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2000 Mercury Cougar electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 74 complaints for the 2000 Mercury Cougar, 26% of the complaints on file. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
74 26% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
65,000 miles 35 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 9
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2000 Mercury Cougar Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 65,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 6 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 6 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 11 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 6 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 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: 65,000 miles
Based on 35 complaints that include mileage. 34% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles0
20k to 40k miles6
40k to 60k miles6
60k to 80k miles11
80k to 100k miles6
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 35 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 65,000 miles, and 34% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 9 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

The car would stall without warning one time leaving me in the middle of a busy intersection. This time on a slight hill I sat stalled with hazard lights & headlights on but got rear ended by a motorist traveling 50 MPH. Had problem looked at & thought it was repaired but happened again. Car is now totaled. Air bag did not deploy and gas shut off valve didn't work because much later at tow yard car was started. It could of been my death! 6 days in hospital & no car.

March 2004 CrashInjury

I have a 2000 mercury cougar that I bought brand new and has been service faithfully by a dealership. But recently in the past 2 months there have been 3 alternators put on my car all resulting from the same problem. The console lights flicker and dim, the headlights flicker and dim, the battery light flashes and eventually it stays lighted and the gauges zero out and the car shuts down starting with the radio and eventually the light goes out and the car dies.

Reported at 66,000 miles, July 2004

Other problems reported for the 2000 Mercury Cougar

Electrical system problems in other years

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Electrical system problems across all Mercury models