2002 MERCURY COUGAR Electrical System Problems

NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER:04V421000 MANUFACTURER FORD MOTOR COMPANY WAS DRIVING ON A MAIN CITY ST. MY AUTO STOPPED WITH NO POWER IN THE LEFT LANE OF BUSY 4 LANE ST. WOULD NOT START IN NEUTRAL OR PARK, MAN PUSHED IT INTO THE CTR. LANE OUT OF TRAFFIC AREA. POLICEMAN CAME AFTER I CALLED 911, AFTER A FEW MINUTES HE SUGGESTED TAKING KEY OUT STEPPING ON BRAKE THEN INSERTING KEY BACK IN IGNITION, DID THAT AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP, AND HE FOLLOWED ME TO MY ST. AND I GOT SAFELY HOME. PRIOR TO THIS SHUT DOWN INCIDENT IT HAD STALLED GOING DOWN A HILL HOWEVER PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND IT STARTED UP AGAIN. THIS INCIDENT COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT, PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT IT HAD BEEN CUTTING OUT FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS WHICH I THOUGHT WAS CHEAP GAS, SO CHANGED TO TECTRON. I HAVE CALLED FORD ON...

I'M HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH MY 2002 MERCURY COUGAR AS EVERYONE ELSE, BUT WHEN I PUT MY VIN NUMBER INTO THE SEARCH, THERE ARE NO RECALLS LISTED FOR IT. I DON'T THINK THAT ITS RIGHT THAT MY LIFE BE PUT IN SERIOUS DANGER BECAUSE OF AN APPARENT DESIGN ISSUE. THIS CAR IS LOSING ALL POWER AND SHUTTING DOWN. IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING, IT HAPPENS AT ALL SPEEDS. WE THOUGHT THE ALTERNATOR WAS BAD, HAD IT REPLACED AND THE BATTERY AT THE SAME TIME. THE SAME DAY, THE CAR LOST ALL POWER AGAIN AND DIED OUT GOING 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. ALL THE GAUGES START GOING CRAZY AND THE LIGHTS DIM AND EVENTUALLY EVERYTHING INCLUDING THE CAR JUST QUITS. MERCURY/FORD, NEEDS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS COFFIN THAT I'M TRYING TO DRIVE AND FIX THE PROBLEM FOR ME AND EVERYONE ELSE FOR FREE. I'VE DONE...

6 MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR I NOTICED THAT AFTER FUELING THAT THE FUEL GAUGE STILL STAYED ON EMPTY AFTER A WHILE IT CORRECTED ITSELF BUT AFTER THAT NOW EVERYTIME THAT I PUT FUEL IN THE CAR IT REGISTERS EITHER EMPTY OR ONLY HALF FULL. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT COUGARS ARE KNOWN FOR THERI FUEL PUMP PROBLEMS. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE CAR THEY STATED THAT THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG AND TO WATCH AND NOT OVERFILL THE TANK. TO THIS DAY THE FUEL GAUGE IS STILL WRONG. AFTER THAT THE PAINT ON THE HOOD OF THE CAR STARTED PEELING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND AFTER SOME HARSH WORDS AND WEEKS OF WAITING THEY TOOK IT IN AND REPAINTED THE HOOD WHICH NOW IS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT COLOR THAT THE REST OF THE CAR. THEN 6 MONTHS AFTER THAT THE CAR STARTED HESITATING ON ACCELERATION AND...