Sickly sweet smell when air conditioner on. Initially checked for possible fluid leakage from air conditioner. That was not it. Later traced to toxic mold in a trapped area of the air conditioning path. Dealer sprayed in fungicide which worked for a short while. On one occasion I got out of the car and into the house and could smell this sickly sweet smell on my breath. The day after I started coughing and it took 3 months of intensive medical to get it cleaned up. Then I got another whiff and started coughing again. I discover this is a known problem, but not admitted. Volvo runs a special drying cycle in their air conditioning to avoid this mold problem. I also hear mercedes has a similar problem.
2000 Mercury Cougar engine complaints
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This car has intermittently shut down in traffic at 70 MPH, also will not start from time to time. Very unreliable transportation. Incredibly poor choice of vehicle. Key has electronic chip in it which malfunctions. Key replaced once under warranty; went bad again. Costs $400 to replace.
Problems with vehicle's engine stalling.*mr defective alarm system and window. Invoice states that wrench light came on.
Problems with odometer, gas gauge, turn signals,windows, radio, hazard lights, air bag lights, speedometer.*mr. The mileage and clock were no longer visible. A new battery and alternator were installed prior to the incident. The sun roof leaked constantly and was also fixed prior to the incident. The battery and wrench light were constantly illuminated. This vehicle had been repaired over and over again. Consumer had to exit and barely made it home when she entered the driveway, the vehicle completely died. *ph. The air condition was not cold enough, the cigarette lighter was broke, the brakes made a grinding noise, the door locks/latches were inoperative, and the vehicle had a transmission leak.
The engine stalled without warning.
I have a 2000 mercury cougar that once warmed up accelerates 3000 to 3500 RPM and will not slow down until I come to a dead stop. I had it in for this problem at least 6 times and they can't fix it. I called the ford/mercury service hot line to see if something could be done about this. When I called about this I thought that a mercury rep. Would get a hold of the car dealership were I got the car (johnson ford lincoln/ mercury in pittsfield, ma) and then get a hold of me. I called in jan. Thats not what happened, when I called I found out that johnson ford told them, they did not experience the problem. That's an out right lie. Dom kellog head of johnson service drove it and experienced it and on another time one of the mechanics riding with me also experienced it. What can I do about this. I can't let anybody drive my car, I am afraid they would not be able handle it an get seriously hurt. I don't want to wait until I get killed or some one else before they do something about it. Please let me know what you or I can do about this. I am going to put down an estimate the first time it happened which was about 10000 mile mark the car now has about 23000 miles on it.
Problems with the transmission, when shifting into gear vehicle will shake violently. Dealer was not contacted at the time of this call. Ts
Vehicle stalled while driving.sometimes vehicle will restart.
Engine would stall unexpected and lose control due to lack of power supplied for power steering and brakes, also experience hesitation..
The vehicle would stall during driving at various speeds. Within two days that I received the vehicle it stalled. Electricals intact. Mileage 102. Dealer said most likely bad gas, call if happens again. At just over 7000 miles sometime in march it started bucking and then stalled at highway speed. After fifteen minutes it restarted. I was very dangerous situation as I was stuck on the span of a major bridge with no place to go.. For three weeks the dealership attempted to find the problem and finally blamed a fuel pump. One week later, at 55 MPH, the car engine shut off with no warning, electricals appeared to work. Car restarted about one minute later on first try. Dealership blamed air conditioner, except I had not used air conditioner in the previous six months. They never figured it out and could not duplicate. After a nasty dealing with ford, my lawyer, and the florida lemon law I now drive a 2001 mercury deathtrap/cougar.
Vehicle cut off without prior warning. Dealership is aware of the problem.
Lights flickering, loss of electrical power, alternator needs replacement part, emission system malfunction, malfunctioning ignition. Received poor service from dealer.
While consumer was driving engine light came on, and then engine blew out. Prior to engine stalling consumer took vehicle to valva line to get oil changed. Once engine blewout, it was taken back to dealer. Dealer said that shop was at fault. So manufacturer had an investigator to look over vehicle. Conculsion was that it was a manufacturer's defect.
Defective oil pump caused smoke to come out of engine.
Rising rpms when clutch engaged - rose to approx 7krpm and engine died 3x's within 1 mile. Note, did not rise while in gear pressing gas only rose more.
Consumer was driving e when vehicle stalled in front of a semi-ractor trailer. Also, steering had locked up. Had no warning prior to stalling. Finally took vehicle to dealership & left it there. Lights go dim and car wants to die/ doesn't want to go into second gear when starting off, and same thing is happening when trying to sift into fifth gear/passenger's tail light is coming loose/interior lights coming on.
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