Mercury Tracer Complaints (1995)

96 consumer complaints on file.

#10030353July 29, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR
HEAT SHIELD ATTATCHMENT IS CRACKED, RESULTING IN GASOLINE LEAK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10027128July 14, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
FUEL TANK IS LEAKING, CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT THE VEHICLE COULD CATCH ON FIRE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#769469November 8, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY, AIR BAGS
MY DATES/ MILEAGE ARE NOT ACCURATE, BUT INFO OTHERWISE IS CORRECT. DO I NEED ACCIDENT REPORT FOR AIR BAG DATE? I AM SCARRED FROM THE GAS AND THE AIRBAG SEAM THAT RIPPED MY WRISTS OPEN FROM THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE BAGS DURING THIS ACCIDENT. I WAS QUITE INFECTED. ALSO, MY GAS TANK CRACKED A FEW YEARS AGO AND MY EX-BEAU USED BOAT PUTTY FOR PLASTIC BOAT GAS TANKS TO FIX IT UNTIL I COULD HANDLE IT. IT HELD WELL UNTIL NOW AND HAS CRACKED FURTHER IN THE SAME AREA. PUTTY IS NOT HOLDING ANY LONGER. I WAS JUST ABOUT TO REPLACE THE TANK RECENTLY WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE RECALL. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF I AM STILL ELIGIBLE FOR A REPLACEMENT TANK PER THE RECALL OF 1997 AND FOR REPLACEMENT AIR BAGS. AFTER MY ACCIDENT I DID HAVE MY CAR REPAIRED BUT WONDER IF THE SAME YR AND MODEL OF AIRBAG MAY BE INSTALLED. PLEASE ADVISE ASAP. I NEED TO HANDLE MY AIR BAGS & TANK AS I CAN PUT LESS THAN $7 IN GAS AT A TIME OR IT LEAKS AND EATS ASPHALT AWAY ON THE STREET AND IN PARKING SPACES. THE SMELL AND DANGER IS AT A HIGH LEVEL. PLEASE RESPOND QUICKLY.THANKS AGAIN. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8018099September 6, 2002
SEAT BELTS
DRIVER'S SIDE MOTORIZED SHOULDER BELT IS STUCK IN MID-POSITION, NOT MOVING FORWARD OR AROUND DRIVER. MANUFACTURE IS CLAIMING NO RESPONSIBILITY OF FAILURE FOR MOTOR BURNING OUT. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8015519August 5, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
FUEL LEAKAGES FROM FUEL TANK WHILE VEHICLE PARKED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8013437July 8, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
THERE WAS A SMELL OF FUEL IN INSIDE OF VEHICLE.DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND MECHANIC STATED THERE WAS A MASSIVE LEAK OF FUEL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012996July 1, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
WHILE FUELING VEHICLE FUEL BEGAN TO LEAK CONSISTENTLY .DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. CONSUMER FOUND OUT THERE WAS A RECALL 97V145000; HOWEVER, RECALL WAS LIMITED TO STATES WITH A WARM CLIMATES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8010409May 23, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, SMELLED FUEL ON THE OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE CONSUMER STATES FOUND A RECALL ON THE SAME PROBLEM HOWEVER MANUFACTURER STATES VEHICLE DOES NOT MATCH VIN NUMBER.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#762160May 22, 2002
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY, SEAT BELTS, POWER TRAIN, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
PURCHASED THE CAR USED, A/C HAS NOT BE OPERATIONAL SINCE-EMITS A FOUL ODOR. CONTINUOUS HEATER CORE LEAKS AND FAILURE, EMITS FOUL ODOR RESEMBLING ANTIFREEZE. CAUSES NAUSEA AND HEADACHES. NOT SURE IF A/C PROBLEMS AND HEATER CORE PROBLEMS ARE RELATED. SPEEDOMETER BOUNCES AROUND AFTER 30MPH IS EXCEEDED. CRUISE CONTROL CUTS OFF WHEN GOING UP AN INCLINE. AUTOMATIC SEATBELTS STICK IN POSITION. BEEP THAT ALERTS WHEN YOU HAVE A KEY IN THE IGNITION AND A DOOR OPEN, BEEPS CONSTANTLY EVEN WHEN NO KEY IS IN IGNITION, CANNOT FIND CAUSE. CIGARETTE LIGHTER DOES NOT WORK, CANNOT FIND CAUSE. AUTOMATIC BELT TENSIONER RATTLES. HAVE READ THROUGH THE CONSUMER COMPLAINTS, AND IT SEEMS AS THOUGH I JUST ABOUT HAVE THEM ALL. CHECKED DATE OF MANUFACTURE FOR FUEL TANK RECALL, ONE MONTH SHORT OF BEING IN RECALL, HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT LEAKAGE. SOMETIMES I DO HAVE A FUEL ODOR IN THE CAR, ESPECIALLY WHEN CAR HAS JUST BEEN FILLED UP. ANY HELP IN THIS MATTER WOULD GREATLY BE APPRECIATED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8007649April 15, 2002
SEAT BELTS
AUTOMATIC DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT HESITATES TO RELEASE AND RETRACTS AFTER ENTERING CAR.*AK *YD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8004421February 22, 2002
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
HOOD WOULD INTERMITTENTLY FAIL TO LATCH OR UNLATCH. DEALER REPLACED LATCH, BUT PROBLEM WAS REOCCURRING. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#898567October 31, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
IGNITION FAILS INTERMITTENTLY, PREVENTING CONSUMER FROM USING VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE TO DETERMINE A CAUSE FOR THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751893September 8, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
POTENTIAL FOR FATALIES WAS GREAT AS CAR JUST QUIT AT 65 MPH WITH NO WARNING IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF A 3 LANE INTERSTATE. THIS HAPPENED TWICE. BOTH TIMES HEAD JUST BLEW APPARENTLY ALLOWING WATER TO BE SUCKED OUT BOTTOM OF CAR CIRCUMVENTING SENSORS. RADIATOR STILL HAD WATER IN IT.. NO STEAM OR INDICATION CAR WAS HOT. TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS READING NORMAL BOTH TIMES. I HAD MULITPLE MECHANICS REVIEW CAR AND NO ONE CAN FIND PROBLEM. HOWEVER BOTH TIMES WATER SEAPED INTO PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR BOARD. AFTER REBUILDING ENGINE AND THEN REPLACING ENGINE WHEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN AT 91,000 MILES NO ONE COULD EXPLAIN WHY IT HAPPENED OR FIND A PROBLEM WITH COOLING SYSTEM OR ANY OTHER COMPONENT..I FEAR TO DRIVE THIS CAR AGAIN NOT KNOWING WHAT IS CAUSING IT OR WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895738September 5, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE STALLED OUT AT STOPS AND ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. DEAELR WILL BE CONTACTED. PLEASE ADD VIN AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION TO COMPLETE THE FORM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10006922July 24, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
WHEN BRAKING AT LOW SPEEDS (UNDER 35 MPH), CALIPER SLIDES ARE STICKING. YOU CAN HEAR A KNOCKING NOISE AND FEEL THEM GRABBING THROUGH THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE CALIPER SLIDES WERE ORIGINALLY REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP AND IT SEEMED TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM. APPROX. 1 YEAR LATER THE SAME THING STARTED. THE CALIPER SLIDES WERE THEN GREASED AND THIS SEEMED TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM UNTIL APPROX. 1 MORE YEAR LATER. THE CALIPER SLIDES WERE STICKING AGAIN, MAKING CLUNKING NOISES WHEN YOU BRAKE. I WAS TOLD THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT REQUIRE REGULAR MAINTENANCE. I WANT TO KNOW WHY THIS IS STILL HAPPENING TO THE CALIPER SLIDES AND WHY THERE IS NOT A RECALL ON THIS IF THE PROBLEM CANNOT BE CORRECTED. *PH *JB **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS**749080
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#891953July 3, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
FUEL TANK IS LEAKING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#891567June 28, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR
FUEL TANK ASSEMBLE DEVELOPED CRACKS NEAR HEAT SHIELD ATTACHMENT, RESULTING INTO A FUEL LEAKAGE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#891419June 27, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
SMELLED A GAS ODOR WHILE IN VEHICLE. ALSO, FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING, IT HAD A CRACK IN THE FRONT PART. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED HAD TO ORDER FUEL TANK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745134May 10, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHEN I BOUGHT THE MERCURY TRACER BACK IN 1996, I WAS VERY EXCITED, BUT AFTER THE FIRST YEAR OF OWNING THE VEHICLE THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE GAS TANKS, AT WHICH TIME I TOOK THE CAR IN TO BE CHECKED. SOON AFTER THAT I BEGAN TO HAVE MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR. THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED AT WHICH TIME IT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, THE KEY SWITHCH STOP WORKING MEANING THE SWITCH WOULD NOT TURN TO OFF POSITION, THE DOOR LOCKS WOULD NOT LOCK, THE ELECTRIC SEATBELT STOP WORKING A FEW MONTHS AFTER HOLIDAY FORD SAID THEY FIXED IT. EVERY YEAR FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE BRAKED FIXED(ROTERS). THE JUST LAST YEAR THE HEATING SYSTEM WENT OUT, THE RADIATOR HAD A SMALL LEAK AND IT . I DON'T GO ON MAJOR TRIPS, I HAVE KEPT THE CAR UP WITH REGULAR MAINTENANCE FOR HAVING THIS CAR FOR SIX YEARS I HAVE HAD ALL THESE PROBLEMS AND MABY A FEW MORE, I WILL SIT DOWN AND WRITE LIST. THEN HERE IT IS 2001 AND THE MORTOR JUST DIED WITHOUT WARNING, I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET GETTING READY TO TURN THE CORNER AND THE MOTOR JUST STARTED SHAKING AND THE BRAKES PARTIALLY FAILED, IT WAS WEIRD BECAUSE ONE MINUET IT WAS WORKING FINE AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW IT JUST BEGAN TO SHAKE. I WAS TOLD BY A MACHANIC THAT THE CAR WILL NEED A NEW MOTOR. I HAVE FRIENDS WHO HAVE HAD THEIR CAR FOR 15-20 YEARS AND THE MOTOR IS STILL WORKING, SO WHY DID MY MOTOR JUST DIE OUT. THE CAR HAD OIL AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT IS SUPPOSE TO KEEP IT IN SHAPE, I TRULY BELIEVE THIS CAR WAS A LEMON TO BEGIN WITH, PLEASE HELP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881022February 21, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
TRAVELING 40MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE MADE A "U" TURN INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE. TRACER HIT DRIVER'S REAR, AND AIR BAGS FAILEDTO DEPLOY. EMERGENCY ROOM TREATMENT AND RELEASED.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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