Mercury Tracer Complaints (1996)

12 consumer complaints on file.

#10150759February 21, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE MADE A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE. THE CONTACT IMMEDIATELY TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND THE NOISE STOPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE ENGINE SEAT, CYLINDER HEAD, AND HEAD GASKET WHICH CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. UPDATED 3/28/2006 - *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10027207July 14, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
VEHICLE HAD A FUEL LEAK WHICH WAS CAUSED BY A CRACK IN THE FUEL TANK NEAR THE EXHAUST.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893567August 6, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING DRIVING 55 MPH CONSUMER LOST CONTROL AND WENT INTO A DITCH. AIR BAGS DID DEPLOY AND EXPLODE. CONTACT DEALER, AND DEALER HAS NOT RESPONDED.*AK CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT SEAT BELT CAME LOOSE.*JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#878964January 24, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
RETRACTOR ON DRIVER'S SIDE LOCKS UP, AND WHEN DOOR IS OPENED IT SLIDES QUICKLY BACK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#874100October 30, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THIS VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 45 MPH, AND FORNTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550453January 18, 2000
SEAT BELTS
THE DRIVERS SIDE MOTORBELT FAILED. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#547346July 19, 1999
SEAT BELTS
DRIVERS SIDE MOTOR BELT FAILED. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#708379July 8, 1999
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
ON 6-25-99 WE WERE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. WE WERE AT A COMPLETE STOP WHEN ANOTHER DRIVER REAR-ENDED US GOING ABOUT 35-40MILES PER HOUR. AT IMPACT BOTH FRONT SEATS LATCH BROKE AND THE SEATS SLID BACK AND RESTED IN THE LAPS OF MY 3 CHILDREN SEATED IN THE BACK. THE DRIVERS SEAT ALSO SEEMED TO BECOME UNBOLTED AND TWISTED BEFORE IT SLID BACK HITTING MY 10 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER BETWEEN THE EYES. AT SUCH A HIGH RATE OF SPEED I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED THE AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY AND THEY DID NOT. OUR CAR SLID ONE CITY BLOCK AT IMPACT. THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED AND THE REAR DOORS JAMMED. I HAD TO LEAN AND PULL ON THE FRONT SEATS TO PULL MY CHILDREN FROM THE BACK SEATS. THIS WAS ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT FOR MY 3AND 1 YEAR OLDS BECAUSE THEY WERE LOCKED IN CHILD SAFETY SEATS. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
5
Deaths:
0
#821348January 5, 1998
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
THE DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S DOORS WOULD POP & GRIND WHENEVER THEY ARE OPENED. AIR COMES THROUGH THE WINDOW. TOOK TO DEALER 4 TIMES & GOING FOR 5TH TIME. PROBLEM GETTING WORSE. DOORS ARE HARDER TO OPEN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#526837December 11, 1997
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
DURING A REAR END COLLISION BOTH FRONT BUCKET SEATS SLID BACK AND THEN FELL BACK INTO ARECLINE DPOSITION ON TOP OF THE PASSENGERS IN THE REAR SEAT, CAUSING THEM TO HIT THEIR HEADS ON THE FRONT SEATS.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
4
Deaths:
0
#817788October 28, 1997
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHEN DRIVING ON ANY ROAD CONDITION A VIBRATING NOISE COMES FROM THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG. THE PASSANGER'S SIDE AIRBAG HAS BEEN REPLACED, AND 3 TO 4 DAYS LATER THE VIBRATION STARTED AGAIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#603445July 1, 1997
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
POWER STEERING PUMP MAKES NOISE WHEN TURNING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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