1995 MERCURY VILLAGER Exterior Lighting Problems

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED DURING A STATE INSPECTION THE BRAKE AND RUNNING LIGHTS CONTINUALLY FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. ALTHOUGH, THE BULBS WERE REPLACED SIX TIMES THE LIGHTS CONTINUED FAILING. THE FUSES WERE INSPECTED, BUT WERE NOT THE REASON FOR THE FAILURES. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 96V253003, REGARDING THE TAIL LIGHTS. THE VEHICLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. UPDATE 3/9/2006 - *NM

Mileage: 144,110

THE HEADLIGHT LENS FOGGED UP AND DO NOT PROVIDE PROPER LIGHTING AT NIGHT.*AK

REAR LAMP SOCKET MAY NOT ILLUMINATE BECAUSE METAL CAN IN LAMP SOCKET MOVES OR SEPARATES FORM PLASTIC SOCKET HOUSING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

BRAKE LIGHT LAMPS ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. *AK

RECALL REPAIR (96V-253) NOT COMPLETED DUE TO LACK OF PARTS, TAIL LIGHT LAMP. MJS

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FOR REAR LAMPS AND SOCKETS. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT SINCE RECEIVING THE LETTER, THE PARTS HAVE BEEN UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. RECALL NUMBER 96V253003. *AK

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 96V253003, CONCERNING TAIL LIGHTS. CALLED AT LEAST 2 DEALERS & EACH DEALER SAID THEY HAD NO PARTS AT THAT TIME. MANUFACTURER DID NOT SEND PARTS TO EITHER DEALER AS OF YET. *AK

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 96V253003. TOOK VEHICLE ON APPOINTED DAY. AFTER ARRIVING WAS INFORMED PARTS WERE SOLD, AND OWNER WOULD BE NOTIFIED WHEN PARTS BECAME AVAILABLE AGAIN. OWNER HAS NOT HEARD ANYTHING. *AK

CONSUMER HAS RECEIVED AN RECALL LETTER SAYING TO BRING VEHICLE IN TO BE INSPECTED. MANUFACTURER RECALL #MN-96S61, NHTSA #96V253003. DEALER DOES NOT HAVE PARTS. *AK

NEITHER THE FRONT OR REAR TURN SIGNALS WORK, MAKING IT HARD TO MAKE A TURN WHILE IN TRAFFIC. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. REAR SIGNALS FIXED VIA RECALL, FRONT FIXED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. *AK *ML

WHEN DRIVING THE BRAKES DON'T COME ON AND WHEN TURNING ON THE HEADLIGH DON'T COME ON. CONSUMER HAD BRAKE LIGHTS FIXED FIVE TIMES, AND THE RIGHT SIDE WORKS WHENEVER IT WANTS TO. THE DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE TAIL LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. DEALER STATED TO CONSUMER THAT VAN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL #96V253003, REAR LAMP SOCKET . DEALER NOT ABLE TO CORRECT FREE OF CHARGE. *AK

RECALL 96V- 253.001; THE HEAT FROM THE REAR LAMP SOCKET, CAUSING THE SOCKET TO LOSE ITS TENSION AND THE SOCKET TO MOVE. THE REAR LAMP BECOMES INOPERABLE WITHOUT WARNING. MANUFACTURER STATES HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE RECALL. *AK

REAR BRAKE LIGHT SOCKET OVERHEATED AND THE CONTACT POINTS MELTED, SEPARATING THE CONTACTS FROM THE SURFACE.

RECALL ON BRAKE LIGHTS--EVEN AFTER REPAIRS, STILL DIDN'T WORK CORRECTLY.

BRAKES LIGHTS FAILED, RECALL ON OTHER VIN#'S, HOWEVER CONSUMERS VAN DOES NOT QUALIFY.

REAR BRAKES LIGHTS FAIL CONTINUALLY.

FAULTY TAIL LIGHT CONNECTION.

REAR BRAKE LIGHTS DID NOT ILLUMINATE DUE TO METAL HOLDER SEPARATING FROM PLASTIC HOUSING PRIOR TO RECALL, RECALL REPAIRS REFUSED BY MANUFACTURER, NO REASON GIVEN TO CONSUMER. (96V253) AND (96V-253.001). *AK

THE LEFT REAR LAMP WOULDN'T WORK WHEN COMING TO A STOP. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AND THEY TOLD THEM THAT THE PIECE OF METAL THAT CONNECTS LAMP TO THE SOCKET HAD SEPARATED. DEALER DID REPLACE, BUT IT KEEPS FALLING APART. *AK

REAR BRAKE SHOES/DRUMS FAILED, ALSO MACHINED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. IN DTTION, REPEATED FAILURE OF REAR LIGHTS/REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER SWITCH IS STUCK. *AK

THE SLIDING DOOR OPENS WHILE DRIVING EVEN AFTER SLAMMING SHUT. *AK CONSUMER STATES THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES OVER A 2 WEEK PERIOD, WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, USUALLY AFTER REACHING 40 MPH THE DOOR WOULD JUST UNLATCH,ALSO LEFT TYRN SIGNAL DOESNOT WORK, BRAKES WERE REPLACED, REAR GLASS WIPER WIPER HAD TO BE REPLACED, MOST OF THE POWER LOCKS HAD TO BE REPAIRED, AND THE REAR HATCH LATCH HAD TO BE REPLACED, RIGHT REAR BRAKE LIGHT HAD TO BE REPAIRED, ALSO REAR BENCH SEAT AND THE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELTS HAVE BEENINSPECTED.*JB

FAILURE OF THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS, LIGHTS DO NOT WORK. TT