2000 Mercury Cougar vehicle speed control problems
16 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the vehicle speed control on the 2000 Mercury Cougar — 8% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“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…”
filed Sep 6, 2005
“I was heading home from the beach. I had my car on cruise control. A car was stopping ahead to turn into a housing development. I tried to push the brake to disengage the cruise control,but the cruise control did not disengage. I again hit the brake, harder this time, but the cruise control again…”
filed May 17, 2004
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Vehicle Speed Control problems in other Cougar years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 Cougar | 4 | 4% |
| 2001 Cougar | 3 | 4% |
| 1999 Cougar | 31 | 7% |
| 1997 Cougar | 2 | 3% |
| 1996 Cougar | 5 | 8% |
| 1995 Cougar | 7 | 6% |
| 1994 Cougar | 11 | 8% |
| 1993 Cougar | 4 | 2% |
| 1992 Cougar | 8 | 9% |
| 1991 Cougar | 9 | 12% |
| 1990 Cougar | 18 | 21% |
| 1989 Cougar | 21 | 26% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2000 Mercury Cougar
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.