1994 Mercury Cougar Brakes Problems

“Vehicle began spontaneous acceleration while idle and stopped on 10 occasions since 5/1/2002. It took all of my strength to depress the brake to keep the car from jolting forward at a high speed. While pulling into my garage today, travelling at less that 1 MPH, the car accelearated on its own and I had to slam on the brake to prevent from crashing into a heating oil tank. Vehicle has begun to randomly shudder when applying brakes at various speeds from 10 to 65 MPH. This is not a consistent problem but very dangerous when it occurred on highway yesterday. …”

“The cars engine has been replaced(so they said) on july 1997 and now the engine is gone again. The speed control does not work. We have had to replace the brakes 4 times already. The door on the drivers side the window sometimes does not work the windows are power and will not go up or down.also the transmission has been replaced also the car has tire vibration thank you this car is now broke down again and we still are making payments I called the dealer on 4-5-2000 and they said there was nothing they could do thank you again for looking at our car problems.”

“I have searched the list of complaints and find that there are many complaints related to both the brake and transmission problems which I have experienced. Please remit this complaint to the manufacturer and advise whether or not you have any information on whether or not the manufacturer is doing anything to resolve these cutomer complaints. Power windows replace four times. Brakes had to be replaced within 6 months of ownership. Transmission slipping from day one but the dealer told me repeatedly ther was nothing wrong with it. Transmission completely rebuilt.”

“No only am I disoppointed with the brakes which needed to be repaired 3 times all times on the same side(drivers side only) but I am very displeased with the paint job that my car has. I would hate to sell my car but now because the paint is chipping and peeling on the hood and bumper to the point that when I am driving paint chips are flying up and hitting the windshield. Just recently as what I thought of as a cruel joke Mercury called me and thought that I would like to trade my 94 Cougar(with bad paint job in for a new 99 Cougar and guarenteed that the paint would not peel. …”

“Brake system faulty causing the steering wheel to vibrate and shake once applying the brake at speeds over 30 MPH, if an emergency stop had to be made the brakes would fail resulting in consumer having to steer clear of the hazard, virtually every part of the brake system has been replaced.”