1995 Mercury Villager: grinding or squealing brakes

Filed Mar 10, 2005 · Seat belts · 168,000 miles · FL

Driver's automatic seat belt failed to function as it was designed. Seat belt had to be manually placed in the release and retract position. The seat belt motor made a grinding noise when this occurred.

Filed Jul 8, 2004 · Acceleration, Brakes · CA

Very strong smelling gas fumes inside passenger compartment when heater is turned on. While driving the speed gauge will stop working and the check engine light will come on. Brakes make a grinding noise even after being replaced. Cv boot is leaking and cracked. Driver side auto-seat belt sometimes fails to go up and down. Rear windshield wiper gets stuck in up positions when tring to use it.

Filed Jan 15, 2004 · Body, Engine · MI

Side sliding door sticks,sliding door window doesnt stay shut,locks will lock themselves ,back wiper malfunctions,grinding and squeaking from brakes,smell of fuel from passenger side and passenger p/w sticks sometimes

Filed May 9, 2002 · Seat belts · OK

Electronic seat belt which comes across the shoulder and chest has malfunctioned. It makes a grinding noise, and the belt does not come across the shoulder any more. Took to dealer. *ak consumer states dealer replaced the seat belt 3 times in one year, still it is not working.

Filed Oct 29, 2001 · Engine · WA

Both exhaust manifold leaking. Spoke with four different lincoln/nissan dealerships, all said this was a chronic problem with that year villagers. Sliding rattled from day of purchase, several trips to dealership could not find source of noise. Have ignored since. Rear hatch lock mechanism occasionally does not latch and makes grinding noise. Request all applicable technical bulletins.

Filed Oct 26, 2001 · Brakes, Engine · NY

Weeks after purchase, fuel pump began to howl loudly and at times acted like it was shuting down but was ok per dealer. Motor failed caused by "lack" of lubricating holes in block per the dealer, was replaced two weeks later the motor stumbled and shutdown again but restarted 1 hour later. Rear brakes grind loudly and squeks while driving. Told nothing wrong but it continues.

Filed Sep 11, 2000 · Brakes · MI

Notch worn into the sliding surface on steering knuckle for front brake pads preventing the outer pad from sliding and self adjusting causing outer pads to remain stationery and create loud grinding noise and antilock brakes to malfunction dealer stated that this is common, this sliding surface should be a non wear surface and last the life of the car with no wear.

Filed Oct 22, 1999 · Transmission · VA

Intermittent speedometer problem required the replacement of the speed sensor and dropping the transmission to replace the gear that drives the speed sensor with no noticeable transmission problems. Appearently, there was a misalignment in the transmission that had to be corrected to function with new speed sensor. The concern is that the correct speed is not measured. 30 days after this repair, a dealership has diagnosed the current problem as being the transmission with the fix being a new transmission. The van is less than 5yrs old and has less than 48,000 miles. This appears to be a defective transmission or problem with the previous repair. The current problem was experienced while driving the van on 10/02/99. The van was coming to a stop for a traffic light. While the van was stopped, the engine raced, dropped as though it was going to die , and raced back to where it should be. The RPM gauge normally sits between 1 and .5 while the van is idleing. While at the traffic light the gauge raced above 1, dropped as though it was going to 0, and raced back to where it should be. The concern is that while the traffic light changed to green at the same time the engine raced, I simultaneously released the brake pedal. This caused the tires to squeal, grab, jerk, and thrust the van forward. This could potentially cause the van to be thrust forward into the rear of a vehicle in front of the van. The van would do this at every stop. Also, the wife and two small children were stranded in the left turn lane of a very busy intersection and heavily traveled route in the tysons corner area of northern virginia/dc area. This produced a dangerous situation until the wife was able to turn off the ignition, restart the van, place the van in drive, and drive the van home eventually. At the intersection while encountering the problem, the wife pressed the accelerator causing the engine to race, but the van would not move.

Filed Sep 15, 1997 · Brakes · CA

When coming to stop on incline, there is a high pitch squeak/groan noise, brake pedal drops to floor, vehicle moves forward until shifted to park/applied emergency brakes; intermittent. Dealer could not duplicate, replaced master cylinder.

Filed Jul 29, 1997 · Brakes · KY

Brake pads grind/grab when wet.

Filed May 28, 1997 · Brakes · KY

Brakes grind when used.

Filed Apr 17, 1997 · Suspension · FL

Front end vibrates/squeals/ pulls on ongoing basis.