Driving on freeway, car next to me came into my lane towards my car, I hit my brakes resulting in my vehicle swerving and hitting the median head on at high speed, air bags did not deploy upon impact.
Mercury Cougar no deployment problems
36 of the 1,673 owner complaints about the Mercury Cougar describe airbags did not deploy in a crash, most of them for the 1999 model year.
- owner complaints
- 36
- worst model year
- 1999
- typical mileage
- 86,000
By model year
Often reported together
Stalling 1Seat belt 1Loss of power 1Headlights 1Fuel pump 1Engine failure 1Brake failure 1
What owners say
Tl*the contact owns a 2002 mercury cougar. While driving 30 MPH, the front passenger side crashed into a parked vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. The road conditions were normal. The vehicle was destroyed and towed. A police report was filed. The driver was transported via ambulance to the emergency room. She was not wearing a seat belt and sustained a head injury and received stitches to her lip. The current and failure mileages were 86,000. *updated 12/12/2007 *bf the consumer wants to know was there a malfunction with the air bags? Updated 12/12/07
My daughter hit the back of a school bus in may of 2006 in which the air bags did not deploy. Last night she barely scraped her rim on a curb and both air bags went off and cracked the windshield. This must have been faulty air bags from the start because they should have went off in the front end collision she had, and should not of released when she hit her rim on a curb.
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 mercury cougar. In 2006, the contact was involved in a crash and was struck by six vehicles. The air bags failed to deploy. There were no warning indicators on the instrument panel. He stated that he has been involved in numerous crashes due to dodging road debris, which caused his vehicle to be rear ended and crash into a tree. The air bags have never deployed in any of his crashes. The dealer and the manufacturer have not offered any assistance and stated that nothing could be done due to the lack of safety risk. The speed was unknown. The current mileage was 51,000 and the failure mileage was unknown.
My daughter was driving my 2000 mercury cougar on september 25 ,2006. When another vehicle went through a stop sign &they collided. She hit him with her front end & then proceeded to swerve head on into a telephone pole . So this makes two front end collisions & the air bags never deployed. In fact she had another accident in sept 2003 where a car went through a red light and hit her,but that was a side impact & again this air bag did not deploy. So this has been three incidents that this air bag did not deploy & this past one on monday was front end collision & my daughter has damage to her chest & rib cage , which could have been avoided if the air bags worked properly!
Dt*: the contact stated that the vehicle's airbags did not deploy after hitting an embankment and flipping over on its top. The vehicle was traveling 55 MPH when the vehicle was swerved to avoid hitting a deer, which caused the contact to lose control of the vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. One person was injured and a police report was filed. The vehicle was totaled, according to the tow truck driver. The dealer has not been alerted.
After being involved in a head on collision while traveling 65 MPH the air bags did not deploy.
While driving 30 MPH consumer hit a pile of sand and lost control, causing the vehicle to role twice. Vehicle landed upside down. Upon impact, airbags did not deploy. Driver sustained minor injuries.
Air bag light comes on intermittently, blinks 7 times pauses and repeats until vehicle is shut off and restarted. Taken to dealership mulitple times starting with 2 years ago, but was informed that they could not check it unless it was blinking at the time. Was advised to bring it back while it's blinking. Blinking usually occurs on my way to work or after the dealership hours. I have looked this problem up in my repair manual cd and found the problem was that one of the airbag sensors was not working properly. I'm concerned about my safety if there is an accident if the air bag will deploy or not with this problem. I know multiple owners of this vehicle with this problem and one who has this problem and was in an accident where air bag did not deploy for a 100 MPH impact. My air bag light continues with this problem.
The car would stall without warning one time leaving me in the middle of a busy intersection. This time on a slight hill I sat stalled with hazard lights & headlights on but got rear ended by a motorist traveling 50 MPH. Had problem looked at & thought it was repaired but happened again. Car is now totaled. Air bag did not deploy and gas shut off valve didn't work because much later at tow yard car was started. It could of been my death! 6 days in hospital & no car.
Related recalls
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Questions about the Mercury Cougar no deployment
Which Mercury Cougar years have airbags did not deploy in a crash problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1999 (11 complaints), 2000 (8 complaints) and 2001 (5 complaints).
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