1998 Mercury Tracer Recalls

“Speeds up on its own when driving and when stopped at lights. Occurs every time I drive it. Most of all in the winter time. Tried to repaired it at station but was unable to do so. *tr”

“While I am on the foot brake slowing down, car suddenly revs, shifts into gear and accelerates. I am unable to hold back the vehicle even when pushing as hard as I can on the brake pedal. I have to knock the shift lever into neutral to stop.*ak”

“Dt: the contact took vehicle to dealer for regular maintenance, and the dealer discovered the rear passenger strut broke. Inside the strut was a piece of rubber. No repairs have been made. *ak”

“Dt : trunk latch was faulty. Truck latch had a sensor in it that will cause the vehicle not to run. The part they replaced was called a trunk latch. It will cause the engine to decelerate while driving down the highway. The trunk lid was closed but the sensor inside of it was faulty because it…”

“While driving 70 mph the consumer lost control of her 1998 mercury tracer and collided head on into a guardrail. Neither of the frontal air bags deployed. *nm the entire front end was smashed into the engine. *sc *jb”

“On december 11, 2004 I was out shopping and I got in the car and it would not start I left it sit there over night and went back the next day and it started. I have had 3 machanicks look at it and none of them know why it did it.*ak”

“While driving the horn started blowing and I had to take the fues out to stop it. *ak”

“Rear coil spring fractured, without provocation, in my 1998 mercury tracer sedan. After speaking to 3 different independent shops and 2 different ford service departments, it was absolutely clear that ford/mercury has a known material defect that they have chosen to ignore. Everyone concedes that…”