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1999 Mercury Cougar wipers, windshield & visibility problems

Owners reported wipers, windshield & visibility problems in 56 complaints for the 1999 Mercury Cougar, 8% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
56 8% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
56,000 miles 19 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When wipers, windshield & visibility problems show up

Wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by mileage, 1999 Mercury Cougar Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 56,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 6 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 4 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 56,000 miles
Based on 19 complaints that include mileage. 53% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
View the numbers
MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles1
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles6
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles4
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 19 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints that report mileage, the median is about 56,000 miles, and 53% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the wipers, windshield & visibility complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

Driver side window leaks, paint had to be buffed due to free fall, rear end has a squeaks when turning or hitting bumps, the door ajar alarm stays on, and the bulb failure light comes on but there is no bulb out. Vehicle is only 2 weeks old.

Sunroof opens when switch is pushed. Then when switch is pushed the sunroof will not close. You can hear the motor trying to work to close the sunroof but it just never happens. After waitng a few hours to a couple of days and then try to close the sunroof by pushing the switch, the sunroof will close. The dealership said that the entire motor needed to be replaced which doesn't make sense becasue if the motor works to open the sunroof, then it should work to close the sunroof.

Reported at 46,000 miles, June 2003

Other problems reported for the 1999 Mercury Cougar

Wipers, windshield & visibility problems in other years

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Wipers, windshield & visibility problems across all Mercury models