after the four year extended warranty from the reselling dealer expired. changed out the "ignition control module," napa replacement part #tp175. but after a couple weeks the same problem started to happen again. engine will not shut off while idling for hours at a time. only when driven and come to a stop, always restarts hours later! *tr