1997 Mercury Cougar Recalls

“My vehicles became totally disabled on a very busy highway with heavy after hours rush hour traffic. The manifold which is made of plastic broke were the coolant temperature sensor was built in, I also noticed that a few sparkplugs were flooded with coolant. I found out that there was a lawsuit on…”

“My vehicles became totally disabled on a very busy highway with heavy after hours rush hour traffic. The manifold which is made of plastic broke were the coolant temperature sensor was built in, I also noticed that a few sparkplugs were flooded with coolant. I found out that there was a lawsuit on…”

“Fuel was noted leaking from fuel lines just aft of the passenger side door. Upon further investigation, fuel was seem running down the fuel lines and side of fuel tank. Leak was caused by fuel lines chaffing through on top of tank. Car had 51,000 miles on it. *tt”

“I understand there was a class action suit due to a faulty intake manifold on many ford cars with a 4.6 liter engine. I or my kids have owned a 1997 mercury cougar since new. Recently this car which had been in storage for several years was given to my son who is laid off and attempting to…”

“Intake manifold crack and anti-freeze spilling out and a lot of steam smoke while I was driving,car in shop now a it will cost me $600.00 to fix. *tr”

“Ignition failed to turn with key. Put lubricant (wd-40) in hole and tapped with hammer until key turned.”

“Ford headlights: cloudy lenses: ford made autos have plastic lenses/headlights that cloud up over time, within 5 years to 10 years, that limit effectiveness of the headlights at night. I personally have hit curbs and narrowly missed pedestrians etc due to inability to see them at night due to low…”

“I have a 1997 mercury cougar xr7 that has 42,000 miles on it. The intake manifold cracked in my garage and liquids leaked all over garage. My car was one of the excluded vehicles in fords class action and recall of cracked manifolds. *nm”