1999 Mercury Cougar review from North America

Within the first couple weeks, I got the recall notice in the mail. When I went to get it fixed, the dealer said the recall only affected a certain amount of the ‘99 Cougars, not all of them. Fortunately mine was not affected, but while they were looking at the car they noticed a small oil leak.

They replaced the gasket, and since the car was still under warranty it did not cost me anything.

About a year later my front passenger Firestone got cut on something while I was going over a bridge, it blew out from the side rather than from the tread and completely ripped up the tire bead. I had 4 all season Falcons (about $60 a piece) put on and haven’t had any issues with tires since. It now has 66k miles on it.

After 30k miles, I decided I wanted ceramic brakes and haven’t had any issues with those either.

I bought my love with 17,800 some odd miles on it.

I feel sorry for those of you who have had problems with their 99’s, I love mine. If I won the lottery I’d like to think I would buy all the well maintained Cougars from ‘99 on and drive them forever.

Everyone who knows me thinks the Cougar was made for me. I had an ‘88 Sable originally. In 2000 right after I got my Sable registered I saw my current baby in the dealership across the street from the Department of Motor Vehicles. What harm could there be in a test drive? I signed the paperwork before I even drove it!

I live in Northern New England and it handles awesome in the snow too.

That time when the tire blew out on me, I was going over 50 miles per hour over a bridge so I had no place to go, and oncoming traffic. The car stayed straight, there was no lurching, only minimal roughness, and I slowed to a perfect stop. When I got out of the car and looked at the tire it was almost entirely off the rim. The stability of this little car is amazing! I would drive it forever if it were possible.