Mercury Tracer Complaints

567 consumer complaints on file.

#868460August 23, 2000
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
CONSUMER WAS INSIDE OF STORE WHEN HE HEARD HORN GOING OFF. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT HORN ASSEMBLY WAS ATTACHED TO AIRBAG, AND THAT AIRBAG MODULAR UNIT HAD TO BE REPLACED AS ONE UNIT. CONSUMER STATED THAT JUST BY TOUCHING ON HORN LIGHTLY IT WOULD GO OFF. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#866265July 28, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
BALL JOINTS WITHOUT OILING GREASE ZERK FITTINGS WHICH CAUSED THE BALL JOINTS TO CRACK/BREAK DUE TO LACK OF LUBRICATION. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK THE RUBBER BOOTS AROUND THE BALL JOINTS ARE DEFLATED WITH NO ZERKS TO INSERT GREASE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#866149July 27, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
RETAINING PINS THAT HOLD BRAKE PADS IN PLACE ARE LOOSE, CAUSING CONTACT TO THE WHEEL, AND EVENTUAL SEPARATION. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK MORE SPECIFICALLY THE RETAINING CLIPS THAT HOLD THE RETAINING PINS IN THE FRONT BRAKE ASSEMBLY SNAP AND FLY OFF OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THE PINS CONTACT THE WHEEL. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#725506July 16, 2000
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
WHINNING NOISE COMMING FROM REAR DIFFERENTAL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#725394July 13, 2000
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY
REAR COIL SPRINGS RUSTED OUT AND ARE BROKEN PREMATURELY, REQUIRING REPLACEMENT, UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#725315July 12, 2000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS GOING OFF AND ON SOMETIMES LOOSING LEGAL DRIVER SPEED. THEN MUST DOWNSHIFT OF PRESS ALL THE WAY DOWN ON THE GAS PEDAL UNTIL IT REACHES NORMAL SPEED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#865187July 11, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CRANKSHAFT/PULLEY FELL APART, CAUSING THE BELT TO SEPARATE FROM THE VEHICLE, AND DAMAGE TO THE TIMING CHAIN. DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864435June 28, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
THIS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME EXACT PROBLEMS AS MENTIONED IN MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 5577, SEAT BELT RETRACTOR LOCKED UP AT LOW BELT PULLOUT RATES, WHICH DISCOURAGED SEAT BELT USE. DEALERSHIP HAS ADVISED CONSUMER THAT THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863827June 20, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SEATS
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD TRAVELING 40MPH, AND FOLLOWING BEHIND OTHER VEHICLES GOING TO THE BEACH, SOMEONE PULLED OUT IN FRONT AND STOPPED SHORT, CAUSING A CHAIN REACTION. CONSUMER REARENDED THE BACK OF A TRAILER, AND NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE, AND WAS INJURED. *AK *ML
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#863833June 20, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
WHILE SITTING IN VEHICLE WITH THE IGNITION RUNNING ABOUT 3 GALLONS OF FUEL LEAKED FROM THE SEAM OF THE FUEL TANK. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. FUEL TANK WILL BE REPLACED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. THE FUEL TANK WAS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. VEHICLE HAS SAME FUEL TANK AS TRACERS RECALLED FOR 97S80-FUEL TANK HEAT SHIELD MODIFICATION. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863855June 20, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. *AK *ML
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#863615June 15, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
STARTER SHORTED OUT, CAUSING A FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#723851June 10, 2000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863059June 6, 2000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
WHEN VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS. NOT SURE IF VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY TOTALLED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#863102June 6, 2000
SEAT BELTS
DRIVER'S SEAT BELT FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY. BELT WOULD STOP THE MIDDLE OF TRACK, LEAVING DRIVER WITHOUT PROPER RETRAINT. ALSO, PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT WOULD INTERMITTENTLY STOP OPERATING. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT REPAIRS WOULD BE DONE ONLY AT CONSUMER'S COST BECAUSE THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#862587May 25, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT KEEPS GETTING STUCK, AND WOULD LOCK CONSUMER IN SEAT. ALSO REAR DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT BUCKLE WILL NOT LATCH. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER, BUT DEALER WILL NOT FIX IT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#723087May 23, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
IHAD THIS CAR IN FOR A CHECK UP MIDAS TOLD ME ALOT OF CARS LIKE MINE WAS REPLASED ON COIL PLEASE CHECK THIS OUT MY COIL IS CRACKED ON THE RIGHT SIDE I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE RECALLED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#723090May 23, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
CONCERNED ONLY ABOUT GAS TANK. DROVE 33 MILES OVER SMOOTH HIGHWAY TO CANAL WHERE I FISH ABOUT EVERY 2 MONTHS,NO SPEED BUMPS, NO POTHOLES, NO BUMPS OR HITS OF ANY KIND. FISHING DOWNWIND FROM CAR SMELLED GASOLINE. FILLED TANK BEFORE LEAVING HOME, WHEN PARKED AT HOME HAD ONLY HALF TANK GAS LEFT, FOUND TANK LEAKING FROM FRONT LEFT MOUNTING BOLT AT RATE OF ABOUT 1 DROP PER SECOND. CAR HAS NEVER BEEN HIT OR BUMPED, ALWAYS KEEP MY CARS 8=10 YEARS, PERFORMING ALL NEEDED MAINTENACE MORE OFTEN THAN MANUAL RECOMMENDS. DRIVING FOR 53 YEARS, 35 OF IT FOR BELL TEL., NO ACCIDENTS EVER. KNOW OF CARS OVER 20 YEARS OLD STILL ON ROAD WITHOUT TANKS LEAKING. FEEL THAT AN IMPLIED WARRANTY SHOULD BE IN EFFECT HERE, THAT I SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT OF EXPECTATION THAT A CAR I BUY NEW AND TAKE 5-STAR CARE OF SHOULD NOT DEVELOP A LEAKING GAS TANK WITHOUT CAUSE.DEALER WANTS $600 FOR NEW TANK, WON'T INSTALL A USED ONE BECAUSE OF "POSSIBLE LEGAL LIABILIY DOWN THE ROAD". YOUR OPINION APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. MEC. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#862333May 22, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE VALVE FELL OFF THE ENGINE AND CAUSED ENGINE FAILURE. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALLS, AND ALL REPAIRS WOULD BE AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#721470April 14, 2000
POWER TRAIN
SPEEDOMETER BOUNCES ALL AROUND. JUST LIKE THE FORD TAURUS'S. ANY RECALL OR OTHER REPORTS? EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE SPEEDOMETER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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