The engine will kill without any indications at high speeds of 50+ MPH. When attempt is made to hit the brakes or steer, they both lock up and that is when I discover that the car is dead. Luckily, I never needed to use my brakes or steering when it happened, I coasted through traffic while having to turn the ignition off and then on again. The dealership has had it for two weeks, they have had the vehicle fail for them, yet it still reads as if there is nothing wrong with it on all of their diagnostics. It is under warranty and ford is not offering to replace or reimburse me for the automobile. They actually told me to come pick it up and drive it till it happened again. Should traffic had been slightly different when this happened to me, I could be dead, my baby could be dead and whomever I hit could be dead. Yet ford is taking little responsibility for it.
1999 Mercury Cougar steering complaints
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While standing outside of vehicle with windows rolled down when door closed and automatically locked. Consumer noted this was not a feature of vehicle. Key failed to unlock the door, consumer reached inside vehicle to manually unlock door. Dealer stated if a new alarm system was put in to replace the old one, problem might be corrected. *ak air conditioner turns on and off. Radio will not come on at times. Motor will die out. Alarm went off, door lock by themselves. Key will not crank vehicle at times. Vehicle jumped and jerked almost hitting consumers sister who was standing in front of the vehicle.
Whenever you hit a puddle sometimes the water hits something under the car while driving the battery light comes on and the power steering goes away, I could not steer the car I had to slow down fast before hitting the curb, 4 or 5 min later the light went off and everything was fine. This has also happend on a car wash.
Vehicle experiencing a momentary loss of steering when driving over a water puddle, and intermittently causing malfunction to instrument panel lights. Dealer / manufacturer notified, and unable to locate cause. *ak both side mirrors fell off. The cd and the radio are not operational. The radiator hose broke after 2 months of purchasing the vehicle. The back window wiper failed. The sun roof failed. This vehicle had numerous mechanical problems.
Power steering fails when driving in the rain and puddle is driven through, causing loss of control of vehicle. Battery alert lights on dashboard.this defect first surfaced in june of 1999, and was called a "serpentine belt" failure and repaired . The problem has now returned and causes a serious loss of control of auto.
Steering tie rod broke while turning at low speed. Bolt sheared off. Would of been major accident if at higher speed. Lost all steering control.
In rain, if you hit a puddle water splashes, hits the battery,& the power steering dies. Dealer says must wait for manufacturer to send recall notice. Has happened many times, almost caused accident twice!
Car sounds like it is falling apart when brakes are applied, steering makes loud sound when backing out of parking space, trunk won't open unless hit numerous times from remote or inside.
When turning a corner on wet pavement, the steering wheel / column locks up for a brief moment.
While driving the power steering rack broke, causing loss of control. Cause unknown. Please give any further details.
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