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1992 Mercury Topaz: raw data

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vehicle1992 / mercury / topaz
known issues6 clusters (reviewed 2026-10-10)
complaints84 on file (1995-06-26 → 2008-09-17)
recalls0
investigations0
farsnot identifiable in FARS
indexedyes
licenseCC BY 4.0 (derived)

Known Issues clusters all years →

Automatic seat belt retraction and motor failureSEAT BELTS20 complaints1995-07 → 2004-01topaz-1992-automatic-seat-belt-failure
  • 889918 AUTOMATIC SEAT BELTS WILL NOT RETRACT BACK. BELT HAS TO BE TUGGED ON TO RETRACT. MOTOR MAKES A GRINDING AND RATTLING NOISE
  • 832095 AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT IS INOPERATIVE, WILL NOT MOVE OR RETRACT WHEN DOOR IS OPENED OR CLOSED, CAUSING LOSS OF PROTECTION
  • 969579 DRIVER'S AND PASSENGERS'S SIDE SEAT BELT FAILURE, AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT FAILURE, MOTORS SIEZED WORKING
Brake master cylinder, pedal and rotor failuresSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC5 complaints1996-02 → 1999-09topaz-1992-hydraulic-brake-failure
  • 848336 WHEN TRAVELING 30 MPH ON WET PAVEMENT, AND UPON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL, PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR BOARD, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE
  • 509055 MASTER CYLINDER FAILED, ALSO REPLACED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS/PADS
  • 980289 FRONT BRAKE DISC ROTORS WARP, DIFFICULTY STOPPING VEHICLE
Crankshaft pulley failureENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING2 complaints1995-08 → 1996-11topaz-1992-crankshaft-pulley-failure
  • 804959 AT 55000 MILES THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY FAILED
  • 970014 PULLEY ON CRANKSHAFT SPLIT, DEALER REPLACED FOR FREE, SPLITTING AGAIN
Automatic transmission shifting and drive failuresPOWER TRAIN5 complaints1995-06 → 2008-09topaz-1992-automatic-transmission-failure
  • 967660 W/AUTO-TRANS; VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF LOW GEAR. VEHICLE IN DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES W/CAUSE NOT CORRECTED
  • 10242650 WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 25-30 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. IT ONLY ROLLED BACKWARDS INTO TRAFFIC
Engine stalling while driving or stoppingENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING6 complaints1996-11 → 2001-05topaz-1992-engine-stalling
  • 817065 ENGINE STALLS IN TRAFFIC WITHOUT WARNING, 3 TO 5 TIMES A WEEK, HAPPENS DURING WEATHER TEMPATURES OF 85 DEGREES, POTENTIAL FOR CRASH, DEALER HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT'S CAUSING PROBLEM
  • 887613 WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND COMING UP TO A STOP LIGHT/SIGN VEHICLE WOULD STALL OUT
  • 844076 VEHICLE JUST STOPS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT WARNING. THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR 6 YEARS
Ignition switch failure and steering column fireELECTRICAL SYSTEM4 complaints1996-09 → 2007-07topaz-1992-ignition-steering-column-fire
  • 10044838 VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM THE STEERING WHEEL.*MR WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED FLAMES BURST OUT FROM THE STEERING WHEEL
  • 801951 WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR (7) HOURS IT CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN
  • 10195557 THE IGNITION SWITCH FELL APART 3 TIMES ON THE TOPAZ SINCE 1995, THE SWITCHES I BOUGHT AT FORD DEALERSHIP WAS THE EXACT SAME ONE THAT FELL APART

NHTSA complaints (summary) all years →

countearliest_datelatest_datecrash_flaggedfire_flaggedtop_components
841995-06-262008-09-1737SEAT BELTS:20; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:19; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12; VISIBILITY:7; POWER TRAIN:6

Recalls all years →

none listed

Investigations all years →

none listed

FARS occupant deaths all years →

not identifiable in FARS (absent, not zero)

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Wrench.Pro (2026). 1992 Mercury Topaz vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/1992/mercury/topaz
@misc{wrenchpro_1992_mercury_topaz_2026,
  author = {Wrench.Pro},
  title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 1992 Mercury Topaz},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/1992/mercury/topaz}},
  note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}

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