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Mercury Cougar by model year

2,341 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Mercury Cougar across 12 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

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Complaints by model year

Total NHTSA complaints by model year, Mercury Cougar 0 375 750 1990: 104 '90 1991: 98 '91 1992: 122 '92 1993: 236 '93 1994: 178 '94 1995: 160 '95 1996: 77 '96 1997: 112 '97 1999: 740 '99 2000: 283 '00 2001: 103 '01 2002: 127 '02
Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.
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Model yearComplaints
1990104
199198
1992122
1993236
1994178
1995160
199677
1997112
1999740
2000283
2001103
2002127

All model years

Model yearComplaintsMost reportedRecallsMPGSafety
2002 127 Fuel system (39%) 1 21 to 24
2001 103 Fuel system (26%) 1 21 to 24
2000 283 Electrical system (26%) 3 21 to 25
1999 740 Electrical system (15%) 7 20 to 25
1997 112 Engine (22%) 18 to 19
1996 77 Engine (25%) 2 18 to 19
1995 160 Brakes (31%) 18 to 19
1994 178 Brakes (20%) 18 to 19
1993 236 Engine (48%) 3 18 to 19
1992 122 Lighting (23%) 3 18 to 20
1991 98 Engine (21%) 3 18 to 20
1990 104 Electrical system (20%) 3 18 to 20