NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Mercury Cougar Recalls
The 2001 Mercury Cougar has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 30, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Mercury Cougar. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 82
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
side crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 Mercury Cougar, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2001 Mercury Cougar
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 04V421000
- Reported
- August 30, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 88,600
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Cougar
Service brakes, hydraulic
- Campaign
- 06E022000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Cougar, 10 other models
Suspension
- Campaign
- 08E033000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Cougar, 4 other models
2001 Mercury Cougar complaints by year
NHTSA has received 82 owner complaints about the 2001 Mercury Cougar, the newest on August 18, 2020. Of these, 7 describe a crash (9%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2001 Mercury Cougar, the component group named most often is the fuel system, gasoline (22%), followed by the electrical system (15%) and the engine and engine cooling (13%).
1 of the 2001 Mercury Cougar's 3 recalls also concerns the fuel system, gasoline.
Where 2001 Mercury Cougar owners gave the mileage (51 complaints), the median was 69,900 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Fuel System, Gasoline18
- Electrical System12
- Engine And Engine Cooling11
- Power Train10
- Visibility7
- Air Bags6
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 8 | |
| 2003 | 7 | |
| 2004 | 18 | |
| 2005 | 9 | |
| 2006 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2001 Mercury Cougar peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 18. 50% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Side: 3/5
The 82 complaints about the 2001 Mercury Cougar are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mercury Cougar by model year
Other 2001 Mercury models
Newest record on this page: August 18, 2020. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted