NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Mercury Cougar Recalls
The 2000 Mercury Cougar has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 30, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Mercury Cougar. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 211
- Crashes reported
- 18
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
10 fires
On a 2000 Mercury Cougar, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2000 Mercury Cougar
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 04V421000
- Reported
- August 30, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 88,600
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Cougar
Electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery: cables
- Campaign
- 01V031000
- Reported
- February 6, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 120,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- only the 2000 Mercury Cougar
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components
- Campaign
- 00V075000
- Reported
- March 9, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 436,200
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic
- Campaign
- 06E022000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Cougar, 10 other models
Suspension
- Campaign
- 08E033000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Cougar, 4 other models
2000 Mercury Cougar complaints by year
NHTSA has received 211 owner complaints about the 2000 Mercury Cougar, the newest on December 6, 2019. Of these, 18 describe a crash (9%) and 10 a fire; owners reported 17 injuries.
In complaints about the 2000 Mercury Cougar, the component group named most often is the electrical system (30%), followed by the fuel system, gasoline (18%) and the engine and engine cooling (12%).
1 of the 2000 Mercury Cougar's 5 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2000 Mercury Cougar owners gave the mileage (99 complaints), the median was 65,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System63
- Fuel System, Gasoline38
- Engine And Engine Cooling26
- Air Bags17
- Vehicle Speed Control16
- Visibility16
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 20 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 33 | |
| 2002 | 15 | |
| 2003 | 29 | |
| 2004 | 41 | |
| 2005 | 11 | |
| 2006 | 14 | |
| 2007 | 8 | |
| 2008 | 11 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 7 | |
| 2011 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2000 Mercury Cougar peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 41. 46% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
The 211 complaints about the 2000 Mercury Cougar are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mercury Cougar by model year
Other 2000 Mercury models
Newest record on this page: December 6, 2019. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted