2000 Mercury Cougar problems
NHTSA has received 283 complaints about the 2000 Mercury Cougar, and 26% of them involve electrical system. After that come fuel system (17%) and engine (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 283 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 26% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 20 and 13
- Injuries and deaths
- 21 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 65,000 miles 119 complaints with mileage
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%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 6 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 26 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 18 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 31 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 19 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 11 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 119 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 65,000 miles. For electrical system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 65,000 miles (35 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 20 complaints mention a crash; 13 complaints mention a fire; 21 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2000 ranks 2nd most-complained-about out of 12 model years of the Mercury Cougar with enough data (189 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 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.
Air bags deploy out of no where. Caused car to loose control... The car has been fixed but airbag lights flash 6 times with a 2 second delay, and the the dealer cant fix it.
No airbag deployed when vehicle was involved in an accident. Consumer was traveling at approximately 60 to 65 MPH when vehicle rolled three times and impacted a telephone pole at approximately 40 to 45 MPH. Attached photographs.
My daughter was driving my 2000 mercury cougar on september 25 ,2006. When another vehicle went through a stop sign &they collided. She hit him with her front end & then proceeded to swerve head on into a telephone pole . So this makes two front end collisions & the air bags never deployed. In fact she had another accident in sept 2003 where a car went through a red light and hit her,but that was a side impact & again this air bag did not deploy.
My vehicle has not caused an accident or a crash yet, but it soon could. The throttle/ accelerator has been sticking on my 2000 mercury cougar since soon after I bought it in october of 2003. It started with the rpms revving up to 2 or 3 as I was coming to a stop. This happened once every couple weeks or so. The rpms do not go down until after I have completely stopped. It has since became more frequent (close to every time I drive the car) and significant(rpms go to 3 or 4).
Takata inflatorsi have a 2000. Mercury. Coguar. When. I bought the. Car it ran tgood, then. In 2014. I had to. Pay 1000. To get a. Fuel pump put in. And. That only lasted. 2yrs. Now the fuel pump went out . I don't. Have. That kind of money .I live on as. When I pay my bills I'm. Broke. I looked up recalls. And its the fuel system on the car. It just stops. Even in traffic. I don't see what my credit. Has anything. To do with getting help. Fixing my car if it has a recall. On the fuel system.