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Mercury Cougar seat belt problems

22 of the 1,673 owner complaints about the Mercury Cougar describe seat belt won't latch or retract, most of them for the 1990 model year.

owner complaints
22
worst model year
1990
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.

By model year

  • 2000
    1
  • 1999
    1
  • 1997
    3
  • 1996
    1
  • 1994
    2
  • 1993
    3
  • 1992
    3
  • 1991
    4
  • 1990
    4

Often reported together

Headlights 1No deployment 1

What owners say

Filed Jul 19, 2018 · Electrical, Fuel system · 235,000 miles · NM

Seat belt doesn't stay locked and latch broke, automatic head lights don't work the digital instrument cluster don't work and as soon as is gets so hot it vaper locks a lot

Filed Jun 3, 2015 · Seat belts · MD

Tl* the contact owns a 1992 mercury cougar. The contact stated that the driver side seat belt retractor would remain stuck and the seat belt warning light illuminated. The contact was concerned that in the event of a crash, the seat belt would fail to secure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Jan 13, 2009 · Seat belts · MI

Tl*the contact owns a 1993 mercury cougar. A month after purchasing the vehicle in june of 2008, the electronic seat belt shoulder strap would not retract after the driver's side door was closed. The vehicle was driven to a local repair shop and the mechanic stated that the tracking was off and the seat belt was defective. The manufacturer was not notified. The current and failure mileages were unavailable.

Filed Feb 26, 2003 · Body, Seat belts · KY

The driver's seat belt failed to unlock. *jb the auto shoulder belt did not move and interrupts the ability to maneuver the steering wheel. The driver door molding did would not stay in place. The driver door has to be pulled up in order to shut. Scc

Filed Oct 25, 2002 · Seat belts · AL

While driving the vehicle the front seat belt broke off. Dealer has been notified. Please provide further information. Ts

Filed Mar 7, 2002 · Seat belts · MD

Front passenger side seat belt release buckle failed to latch, gave false latch, then failed completely. Buckle war original equipment. Repair cost was $140.00.

Filed May 20, 2000 · Seat belts · VA

Seatbelt buckle failed. Is broken. I'm a bit upset!!

Filed May 3, 2000 · Airbags, Seat belts · NC · crash · 1 injury

Involved in a collision in which the driver's and passenger's air bags did not deploy, also, driver seat belt did not lock up, upon impact.

Filed Apr 12, 2000 · Airbags, Seat belts · MI · crash · 1 injury

Vehicle was involved in frontal crash. Upon impact, driver's seatbelt did not lock up, causing driver to hit windshield. Also, driver's airbag deployed after driver hit windshield and was thrown back into seat, causing a major concussion. Vehicle was a total loss.

Filed Sep 29, 1999 · Seat belts · OH

The driver side seatbelt retractor has gotten stuck in the open position so that a driver will not be protected in a vehicle crash. Dealer has not seen vehicle.

Related recalls

No recalls on record for this model year.

Questions about the Mercury Cougar seat belt

Which Mercury Cougar years have seat belt won't latch or retract problems?

The model years with the most reports are 1990 (4 complaints), 1991 (4 complaints) and 1992 (3 complaints).

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