Mercury · Model Report
Showing safety data for the 1985 model year only.
BRAKE MASTER CYLINDERS MAY HAVE IMPROPERLY ANODIZED INTERNAL SURFACES CAUSING ACCELERATED WEAR OF A PISTON SEAL. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: ONE PORTION OF THE SPLIT BRAKE SYSTEM WOULD BECOME INEFFECTIVE RESULTING IN INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. DRIVER WOULD BE WARNED BY INCREASED PEDAL TRAVEL AND THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT.
GOODYEAR TIRES (P215/70R15) FAILED. *SLC
No injuries · No fire · No crash
WHILE TRYING TO START VEHICLE IT WOULD NOT START. *AK
No injuries · No fire · No crash
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE STALLS. WHEN CONSUMER REACHES TO 60 MPH VEHICLE WILL SHUTDOWN, AND THE CONSUMER HAS TO COAST OFF THE HIGHWAY TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE REPAIR SHOP, AND DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK
No injuries · No fire · No crash
DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS VEHICLE WOULD SURGE & ACCELERATE; WOULD HAVE FOOT ON BRAKES AT TIME TO SLOW DOWN. AFTER DRIVING A WHILE WOULD PULL OFF ROAD & TURN VEHICLE OFF & THEN RESTART; NO SIGN OF SURGING/ACCELERATING; PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. TOOK TO DEALER & COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM. *AK
No injuries · No fire · No crash
BASICALLY THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED, WHEN SWITCH WAS REMOVED BY OWNER THE SWITCH WAS CHARGED AND BURNED. ALSO SOME WIRING WAS BURNED. *AK
No injuries · No fire · No crash