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1994 Mercury Tracer service brakes, hydraulic problems

12 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes, hydraulic on the 1994 Mercury Tracer18% of all complaints for this model year.

12
Service Brakes, Hydraulic complaints
18%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
4 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Tl*the contact owns a 1994 mercury tracer. While driving 25 mph, the brakes failed and the contact struck a pole head on. The air bags failed to deploy. There were no injuries. The vehicle was towed to a dealer and they stated that they would inspect the vehicle. They discovered that the brakes…

    filed Jan 8, 2009

  • This car has been too dangerous and unreliable to drive safely..it was sold with 15% brakes left after I was told that it had new brakes and calipers, a complete safety check by joe kerley jeep eagle...some one had put silocone on a broken fuel pump that caused fumes and copious amounts of gasoline…

    filed Sep 17, 2002

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic problems in other Tracer years

YearReportsShare
1999 Tracer420%
1998 Tracer25%
1997 Tracer118%
1995 Tracer66%
1993 Tracer1118%
1991 Tracer35%
1988 Tracer15%
Tracer service brakes, hydraulic problems by year →

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.