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1994 Mercury Cougar airbags problems

10 complaints (7% of all complaints for this car). 7 crashes reported.

owner complaints
10
of this car's complaints
7%
crashes
7
recalls
0

Which part fails

  • Frontal
    5

At what mileage

Complaints by mileage at the time of the problem.

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Mercury Cougar airbags problems in other years

1991199319941995199619971999200020012002

Related recalls

No recalls on record for this model year.

What 1994 Mercury Cougar owners say

Most recent owner complaints, unedited.

Filed Apr 7, 2016 · Airbags, Seats · 45,000 miles · AR

Takata recall.... Just looking for any recalls on my car,,,,whole front end fell out..

Filed Jun 4, 2004 · Airbags · 49,000 miles · FL

After starting the vehicle the consumer heard a loud beeping noise coming from the passenger side air bag compartment. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem. *ak

Filed May 8, 2000 · Airbags · IA · crash · 1 injury

Consumer had a front end collision, and neither air bag deployed. Driver sustained head injury.

Filed Oct 21, 1999 · Airbags · NC

This accident occurred at a stop light. My vehicle was stopped,but somehow the vehicle struck the back of a 1986 pickup truck. The sun was very low and there was apossibility that my judgement was impaired. The damage to the truck was minimal $350. My small dg was struck by the airbag which exploded on both sides with a force that knocked me out and injured him severely. He died 5 days later after doing everything possible to save him. His neck was snapped, and he had internal injuries. The front damage to my car was not that great and could have been repaired. I hardly touched the truck. My concern is were the airbags defective the damage to the inside of my car was enough to total the car. I need to know if this happened before with the 1994 cougar xr7. I have heard several comments concerning the safety of this particular model, and I am concerned as I really do not know how this accident happened and why the airbags exploded as they did. I have to say this was a devestating xperience to me, and one I hope never happens to anyone. The car actually exploded inside and I thought the car had blown up with all the smoke it made. The way that the bag exploded broke out the front windshield in 2 places, broke the rear view mirror, broke the driver visor overhead, broke the passenger seat, and cracked the entire dashboard in half where it exploded out. This damage was why the insurance company totalled the car.

Filed Sep 10, 1999 · Airbags · ND · crash

While driving at 35 MPH consumer had a head-on collision with another vehicle, and neither of the airbags deployed.

Filed Aug 10, 1999 · Airbags, Seat belts · CO · crash · 2 injuries

While driving at 10 MPH rear ended a parked vehicle. Upon impact, driver's side and passenger's side air bags didn't deploy. Also, seat belts didn't restrain the consumers from hitting the windshield.

Filed Jan 21, 1999 · Airbags · CT · crash · 1 injury

The vehicle slid head-on into a guardrail at about 35 to 40mph and neither driver's or passenger's side airbags deployed. Dealer has not seen. *ak

Filed Sep 9, 1998 · Airbags · OH · crash · 3 injuries

I just think that if a cheviey taho and a chevie van hit a mercury cougar at a stop sign at the speed over 55mph and pushes my cougar 5 feet sidways in the corner of my frunt end the airbage's should have imploded ???

Filed Oct 18, 1996 · Airbags · FL · crash · 1 injury

Consumer was in an accident, head on the air bag deployed but there was a burning smell and smoke that was released. Please describe .

Filed May 29, 1996 · Airbags · NE · crash · fire · 1 injury

Reported by police officer. The vehicel had a fire in the steering column due to the airbag deployment. Please describe.

Questions about the 1994 Mercury Cougar airbags

Does the 1994 Mercury Cougar have airbags problems?

Owners have filed 10 complaints about the airbags of the 1994 Mercury Cougar, 7% of all its complaints.

At what mileage do 1994 Mercury Cougar airbags problems start?

Not enough complaints include the mileage to tell.

Was there a recall on the 1994 Mercury Cougar airbags?

There is no recall for this problem on this model year.

What year does the Mercury Cougar have bad airbags?

The Mercury Cougar model years with the most airbags complaints are 1999 (31 complaints), 2000 (17 complaints) and 1994 (10 complaints).

Other 1994 Mercury Cougar problems

Transmission 36Engine 32Brakes 29Acceleration 11Suspension 7Visibility 7Electrical 6Fuel system 5Body 4Seat belts 4Lights 3Seats 2Steering 2Tires 1

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