1995 Mercury Villager Recalls, Problems & Maintenance

“STRONG SMELL OF RAW FUEL IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT WITH THE HEATER RUNNING IN COLD OR COOL WEATHER”

“WHILE DRIVING COULD SMELL FUEL ODOR INSIDE OF VEHICLE. STOPPED AND LOOKED UNDER HOOD, AND SAW FUEL LEAKAGE COMING FROM FEED LINE ON FUEL INJECTION. *AK”

“THERE IS A VERY STRONG SMELL OF GAS INSIDE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS GOTTEN SICK FROM SMELL BEFORE. CONTACTED DEALER WHO WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *AK *YH”

“RECALL 00V419002, CONTACTED DEALER WHO INFORMED CONSUMER THERE WERE NO PARTS AVAILABLE FROM FORD. NO DATE GIVEN WHEN PARTS WERE DUE AT DEALER. *AK”

“STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. PROBLEM COMES AND GOES. MECHANICS DO NOT KNOW WHY. I CALLED THE DEALER BUT THEY (3037611560) STATED THAT MY VEHICLE'S VIN NUMBER WASN'T AMONG THOSE RECALLED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. *JB”

“THE CONSUMER CALLED THE DEALER TO HAVE RECALL 00V-419 PERFORMED BUT WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE 3 MONTHS BEFORE THE PART WOULD BE AVAILABLE. NLM”

“THE CONSUMER BEGAN TO HEAR EXHAUST NOISES AND SMELLED EXHAUST GASES IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THE CONSUMER THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD STUD(S) WERE BROKEN. THE TOTAL BILL WOULD HAVE BEEN APPROXIMATELY $1,000. THROUGH THE INTERNET, THE”

“WHILE DRIVING EXHAUST WAS EXTREMELY NOISY, DEALER DETERMINED 2 STUDS USED TO ATTACH EXHAUST MANIFOLD HAD BROKEN. REPLACEMENT ENGINE WITH 50000 MILES.*AK”

“BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT EXHAUST MANIFOLD STUDS FAILED. THE LEFT EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND ALL STUDS WERE REPLACED 09/16/99, 51,590 MILEAGE. THIS IS THE SECOND FAILURE OF THE LEFT EXHAUST MANIFOLD STUDS.*AK”

“FRONT PASSENGER LAP SEAT BELT STOPPED WORKING WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING. CONSUMER WILL NOT BE RESTRAINT IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT.*AK”

“BELT RETRACTOR IN RIGHT MIDDLE AND RIGHT REAR PASSENGER SEATING POSITIONS HAVE LOCKED UP AND WILL NOT RELEASE. *AK BOTH SEAT BELTS WERE REPLACED, ONE ON WARRANTY AND ANOTHER AT CONSUMER'S COST. *YH”

“ELECTRONIC SEAT BELT WHICH COMES ACROSS THE SHOULDER AND CHEST HAS MALFUNCTIONED. IT MAKES A GRINDING NOISE, AND THE BELT DOES NOT COME ACROSS THE SHOULDER ANY MORE. TOOK TO DEALER. *AK CONSUMER STATES DEALER REPLACED THE SEAT BELT 3 TIMES IN ONE YEAR, STILL”

“MY SLIDING DOOR LATCH ON MY 1995 MERCURY VILLAGER POPS OPEN WHEN I AM DRIVING!!! I AM AFRAID MY CHILD WILL FALL OUT AND I WILL SUE MERCURY FOR A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY. *LA”

“THE SIDE DOOR POPS OPEN TO THE 2ND LATCH AT VARYING SPEEDS EVEN IF THE DOORS ARE LOCKED. IT HAS POPPED OPEN AT 5MPH AND AT 70 MPH. A BUMP OR JIGGLE IS ALL IT TAKES TO OPEN. THE INDICATOR LIGHT COMES ON AND YOU CAN HEAR EXCESS ROAD NOISE. IT HAS ONLY ONCE”

“DOOR LOCK WOULD INTERMITTENTLY RELOCK BY ITSELF UPON UNLOCKING WITH KEY OR USING KEY PAD. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK *SLC”

“MY 1995 MERCURY VILLAGER''S CRANKSHAFT BROKE SUDDENLY UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITION. IT WAS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION SINCE WE TRAVELED WITH TWO YOUNG CHILDREN ON A 2-WAY ROAD WITHOUT SHOULDER THAT NIGHT. WE NOTICED THAT A COMMON PROBLEM EXISTED ON”

“WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP. CRANKSHAFT HAD BROKEN, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK”

“WHILE DRIVING AUTOMOBILE AT 55 MPH, LOST ALL POWER SUDDENLY. AUTOMOBILE TOWED TO LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE CRANKSHAFT HAD BROKEN.*AK”

“WHILE SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. THE DUAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HER CHEST. *NM”

“WHILE AT A STOP, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED AND WAS THEN PUSHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. TS *JB”

“WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON CRASH DUE TO ICY ROAD CONDITIONS AIR BAG ON DRIVER'S DID NOT DEPLOY PROPERLY. AIR BAG DID NOT INNFLATE, AND JUST OOZED OUT OF THIS SIDE OF HOUSING COVER A LITTLE. THIS CAUSED DRIVER TO HIT STEERING WHEEL, INJURING”

“GEAR SHIFT WILL INDICATE THAT VEHICLE IS IN PARK, BUT WILL ACTUALLY BE IN REVERSE AND ROLL AWAY. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TWO STAR HEAD SCREWS UNDER THE DASH ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STEERING COLUMN”

“LOST REVERSE GEAR ON TRANSMISSION. TOOK TO THE NEAREST TRANSMISSION SHOP. OWNER SAID A PIECE HAD BROKEN APART IN THE TRANSMISSION, WEARING A GROOVE IN THE REVERSE CYLINDER. THE TRANSMISSION WAS FULL OF METAL PIECES. AFTER A $2000 REPAIR, FORD TELLS ME THAT”

“TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHEN TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AFTER ONE WEEK THEY LOOKED AT IT AND SAID THAT A SPRING HAD COME LOOSE IN THE TRANSMISSON AND HAD MADE THE TRANSMISSION SLIP AND THEN CHEW UP THE GEARS NUMBER 3”