1991 Mercury Capri problems
NHTSA has received 33 complaints about the 1991 Mercury Capri, and 18% of them involve engine. Next are air bags (15%) and transmission (15%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 33 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 18% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 3 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 2 injuries reported.
It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Consumer's son drove and was involved in a head-on collision, and air bags did not deploy. Consumer was slightly injured.
Vehicle collided head-on with a pole traveling approximately 60MPH. Consumer states that driver's front air bag "exploded", cracking the front windshield, and causing injury to driver's head, chin, and neck.
On the first occasion consumer was driving and the transmission oil leaked out of the car and the second time consumer was driving and car caught on fire, no one was hurt . Please describe . Consumer states each time the same area has been affected; oil hose to cooler in front of engine. *slc
Driving, then coming to a stop or slowing down, when suddenly the engine stops running, and will not re-start. At first it restarted after about 4 hours. Next when it had happened it did not restart until overnight rest. The it started right up and ran for several days when the same thing had happened again. This started the summer of 2007, about a month after the four year extended warranty from the reselling dealer expired. Changed out the "ignition control module," napa replacement part #tp175.
Other model years of the Capri
- 1994
- 1993
- 1992
- 1991