1994 MERCURY VILLAGER Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

1) BACKED OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND WAS SITTING IDLING 2) ENGINE STOPPED, TRIED TO RESTART IT AND NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN. ENGINE WOULD TURN OVER BUT SOUNDED DIFFERENT 3) HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO MECHANIC'S GARAGE FOR EVALUATION. LEARNED THAT TIMING BELT HAD BROKEN BUT THE DAMAGE DONE TO CYLINDER HEADS IS THE ISSUE. *JB

CRANKSHAFT FAILED UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. DEALER REPAIR COST WAS GOING TO BE $4200, ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY 3 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY WITH LESS THAN 25000 MILES, AND WAS WELL MAINTAINED, AND EVEN THOUGH THIS PROBLEM WAS WELL KNOWN WITH THIS ENGINE. NOTE THAT THIS HAPPENED 8 YEARS AGO, BUT I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO FORMALLY DOCUMENT THE PROBLEM, AND JUST FOUND THE NHTSA COMPLAINT SITE.

WHILE TEST DRIVING THE 94 MERCURY VILLAGER, WITH ONLY 74000 MILES, AT AROUND 40 MPH VEHICLE SHUT DOWN, AND LOST ALL POWER TO BRAKES AND STEERING, WITH NO WARNING. THE MECHANIC AT THE DEALERSHIP INSISTED THAT THIS WAS A "BUILT-IN MECHANISM" AND THAT THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN OCCASIONALLY TO "RESET THE COMPUTER SYSTEM." OF COURSE THIS IS COMPLETELY FALSE. THEY ARE TRYING TO SELL THIS VEHICLE IN EXTREMELY UNSAFE CONDITION AND FRANKLY I BELIEVE SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT IT. THE DEALER, GRAND AUTO MART IN ND STILL HAS THE VEHICLE FOR SALE FOR NEARLY $8,000. AFTER READING THE OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE, I KNOW THAT THIS IS A MAJOR REPAIR, AND WOULD COST ABOUT $4500 TO FIX. BUYER BEWARE! FOR THIS DEALERS INFO, FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME. [email protected]. *NLM

MOTOR MOUNTS KEEP BREAKING. CONSUMER HAS REPLACED FOUR SETS OF MOTOR MOUNTS SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE. *AK *JB *NM

BROKEN CRANKSHAFT ON 94 MERCURY VILLAGER. MANY DOCUMENTED COMPLAINTS IN YOUR DATABASE. FORD OASIS REPORT SSM 04925 STATES "ENGINEERING DETERMINED THE CAUSE WAS THE INITIAL TENSILE FORCE SET ON THE ENGINE ACCESSORY BELTS DURING ASSEMBLY." IN FEB 1995 A NEW CRANKSHAFT THAT IS 2MM THICKER AT FRONT WAS IMPLEMENTED. IF FORD IS AWARE OF THEIR MANUFACTURING DEFECT, WHY WAS A RECALL NOT REQUIRED? MANY WELL-MAINTAINED VEHICLES HAVE PERFORMED BEYOND THE WARRANTY PERIOD AND NOW CONSUMERS MUST PAY TO REPAIR A DEFECT FORD ACKNOWLEDGED OCCURRED "DURING ASSEMBLY" FORD REFUSES ANY ASSISTANCE. VERY POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE. *NLM

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH EXHAUST FUMES COMING INTO VEHICLE. PROBLEM IS DUE TO BROKEN STUDS ON ENGINE HEAD PASSENGER'S SIDE. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.

AFTER DRIVING FOR APPROXIMATELY 15MINUTES ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WOULD COME ON. AFTER AWHILE IT WOULD GO OUT BUT IT WOULD COME BACK ON. HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO PRIVATE MECHANIC AND IT WAS PLACED ON A TESTER AFTER BEING TEST DRIVEN. FIRST TIME INDICATION WAS A WATER PUMP AND IT WAS REPLACED. SECOND TIME, A TICKING HAD DEVELOPED, AND PROBLEM WASTHE EXHAUST, WHICH WAS LEAKING. MECHANIC NOTICED 2 STUDS HAD MELTED & BROKE OFF IN ENGINE HEAD. NEEDED TO BE DRILLED OUT AND REPLACED DUE TO INCORRECT TEMPERMENT. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD BEEN COMING ON FOR A YEAR, THE REPLACEMENT OF THE WATER PUMP DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM, AS WELL AS THE EXHAUST, ONCE THE BOLTS WERE REPLACED THE ENGINE LIGHT STOPPED COMING ON.*JB

IN MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC VEHICLE DIED. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER, MECHANIC STATED THAT CRANKSHAFT WAS BROKEN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK INJECTORS AND FUEL PUMP RUNNING ALL THE TIME, THE SPARK LEADING UP ALL THE TIME , TIMING BELT APPEAR BROKE, DISTRIBUTORS NOT MOVING, TIMING BELT FAILED, THE DEALER REPLACED THE TIMING BELT AND FOUND CRANKSHAFT BROKEN. NLM

CRANKSHAFT BROKE WHILE DRIVING ONLY 5MPG IN A PARKING LOT. HAD THIS HAPPENED A FEW MINUTES EARLIER WHILE WE WERE ON A BUSY ROAD, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN GRAVE DANGER. ENGINE RUINED, REPLACEMENT COST $4,400.

VEHICLE STOPPED OPERATING WHILE TRAVELING OFF FREEWAY. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TOWED TO MECHANIC WHO INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PROBLEM WAS DUE TO CAMSHAFT FAILURE. ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK *SLC

THE TOP OF THE HEAD BOLT BROKE OFF DUE TO BAD HEAT TREATING, AND LODGED AGIANST THE CAM SHAFT AND CAUSED MAJOR ENGINE DAMAGE , ALONG WITH HAVING THE BRAKES NOT OPERATING , NO POWER STEERING AND, NEEDLESS TO SAY NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.WITH NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AN ACCEDENT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

MY CRANKSHAFT BROKE WHILE TURNING AT A LIGHT INTERSECTION. WHICH BROKE MY TIMING BELT.*AK

CRANKSHAFT BROKE AFTER BELT TIGHTENING. VEHICLE STOPPED WHEN MOVING IN TRAFFIC. HARD TO CONTROL. DANGEROUS SITUATION. *AK

CRANKSHAFT SHEARED IN HALF . A TSB HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE.*AK

PULLEY SIDE OF CRANKSHAFT BROKE OFF. STOPING ALL POWER EQUIPMENT. NEARLY KILLING ALL OCCUPANTS. OCCURED AFTER PULLING AWAY FROM STOP SIGN INTO TRAFFIC

CRANKSHAFT BROKE AT FRONT OF ENGINE. FORD OASIS REPORT, SSM 04925, ACKNOWLEDGES PROBLEM AND STATES IT'S DUE TO INITIAL OVER TENSION OF ENGINE ACCESSORY BELTS AT ASSEMBLY.

CRANKSHAFT BROKE DURING HWY DRIVING. FORD SERVICE DOCUMENTATION INDICATES IT IS A KNOWN DESIGN DEFECT: "ENGINEERING DETERMINED THE CAUSE WAS THE INITIAL TENSILE FORCE SET ON THE ENGINE ACCESSORY BELTS DURING ASSEMBLY." COST TO REPAIR WAS $4000.

WHEN DRIVING ON BELTWAY AT 60-65 MPH AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING OR INDICATION VEHICLE CUT OFF, CAUSING LOSS OF ALL POWER DUE TO CRANKSHAFT BREAKING WHICH CAUSED DAMAGE TO ENGINE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

CRANKSHAFT BROKE AT FRONT OF ENGINE. FORD OASIS REPORT, SSM 04925, ACKNOWLEDGES PROBLEM AND STATES IT'S DUE TO INITIAL OVER TENSION OF ENGINE ACCESSORY BELTS AT ASSEMBLY.

CRANKSHAFT BROKE DURING HWY DRIVING. FORD SERVICE DOCUMENTATION INDICATES IT IS A KNOWN DESIGN DEFECT: "ENGINEERING DETERMINED THE CAUSE WAS THE INITIAL TENSILE FORCE SET ON THE ENGINE ACCESSORY BELTS DURING ASSEMBLY." COST TO REPAIR WAS $4000.

CRANKSHAFT BROKE AT FRONT OF ENGINE, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER. DEALER NOTIFIED ,AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WOULD ONLY BE REPAIRED AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK

ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING WHILE BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPACE DUE TO CRANKSHAFT FAILURE. *MJS

FUEL TANK VENT HOSE HOSE WAS LEAKING, ODOR ESPECIALLY STRONG AFTER FILL-UP. VERY UPSET THAT MY FORD EXTENDED WARRANTY DIDN'T COVER IT, EVEN THOUGH IT COVERS "FUEL LINES AND FUEL TANK." TOOK TO DEALER; COST $210 TO REPAIR. POWER WINDOW CONTROL: CONTROL FOR DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW QUIT WORKING. TOOK TO DEALER; COVERED UNDER MY FORD EXTENDED WARRANTY. DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW OPERATION: WINDOW BINDS WHEN GOING UP; GOES UP MUCH SLOWER THAN PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW. TOOK TO DEALER; COST $187 TO FIX INCLUDING $82 FOR WEATHERSTRIPPING! EGR SYSTEM: CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON; DIAGNOSTICS INDICATED IT WAS EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION SYSTEM. AUTO MECHANIC CONFIRMED AND ISOLATED IT TO EGR SOLENOID SENSOR. HAVEN'T FIXED IT YET DUE TO HIGH COST ESTIMATES FROM DEALER. BROKEN CRANKSHAFT: CRANKSHAFT BROKE AT 20535 MILES WHILE DRIVING IN ENTERING TRAFFIC LANE AT 5 MPH. DEALER FIXED UNDER WARRANTY. NOTE: ALL OF THESE ITEMS HAVE SEVERAL TECHNICAL SERVICE...

CRANKSHAFT BROKE CAUSING DAMAGE TO ENGINE AND ENGINE COMPONENTS

VEHICLE STOPPED RUNNING WHILE WAITING AT STOP LIGHT DUE TO CRANKSHAFT FAILURE. VEHICLE AT DEALER SHOP. VEHICLE AT DEALER'S . SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER.*AK

CRANK SHAFT BROKEN. DAMAGED HEADS. DEALER SUGGESTS ENGINE REPLACEMENT. CAR ONLY HAS 75000 MILES ON IT AND THE ENGINE SHOULD NOT BE FREEZING UP. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT AN ASPIRE OR ANOTHER 8000 DOLLAR VEHICLE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A 30000 DOLLAR VEHICLE. NO CAR ESPECIALLY AN EXPENSIVE ONE SHOULD LOSE IT'S ENGINE AT 75000 MILES. IT SHOW POOR QUALITY AND MANUFACTURING. THE MECHANIC AT GLEN BURNIE LINCOLN MERCURY STATED THAT IT WAS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT AND NOT PREVENTABLE ON MY PART. FORD SHOWED NO INTEREST IN HELPING ME WITH THE REPAIRS NOR DID THEY SEEM TO CARE THAT ONE OF THEIR VEHICLES HAD SUCH A MAJOR MECHANICAL FLAW AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE. I WILL ALSO BE CONTACTING THE BBB AND CONSUMER REPORTS AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF NEWSPAPERS. THANK-YOU MICHAEL G. DRISCOLL

CRANKSHAFT BROKE APART IMMEDIATELY BEHIND TIMING GEAR. VEHICLE IDLING AT A STOP SIGN AT TIME OF FAILURE. TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE. / ELECTRIC LOCKS LOCK THEMSELVES INTERMITTENTLY, WITHOUT HUMAN ASSISTANCE. MUST ALWAYS HAVE KEY IN HAND WHEN EXITING THE VEHICLE. FAILURES ARE ONGOING AND UNPREDICTABLE. *AK

WHILE EITHER STARTING THE ENGINE OR SHUTTING THE ENGINE DOWN (THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY), THE CRANKSHAFT BROKE AND THE DAMPER PULLEY WAS INJURED. WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM A PRIVATE PARTY ONLY 4 WEEKS EARLIER AND HAD LESS THAN 1500 MILES ON IT. IS THERE ANY RECOURSE??

ON MARCH 25TH I WAS INFORMED THAT THE RIGHT SIDE ENGINE CAMSHAFT HAD LOCKED UP AND THERE WAS NO COMPRESSION; A MAJOR REPAIR. NEW HEAD MAY BE NEEDED. MY CAR WAS MAINTAINED AT ALL TIMES. THERE WAS NO UNUSUAL SOUNDS OR INDICATIONS. IT WAS A NISSAN ENGINE. PLEASE REVIEW AND LET ME KNOW. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN AFTER 4 YEARS. *AK

OIL LEAKING FROM CRANKSHAFT. VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ON THREE OCCASIONS AND CONDITION REOCCURS. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. *AK

VEHICLE WOULD RUN ROUGH AND LOUD ( VALVES/PISTONS) IN COLD WEATHER ONLY. VEHICLE IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP, AND DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK

MY VEHICLE JUST LOST POWER AND SHUT DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER. HOWEVER, THE VAN WOULD NOT RESTART. AFTER THE DEALER HAD THE VAN FOR THREE DAYS, THEY CONCLUDED THE CRANKSHAFT BROKE. NOW THIS MINI-VAN, ALTHOUGH A MERCURY, HAS A NISSAN 3.0 6 CYLINDER ENGINE. IT HAS BEEN SERVICED WITH PROPER OIL CHANGES AND WE HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED ANY PROBLEMS OVER THE 37,000 MILES WE HAVE DRIVEN IT. WHEN WE APPROACHED FORD ABOUT ANY HELP IN REPAIR, THE DOOR WAS SHUT. NO, THEY SAID. A CRANKSHAFT JUST DOESN'T BREAK AT 60,000 MILES ON THIS TYPE OF ENGINE. THIS IS A FAMILY VAN DRIVEN FOR FAMILY PURPOSES. WHEN YOU ARE TALKING A $4000.00 + REPAIR BILL, IT WOULD BE NICE IF SOMEONE ACTED AS IF THEY CARED AND WENT BEYOND A COMPUTER RESPONSE, THAT THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM FORD WILL HELP US WITH....

AS MY WIFE WAS COMING TO A STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AT A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION IN KNOXVILLE, SHE REALIZED THAT SHE HAD LOST SOME TYPE OF POWER AND THE TACHOMETER REGISTERED A MINIMAL RPM READING. AT THIS POINT, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ANY PRESSURE ON THE ACCELERATOR. SHE WAS BLOCKING TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC AND COULD MOVE NEITHER FORWARD NOR BACKWARDS. LUCKILY, SHE WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN ASSISTANCE QUICKLY FROM THE ATTENDANTS AT A NEARBY SERVICE STATION. THE NEXT DAY WE HAD THE VAN TOWED TO A MERCURY DEALER. THEY PINPOINTED THE PROBLEM AS A CRACKED CRANKSHAFT. THROUGH MY OWN RESEARCH AND CONTACTS WITH LOCAL MECHANICS, I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THIS FAILURE WAS DUE TO A DEFECTIVE PART, THAT THERE WAS NO REASON FOR A CRANKSHAFT TO FAIL ON A 5-YEAR-OLD VAN WITH 75,000 MILES. ANOTHER MERCURY SERVICE MANAGER INDICATED TO ME THAT THE VILLAGER VAN...

CRANKSHAFT BROKE CAUSING DAMAGE TO ENGINE COMPONENTS.

CRANKSHAFT PULLEY BROKE AND TIMING BELT BROKE CAUSING DAMAGE TO ENGINE.

OIL LEAKS FROM OIL PAN GASKET.

ENGINE CRANKSHAFT FAILED.

HEAD GASKET BLEW DUE TO OVERHEATING CAUSING DAMAGE TO ENGINE.

CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO CRANKSHAFT SNAPPING AT THE BALANCER. CONSUMER BELIEVED THIS CANNOT BE CONSIDERED A NORMAL WEAR FOR VEHICLE WITH 67000 MILES. DEALER NOTIFIED AND WILL NOT REPAIR UNLESS COST GOES TO THE CONSUMER. *AK

WHEN TRAVELING BETWEEN 15 TO 20 MPH THE VEHICLE CUT OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING DUE TO BROKEN CRANKSHAFT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, PARTS HAVE YET TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

A BOLT HAD BROKEN OFF IN THE ENGINE HEAD CYLINDER, ALLOWING EXHAUST MANIFOLD TO LEAK. *AK

DEFECTIVE CRANKSHAFT. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING FROM VACATION THE CRANKSHAFT HAS SNAPPED. TT