NHTSA Complaint #10569334 — 2002 MERCURY COUGAR

I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AND ABOUT ONE MILE FROM MY DESTINATION THE ENGINE JUST STOPPED. I LET IT SIT ABOUT TWENTY MINUTES AND IT FINALLY STARTED AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL DAYS OF SHUTTING OFF WHILE I WAS ON THE ROAD DRIVING. LUCKILY I WAS AT A PLACE WHEN I COULD PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND GET OUT OF THE LINE OF TRAFFIC EXCEPT FOR ONE TIME WHEN I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT AND IT SHUT OFF AND I SAT AND WAIT AND IT FINALLY STARTED AGAIN AND I WAS ABLE DRIVE IT TO A SAFE SPOT. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME THE COMPUTER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE ONLY PLACE THAT COULD REPLACE THE COMPUTER WAS THE DEALER. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND AFTER BEING AT THE DEALER FOR THREE DAYS THEY SAID THAT THE IGNITION NEED REPLACING. THEY REPLACED THE IGNITION AND AFTER THREE MORE DAYS THERE AND WHILE THEY WERE WORKING ON OTHER REPAIR PARTS THAT THEY SAID I NEEDED DONE THE ENGINE SHUT OFF ABOUT TWO MORE TIMES. ON MARCH 13, 2014 THEY TOLD ME THAT ALL REPAIR WORK HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND THE ENGINE SHUTTING OFF WAS SOLVED. THE TOTAL BILL CAME TO CLOSE TO $3,000.00. I AM PLANNING ON PICKING UP THE VEHICLE ON MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2014 WHEN I WILL HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THEM. I HEARD ABOUT CARS ENGINES SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING ON THE RADIO (WTOP). I JUST WANTED TO REPORT HOW MY VEHICLE WAS HAVING THE SAME OR SIMILAR PROBLEM. I AM A BIT NERVOUS ABOUT DRIVING THIS VEHICLE IF THIS COULD POSSIBLE HAPPEN AGAIN. THE RADIO REPORT WAS ABOUT GM VEHICLES I HAVE A MERCURY AND THIS HAPPENED TO MY CAR. *TR