2002 Mercury Cougar Air bags Problems
- Complaints
- 7about this part
- Share
- 7%of 95 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 86,000miles
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 7 complaints about the air bags of the 2002 Mercury Cougar, 7% of the 95 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 86,000 miles. 5 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.
“Airbag warning light comes on. No accident, stationary and in motion. I do not see a recall reference airbag? With the complaints I read on your site about the airbags, there should be a recall???????????”
NHTSA complaint #11309840, filed 2020-02, 144,000 miles“My daughter hit the back of a school bus in may of 2006 in which the air bags did not deploy. Last night she barely scraped her rim on a curb and both air bags went off and cracked the windshield. This must have been faulty air bags from the start because they should have went off in the front end collision she had, and should not of released when she hit her rim on a curb.”
NHTSA complaint #10204450, filed 2007-09, 50,000 miles“On approx. The 15th of march, my daughter lost all power in car while driving through lunch traffic in town and was nearly rearended by a petroluem tanker. We brought car in to dealership. They ran a battery test and b/c that came back fine they refused to do any further testing. She was having problems getting the key to turn over to start car. They fixed that problem at the same time. On the 15th of may, the car came out of the shop for the 2nd time after it had lost power twice on her while driving again.her. The dealership contacted ford headquarters for recalls. …”
NHTSA complaint #764227, filed 2002-07“The contact owns a 2002 Mercury Cougar. While driving 30 MPH, the front passenger side crashed into a parked vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. The road conditions were normal. The vehicle was destroyed and towed. A police report was filed. The driver was transported via ambulance to the emergency room. She was not wearing a seat belt and sustained a head injury and received stitches to her lip. The current and failure mileages were 86,000. *updated 12/12/2007 the consumer wants to know was there a malfunction with the air bags? Updated 12/12/07”
NHTSA complaint #10205706, filed 2007-10, 86,000 miles“While driving at 40 MPH a vehicle ahead slammed on the brakes and consumer hit the brakes and the vehicle jumped and accelerated which caused consumer's vehicle to hit the vehicle ahead. During this, the driver seat belt did not restrain, and the air bags did not deploy.”
NHTSA complaint #10024932, filed 2003-06Air bags: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 7 | 7% |
| 2001 | 6 | 7% |
| 2000 | 17 | 8% |
| 1999 | 31 | 7% |
| 1997 | 1 | 1% |
| 1996 | 1 | 2% |
| 1995 | 3 | 3% |
| 1994 | 10 | 7% |
| 1993 | 2 | 1% |
| 1991 | 1 | 1% |
Other parts of the 2002 Mercury Cougar
49 complaintsEngine cooling
11 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
10 complaintsEngine
9 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
6 complaintsElectrical system
4 complaintsVehicle speed control
4 complaintsOther or unknown
3 complaintsSeat belts
3 complaintsSteering
3 complaintsSuspension
3 complaintsBrakes
2 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2002 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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