Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING | |||
| 12/18/2008 | 64000 | 1 | |
| Headlights go out for various intervals and is preceded by flickering and/or blinking which causes loss of visibility which increases my risk of a crash. also note a burning smell from vents when this happens. my vehicle is a 1991 cougar and i went online to see if there was a recall for this problem. noted recall for same problem on 1992 and 1993 models not for 1991. called ford motor company and asked if there was a recall for my model since it has the same issue as 1992 and 1993 cougars. was told no recall for this and to pay to get it fix myself. they would report problem to proper department. *tr | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - HEADLIGHTS | |||
| 01/30/2000 | |||
| While driving on highway headlights started to dim , and went totally out. pulled off the side of road. they came back on after waiting 10 minutes. drove about another ten miles, it happened again. *ak | |||
| 99 | 03/01/1991 | ||
| After driving for 25 minutes the headlignts start flashing on and off. the bulbs and fuses are good. i have descovered that the mercury sable has the same problem and had a recall for a failed headlight switch which incorporates a circuit breaker. when the headlights heat up the circuit opens. recall was made april 15, 1998 for sables made dec. 1992 to sept. 1993. nhtsa campaign id number 98v009000. all vehicles with same problem and risk of a crash should be repaired in the same manner. | |||
| 4 | |||
| Driving at any various speed headlights will turn off and on, causing the consumer to drive sometimes without headlight unexpectedly,which may result in an accident.dealer has replaced headlights 4 times, but defect is still occurring. *ak | |||
| 06/16/1996 | |||
| While driving the headlights went out and then came back on and then went out again. please describe. *ak | |||
| While driving, at approx. 55mph, experienced intermittent front head lamp failure, when lights went out several times before reaching destination. tt | |||
| EXTERIOR LIGHTING - HEADLIGHTS - SWITCH | |||
| 12/01/1992 | 1 | 08/23/1991 | |
| Electrical short in headlight to fail. | |||
| 06/05/1995 | 1 | ||
| Headlight switch faulty. replaced. tt | |||