Left a friends house drove 1/3 of a mile van was on fire pulled over to side of rode was smoking/ totaling engulfed in flames after about 10-15 minutes the van was a total loss. It was a 2000 villager could this be the same as the windstar.? The car had been sitting idle in drive way for app. 3hrs before this incident..
Mercury Villager fire or smoke problems
63 of the 1,723 owner complaints about the Mercury Villager describe fire, smoke or burning smell, most of them for the 1993 model year.
- owner complaints
- 63
- worst model year
- 1993
- typical mileage
- 99,472
Is there a fix? There is 1 recall for this area of the car. See below
By model year
Often reported together
What owners say
1999 mercury villager engine caught fire after stopping. Consumer states that the engine caught fire after stopping at the gas pump. The fire was extinguished. *kb (ohio traffic crash report # 10-0074-90)
Tl* - the contact called regarding the 1993 mercury villager. The contact was traveling under 30 MPH when the vehicle decelerated, it seemed as though the vehicle was not getting gas. The contact had to keep the vehicle in first gear. The contact smelled something burning and turned off the heater. She turned the ignition off, and smoke came from under the hood. The flames were on the passenger's side near the engine. The contact put the fire out with a fire extinguisher. There were no injuries. The contact stated she smelledgas for months. She had the emissions checked, and they did not find a problem. The contact will take pictures of the vehicle.
Our customers 1997 mercury villager van caught fire while driving in the city. Wonder if this could be related to the nissan maxima recall for alternator fires? I have seen 3 maxima alternators burn and we are not even a nissan dealer.
Dt: consumer stated: it was night, cold outside, and while driving smelled burning rubber. Pulled over, turned off the vehicle, opened hood bedore hood was completed opened, consumer could see flames burning and the air conditioner compressor pulley was so hot that it was glowing red. The belt attached to the compressor was burning. *ak the vehicle caught on fire damaging the compressor and belt(s) and likely other A/C components. *nm consumer was able to put out fire. The A/C comressor failed causing the fire.
Purchased a 1993 mercury villager from mzn auto sales on january 28, 2005. Was driving down the highway on may 19th, heard a loud noise and people were yelling to pull over that my van was on fire, both sides in flames. Come to find out, there was a recall on this vehicle for fuel related fires and we were not notified by the owner of mzn auto sales of any recalls. They have our van in their possession at this time.
My 1995 mercury villager van that I purchased 02-08-2004 (used, as is) from ace auto sales in mobile al. Caught on fire on a long bridge going over water to take my friend to work it shut down on us while we were going at least 65mph the van started smoking we pulled over jumped out and it exploded 3 times fire was shooting from up under the hood my friend struggled to my baby out of the van by that time it exploded again, they had to duck down because moter oil was shooting out they could have been killed, they could have fell over the bridge!!!! We had to call the fire departmen by the time they got there the fire was out my friend got burnt trying to put it out we had to because the fire had spread under the van because of the oil, the ground was on fire , I payed $1500 dwn and $200 a month for 2 1/2 months and I have no car the dealer doesn't care that we could have been killed and he doesn't care that im a single parent with 5 children ages 9 months to 14yrs and one is disabled they offerd no help they took my money thats not easy to come up with when you have kids and ran with it im a poor young woman trying to make it and because of the as is law I get shafted what am I suppose to do I cant even take my sick daughter to the doctor she had a stroke when she was 7yrs shes 10 now and shes has a trache and is in and out of a wheel chair she cant use her left side of her body. I seen on the internet that the mercury villarger had some recalls what im I going to do like I said im a struggling woman .trying to raise her kids how am I going to get them to school .
While driving vehicle was involved in a minor collision. Then, vehicle caught on fire without warning.
While vehicle was parked inside the parking lot it caught on fire driver was not hurt. Fire department and police responded. The vehicle was towed by the insurance company.
The vehicle caught on fire.
Related recalls
Electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery
- What is wrong
- Vehicle description: passenger mini vans equipped with automotive batteries supplied by gnb technologies. These batteries have a defective negative post that can cause acid leakage and related corrosion damage.
- Risk
- This condition can cause a catastrophic failure of the battery which could lead to an engine fire or battery explosion.
- Remedy
- Dealers will replace these batteries. Until a new battery is obtained, owners should not attempt to "jump start" these batteries.
Recall number 97V184001 · Recall details
Questions about the Mercury Villager fire or smoke
Which Mercury Villager years have fire, smoke or burning smell problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1993 (43 complaints), 1994 (5 complaints) and 1995 (5 complaints).
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