1999 Ford Cougar review from North America
"Cougar is a cute car, but has caused me some problems"
What things have gone wrong with the car?
I bought my 99' Cougar in January after my Honda died. I was very excited when I went to pick it up. The car was cuter than I expected.
For the first month everything seemed to be OK, but towards the end of January I noticed when I would come to a stop light my car would shake, soon enough my brakes were not working that well. I later noticed that night that I had a huge transmissions leak. The dealer ship fixed that with no cost because of my warranty.
The next problem that occurred would be my alternator going out on the high way, it all happened so fast I had no warning. We got that fixed, but a month later it went out again (the shop gave me a bad alternator the first time) so I got the second one put in for free.
Next thing I knew my air conditioning stopped working. It would work on level 4 but not on 1-3. costing around 300 dollars to fix.
The last thing I had to replace was the computer chip in my car. My check engine light constantly came on and I would get a diagnostic test ran and nothing would be wrong ever since I fixed that my car has had no problems.
I really do love my car minus the problems I have over come.
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| Cute, but not efficient |
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| A sports car and motorway cruiser in one package |
| Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? | No |
| Model year | 1999 |
| Year of manufacture | 1999 |
| First year of ownership | 2007 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2007 |
| Engine and transmission | V6 Automatic |
| Performance marks | 8 / 10 |
| Reliability marks | 4 / 10 |
| Comfort marks | 9 / 10 |
| Dealer Service marks | 8 / 10 |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 3 / 10 |
| Overall marks (average of all marks) | |
| Distance when acquired | 80000 miles |
| Most recent distance | 84563 miles |
| Previous car | Mercury Cougar |
| Date of Entry | 28th June, 2007 |