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Used 1999 Mercury Cougar Consumer Reviews

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4.25 out of 5 stars

This car is fun to drive

kristie, 01/18/2007
1999 Mercury Cougar V6 2dr Coupe
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i love this car its cute and fun to drive and takes off pretty fast its great looking i love the lines of this car great features i haven't had any problems with it

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4 out of 5 stars

A So-So

Quen, 02/18/2009
1999 Mercury Cougar V6 2dr Coupe
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When I got this car for my 16th birthday I was so excited, but only 3 days later I was taking it to get the belt fixed and the engine light never went off. After fixing all the problems though it's pretty reliable. I can also say it drives great and has great gas mileage for a on-the-go-teen.

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4 out of 5 stars

I love/Husband Hates

kac4, 12/20/2010
1999 Mercury Cougar V6 2dr Coupe
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Does someone have an answer ? when my husband first bought this car for me this summer it had 112,000 on it. An let me just tell you I can usually get miles out of my cars. but so far I haven't been able to, we thought that the headlights were the ownely thing wrong. But we were wrong there is a electrical problam, the wheel bearing, the radio buzzes, if I use my rear wiper then my front ones go off too!Then we went too go get a new excaust an come too find out the k-frame rotted out so bad that I could put my foot through one of the holes. I'm lucky my family didn't get hurt. So anyways my car has 18 open recalls did it get fixed NO !! I say ford should do something about this.

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2 out of 5 stars

Cougar Far From Purrfect

Daphne, 04/06/2003
1999 Mercury Cougar V6 2dr Coupe
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This car is just one problem after the other. If you purchase this car it will spend most of it's time in the shop. I have 44K on mine and the problems have been: defect in brake calippers not retracting which constantly wear out the rotars, sensors continually go out, alternator failed, leaving me stranded on the freeway, transmission greatly hesitates when you really need it the most, radio continually shorts out, cup holder is worthless, front defrost vents pop up. These problems are not one time occurences, they happen over and over again, compounding frustration. Please save yourself the frustration I have experienced and buy a more reliable car.

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1.88 out of 5 stars

My Last American Car

Ford Hater Forever, 12/28/2005
1999 Mercury Cougar V6 2dr Coupe
0 of 2 people found this review helpful

I bought my car right after my divorce, thinking that I needed a reliable car to drive my kids around, boy was I wrong. The car has left me stranded numerous times with my children in the car. I've replaced the alternator twice, tied rod ends, wheel bearing 3 times, the check engine light is always on because of a vacuum leak 5 mechanics haven't been able to find, I can't get it inspected, I've put tires on 4 times and it eats brakes, the radio shorts out and the anti freeze light comes on if the antifreeze goes below max level. I'm considering parking the car because I owe so much money on it I can't trade and can't afford to drive it

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