1995 Mercury Cougar — reported problems
CarFaultIQ holds 199 evidence records for the 1995 Mercury Cougar, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.
What owners report: issue areas
Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 156 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.
- Brakes47 (30.1%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 1999–2002.
- Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)24 (15.4%)
- Engine18 (11.5%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 1999.
- Suspension12 (7.7%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 1999–2002.
- Fuel system10 (6.4%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 1999–2002.
- Speed control & accelerator7 (4.5%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 1999.
Other / uncategorized: 4 classifications (2.6%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.
These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.
What the records are about, by source
Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.
- Owner complaints (2,178 records, model years 1995–2002) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, fuel system and brakes.
- Manufacturer communications (1,149 records, model years 1995–2002) are most frequently classified under: powertrain (transmission & drivetrain), engine and electrical system.
"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records
Evidence by model year
Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.
- 1995 199 records for 1995
- 1996 182 records for 1996
- 1997 190 records for 1997
- 1999 699 records for 1999
- 2000 327 records for 2000
- 2001 146 records for 2001
- 2002 140 records for 2002
Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.
Reports mentioning outcomes
- 9mention a crash
- 4mention a fire
- 5mention an injury
These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.
Official records held
- Manufacturer communications NHTSA 89
- Investigations NHTSA 1
- Owner complaints NHTSA 109
Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle
These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.
A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.
Where to go next
- Mercury Cougar coverage hub Published problems, year windows and buyer guidance for this model.
- Evidence Explorer — the underlying records Read the individual recalls, investigations, manufacturer communications and complaints these counts come from.
- All model years of the Mercury Cougar Compare how much evidence is held for each year before narrowing to one.
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