NHTSA Complaint #10053630 — 2000 MERCURY COUGAR

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HILL VEHICLE DIED, AND COULD NOT GET IT RESTARTED. CONSUMER HAD TO COAST DOWN A HILL INTO A GASOLINE STATION IN ORDER TO STOP AND HIT A PILLAR. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LINCOLN-MERCURY DEALER, WHO TOLD CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE FUEL PUMP. ALSO, AFTER CONTACTING THE MANUFACTURER THEY TOLD THE MECHANIC THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON CONSUMER'S VEHICLE CONCERNING AN ELECTRICAL CABLE WHICH CAUSED THE POWER TO FAIL. *AK