1993 Mercury Cougar service brakes, hydraulic problems
20 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes, hydraulic on the 1993 Mercury Cougar — 10% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“Grease on threads and self adjusting star gets full of brake dust, seizes up and refuses to turn, self adjusting arm breaks teeth off star, rear brake dont adjust causing car to stop with front brakes which overheat, brake fluid turns to gas by boiling and never returns to liquid so the front…”
filed Dec 5, 2000
“The cougar head gaskets blown and the extended warrenty was exhausted 1 month prior the dealership wouldnt stand behinde the problem so I investegated the problem and found out numerous cougars with 3.8 engines has had this problem the brake problem has been continious since I have owned this…”
filed Apr 11, 2000
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Service Brakes, Hydraulic problems in other Cougar years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 Cougar | 1 | 1% |
| 2001 Cougar | 3 | 4% |
| 2000 Cougar | 10 | 5% |
| 1999 Cougar | 72 | 16% |
| 1997 Cougar | 9 | 12% |
| 1996 Cougar | 6 | 10% |
| 1995 Cougar | 38 | 35% |
| 1994 Cougar | 27 | 20% |
| 1992 Cougar | 7 | 8% |
| 1991 Cougar | 11 | 15% |
| 1990 Cougar | 9 | 10% |
| 1989 Cougar | 10 | 12% |
Other reported problem areas on the 1993 Mercury Cougar
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.