NHTSA — Power Train: Manual Transmission Problems

10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
2 / 0
Average Mileage:
40,550 miles

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1996 Mercury Cougar transmission problems

transmission problem

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1996 Mercury Cougar Owner Comments

problem #1

Jan 082004

Cougar 8-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 40,550 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Headlight switch has shorted out many times. Local delarship knows the problem and I have had it replaced by a local shop three times. Fod had checked for electrical shorts and said they were all fine. Automatic transmision went out because the filter wasnt getting enough fluid because the filter wasnt close enough to the bottom of the fan 96 Cougar 41,000 original miles

- Racine, WI, USA

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