NHTSA Complaint #10216737 — 2000 MERCURY COUGAR

2000 MERCURY COUGAR WITH 76,000 MILES ON IT AND THE SUNROOF HAS FAILED COMPLETELY. TOOK THE CAR BACK TO DON THOMPSON LINCOLN MERCURY AND THEY MADE ME AWARE THAT THE SUNROOF WAS BUILT WITH A PLASTIC RAIL TO OPEN IT, THIS PLASTIC IS TO WEAK FOR THE METAL ROOF IT HOLDS AND CANNOT SUSTAIN THE WEIGHT. IT WAS MENTIONED THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON PROBLEM, AND THE PRICE TOO FIX IT WAS $1300 JUST FOR THE PARTS. AFTER CONTACTING FOD DIRECTLY THEY TOLD ME NOTHING COULD BE DONE BECAUSE THE WARRANTY WAS NO LONGER IN EFFECT, AND THEY APOLOGIZED FOR ME BEING STUCK WITH THIS. STILL NOT FIXED AND WHEN DRIVING OVER 55 MPH THE SUNROOF FLIES OPEN, CAUSING A LOUD SOUND TO PRODUCE DISTRACTING ME FROM DRIVING. THE BUTTON TO OPEN IT NO LONGER WORKS, LEAKS ON HEAVY RAINY NIGHT WHICH IS RUINING THE INTERIOR WHICH WILL COST MORE MONEY THAT I DON'T HAVE, AS IT IS I CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX THE SUNROOF. BAD CHOICE FOR FORD/MERCURY. *TR