1995 Mercury Cougar Vehicle speed control Problems
- Complaints
- 7about this part
- Share
- 6%of 109 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 120,148miles
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 7 complaints about the vehicle speed control of the 1995 Mercury Cougar, 6% of the 109 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 120,148 miles. 2 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“When slowing down from highway speeds, approximately 70 MPH, I tapped the brakes to disengage the cruse control, after making my exit in to a residential area the cruse control tried to resume my last recorded speed without me pressing any of the cruse controls. The car reached about 50mph in a 35mph zone and the RPM's spiked to about 5000 before I had to manually turn off the cruse control.”
NHTSA complaint #10761424, filed 2015-09, 200,000 miles“While shifting from drive to park, vehicle was being put into park, accelerated and hit a building, shifted to reverse, vehicle lurched backwards,brakes applied, vehicle would not stop, no warning.”
NHTSA complaint #985202, filed 1996-06Vehicle speed control: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 4 | 4% |
| 2001 | 3 | 4% |
| 2000 | 16 | 8% |
| 1999 | 31 | 7% |
| 1997 | 2 | 3% |
| 1996 | 5 | 8% |
| 1995 | 7 | 6% |
| 1994 | 11 | 8% |
| 1993 | 4 | 2% |
| 1992 | 8 | 9% |
| 1991 | 9 | 12% |
| 1990 | 18 | 21% |
| 1989 | 21 | 26% |
| 1988 | 10 | 18% |
| 1987 | 3 | 9% |
| 1986 | 2 | 15% |
| 1985 | 2 | 20% |
| 1984 | 1 | 6% |
Other parts of the 1995 Mercury Cougar
40 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
23 complaintsEngine cooling
19 complaintsFuel system
9 complaintsSuspension
8 complaintsElectrical system
5 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
5 complaintsOther or unknown
4 complaintsAir bags
3 complaintsEquipment
3 complaintsSeats
3 complaintsSteering
3 complaints
← All problems reported for the 1995 Mercury Cougar
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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