Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEAT BELTS | |||
| 01/15/2003 | 119252 | ||
| Bought car at mooneys desert hot springs auto sales in october 10,2002 as used car. seat belts do not work. suspension shakes, brakes make noise. fuel pump went out fist trip. drivers window does not retrack right. engine over heat when idling. water pump went out. air conditioner and heater do not work. | |||
| 10/12/2002 | 116252 | 10/12/2002 | |
| I purchased a car in october of 2002, the seat belts did not work,the a/c and heater do not work. fuel pump went out after ap. 300 miles, water pump shortly there after. all 4 tires treaded apart. electronic side mirrors do not work. gas gage does not work properly. heats up when idling. excessive wobble in rear end. front end may be from 1992 not 1993 model of car. drivers window does not retrack right. trunk lid hook does not work. brakes make noise. *nlm | |||
| 01/01/2002 | 1 | 05/25/1995 | |
| Automatic seat belt when not in use the seat belt motor keeps running which has drained the battery, and could also cause seat belt to be inoperative, now the passenger power door lock has failed. contacted dealer.*ak | |||
| Automatic shoulder belts on driver's and passenger's sides will not retract. shoulder belt portion is locked in automatic retractor mechanism. this problem has caused seat belts to become inoperable. consumer has contacted dealer. please provide any further details.*ak | |||
| Driver's side automatic seat belt becomes jammed within retracting mechanism, causing seat belt to become inoperable. please give any further details.*ak | |||
| 08/03/1993 | |||
| Automatic seat belt retractor makes a real funny noise when it gets stuck at top. shake it, and it will go back down. buckles won't release. in an accident consumer would have to be cut out.*ak | |||
| 12/20/1994 | 4 | 09/01/1993 | |
| Lincoln-mercury has known about this motorized seatbelt problem for years and refuses to do anything to improve the replacement parts. when the motor dies, the belt does not move-a scary, non-safety feature. *ak | |||
| 09/12/1998 | |||
| When getting into the vehicle and trying to use the seat belts, the seat belt's are stuck in the tracks, causing the automactic seat belt to keep going across the face and the shoulder. someone can get cut from the seat belt going from the both sides. *ak | |||
| 07/01/1996 | 10/11/1993 | ||
| Automatic seat belt intermittently vibrates. *ak | |||
| 07/13/1993 | |||
| Abs: rotors went bad/replaced; shimmied when brakes applied; driver's shoulder belt does not go on track right; hangs up on track; difficult to get out of car. | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - ANCHORAGE | |||
| 05/27/1997 | |||
| Passive restriant:motorized seat belt is inoperative. makes a grinding noise when you open the door or turn the motor on. had same problem when vehicle had 38,000 miles and they repalced the track and the motor. | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | |||
| 05/22/1998 | |||
| During rear impact the driver's and passenger's seat belts did not lock, and the passenger's side seatback broke, causing seat to collapse into rear seat. please provide details. *ak | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - RETRACTOR | |||
| Retractor seat belts on driver's and passenger's sides failed ad became stuck. belts will not come ouyt or retract, causing loss of protection. please provide further information.*ak | |||
| Drver's shoulder belt did not retract or release which caused the occpant to be locked in. also states the emergency seat belt release button was inoperable. dealer could not identify the problem. please give any further details. *ak | |||
| 06/25/1998 | |||
| Seat belt retractors do not move at all, there is not a shoulder harness when these do not work. cannot move manually. dealer cannot duplicate the problem. *ak | |||
| 02/01/1996 | |||
| Drivers side lap/shoulder will not retract. *ak | |||