2001 Mercury Cougar C2 from North America - Comments

The fuel pump has gone out twice, first at 30,000 miles and now, only 4500 miles later.

The coolant light comes and goes, but it is full.

The Cougar emblem on the steering wheel is sun warped.

The 2001 Cougar in which I am giving the review, belongs to my wife. However we Purchased a 2002 for myself, before we started having the fuel problems.

I do love these cars, and I am always getting complements on both of them.

I have a 1997 Cougar XR7 Prairie Tan 30th Anniversary Edition. Last year my manifold was replaced. It is on recall. I just turned over to 39,100 miles. My father had the car first and only drove to go shopping locally. My window on the passenger side vibrates, due to visitors slamming the door too hard. Drives me crazy. Also the drivers' side lumbar will get worn by sliding in and out of the car. Do not use air freshners that clip on the vents. If you pull too hard, it will break the horizontal part of the vent. Lessons learned.

I have a 2001 Cougar CZ

I love the car, but the engine light is on and they can't find the problem, the coolant light is on and its full they recalled the fuel pump FORD replaced it.

The car still trys to cut out if going 40 mph or slower or if I'm turning a corner or going up hill.

I want to trade car in, but I owe 8.000 on it and I want to get it paid of a little more it only has 30,000 miles on it.

If the car wasn't good looking I would have never bought it!

Just wanted to let you know I have a '93 RX-7 which I dearly love. It now has 170,000 miles on it. My engine light started coming on a couple years ago. The car has never quit on me, but it worried me. I took it to a local car parts place. They plugged in a little computer to it, and said it was the EKG valve. My mechanic replaced it anyway, but that wasn't the problem. I took it back to Auto Zone, the plugged in the little computer again and it said my problem was an Oxygen sensor. This is near the exhaust apparently, my mechanic put one in, and all seems to be well now. So I would have my car checked out by computer if I were you.

If your coolant light goes in and out even though your radiator is full, have a cooling system pressure test done. More likely than not your head gasket is leaking exhaust into your coolant which will cause poor/erratic cooling.

Oh I pity you... you own not ONE, but TWO of these pieces of junk? And I thought I had problems with one. I found this site looking for the answer to my most recent problem (check engine light for Idle Speed Control) but my car is now for sale. I'll soon be in the category of disgruntled former cougar owners who are now proud owner of imports.

Its funny you should say that you will be trading your cougar for an import, because tomorrow I'll be trading mine in on a new Toyota. I have or should I say had a 2002 Cougar and have replaced the fuel pump 3 times, the ERG valve and O2 sensors, still it sputters and runs like crap, time to get rid of it. And by the way Ford says my fuel pump is not covered by the recall because its not considered a PROBLEM car. So the last time was out of pocket. I will never bye another FORD.

All these comments have been quite a laugh I must say. I have a 2001 Mercury Cougar, I have had the fuel pump replaced twice, and it would still keep cutting off on me. I get this coughing reaction form my engine when I try to accelerate. Well one day my car shuts off coimpletely and won't start back up. The dealership spends two days trying to figure it out, sure enough! The owner before me had put a racing chip in it which fried my whole computer ssystem slowly. So if you put one in your car, get rid of it! Also, my acceleration problems have still not dissapeared, and FORD has yet to find out why. Anotehr problem I've recently had was a fluctuation in my dash lights, and my air conditioning fuse blowing. Alternator problem one might thing? Well fact is IDK. If any of you "Ex" owners had and fixed thewse rpoblems, please share. Fact is I love my sporty car, kind of like a wife, you hate em, but you love em. I'd rather fix it then trash it. Although I have to say Toyota is the best.

Well, I am back and happy to say that my wife and I have two NEW vehicles now, and are no longer driving the 01 and 02 Cougars!! We had no choice but to sell the 2001 C2, which had the majority of the problems... that car was a piece of trash and this just goes to show that buying a domestic is just a waste of your hard earned dollar on cheap plastic!! Don't be fooled by discounts offered by domestic auto makers, you really do get what you pay for!!

We now have a new 2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse with one of the best warranties I have ever seen 5/60 bumper to bumper 10/100 power train 5/Unlimited roadside!! We love it, and I can't tell you what a relief and joy it is to own a vehicle worry free!

The next time I buy American will be when the Japanese make one! We also have a 2008 Toyota Camry SE... LOVE IT! We plan to drive the NEW cars problem free until the wheels fall off!! NEVER BUY A COUGAR.