https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Mercury Capri. en-us Mon, 21 Sep 2026 01:43:41 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri#complaint-679560 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT FRED MARTIN FORD 4701 MAHONING AVE YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO (330) 793-2444 REFUSED TO COMPLETE SAFETY RECALL FOR THE SPEED CONTROL ON MY 1994 MERCURY CAPRI. THEY SAY THEY ARE NOT QUALIFIED TO DO THE RECALL BUT DID WORK ON THE FIRST PART OF THE RECALL (DISCONNECTING THE SWITCH) BUT REFUSE TO REPLACE THE PART SPECIFIED IN THE RECALL. I CALLED TODAY (JULY23RD) AND WAS TOLD WE DON'T WORK ON MERCURY VEHICLES https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri#complaint-670791 Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT FUEL & OIL LINES CAUSE ENGINE FAILURE AND SMOKES WHITE AND BLACK EXHAUST. FUEL PUMP REPLACED 3 TIMES. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri#complaint-670792 Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT FUEL & OIL LINES CAUSE ENGINE FAILURE AND SMOKES WHITE AND BLACK EXHAUST. FUEL PUMP REPLACED 3 TIMES. *TR https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri#complaint-646786 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT DRIVING, THEN COMING TO A STOP OR SLOWING DOWN, WHEN SUDDENLY THE ENGINE STOPS RUNNING, AND WILL NOT RE-START. AT FIRST IT RESTARTED AFTER ABOUT 4 HOURS. NEXT WHEN IT HAD HAPPENED IT DID NOT RESTART UNTIL OVERNIGHT REST. THE IT STARTED RIGHT UP AND RAN FOR SEVERAL DAYS WHEN THE SAME THING HAD HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS STARTED THE SUMMER OF 2007, ABOUT A MONTH AFTER THE FOUR YEAR EXTENDED WARRANTY FROM https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri#complaint-581982 Sun, 14 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT GARAGE / HOUSE FIRE CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE IGNITION SWITCH IN 1985 MERCURY CAPRI ASC MCLAREN. *JB https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri#complaint-457469 Mon, 01 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT 1993 MERCURY CAPRI'S CONVERTABLE TOP HANDLES BROKE OFF MAKING THE TOP UNUSABLE. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri#complaint-417247 Thu, 10 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT VEHICLE COLLIDED HEAD-ON WITH A POLE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 60MPH. CONSUMER STATES THAT DRIVER'S FRONT AIR BAG "EXPLODED", CRACKING THE FRONT WINDSHIELD, AND CAUSING INJURY TO DRIVER'S HEAD, CHIN, AND NECK.*AK https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri#complaint-309188 Mon, 20 Aug 2001 00:00:00 GMT I HAVE TAKEN CAR OFF ROAD. TWO FORD DEALERS AND TWO INDEPENDENT SERVICE PROVIDERS HAVE TOLD ME UNLESS IT STALLS WHILE THEY HAVE IT THEY CAN NOT FIX IT- IT IS A SENSOR OR SOMETHING WHICH DOESN'T SHOW ON THE COMPUTER CODE SELF CHECK SCAN. THE CAR IS WORTHLESS AS I NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL STALL AND FOR HOW LONG I WILL SIT AND WAIT UNTIL IT STARTS AGAIN.*AK https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri#complaint-303612 Mon, 16 Jul 2001 00:00:00 GMT CONSUMER'S SON DROVE AND WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER WAS SLIGHTLY INJURED. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri#complaint-297986 Tue, 19 Jun 2001 00:00:00 GMT NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri#complaint-294153 Thu, 24 May 2001 00:00:00 GMT WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN FOR SERVICE DEALER NOTICED A RIP IN CONVERTIBLE TOP. CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A SMALL RIP IN LEFT BACK CORNER OF CONVERTIBLE TOP. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri#complaint-267867 Mon, 22 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT CONSUMER HAD 4 TRANSMISSIONS REPLACED SINCE 1996. CAUSE OF PREMATURE FAILURE IS UNKNOWN. ALSO, AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON.*AK https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri#complaint-267868 Mon, 22 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT CONSUMER HAD 4 TRANSMISSIONS REPLACED SINCE 1996. CAUSE OF PREMATURE FAILURE IS UNKNOWN. ALSO, AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON.*AK https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri#complaint-255524 Thu, 09 Nov 2000 00:00:00 GMT CRANKSHAFT TWISTS THE CRANK KEY CAUSING MAJOR ENGINE DAMAGE. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri#complaint-241327 Fri, 22 Sep 2000 00:00:00 GMT THE PULLEY END OF CRANKSHAFT BROKE OFF ON THE INSIDE LANE OF THE SOUTH BOUND SIDE OF IH 35 AT MOORE, OK. THE END OF THE SHAFT AND THE PULLEY SPUN ACROSS THE NORTH BOUND SIDE OF I-35 BETWEEN CARS. NO ONE WAS INJURED AS THE CARS WERE ABLE TO AVOID HITTING THE SPINNING DISC. HOWEVER, THIS COULD HAVE CAUSE A DEADLY CRASH ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. VERY FEW MODELS OF THE CAR WERE SOLD IN THE US. THEREFOR https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri#complaint-201884 Tue, 14 Mar 2000 00:00:00 GMT VEHICLE IS MISSING FRONT AND REAR STABILIZER BAR, WHICH ACCORDING TO DEALER'S BROCHURE, IS SUPPOSED TO BE A STANDARD ITEM. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri#complaint-188526 Mon, 13 Dec 1999 00:00:00 GMT TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC NO PARTS AVAILABLE FOR NEUTRAL SAFETY SWITCH. THE PART WAS DISCONTINUED BY MANUFACTURER. THE SWITCH IS USED TO PUT VEHICLE IN EITHER PARK, NEUTRAL OR DRIVE. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri#complaint-185944 Mon, 29 Nov 1999 00:00:00 GMT CONVERTABLE TOP WAS TORN AT THE REAR CORNERS WHERE IT WAS TOO TIGHT ON THE FRAME. NLM https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri#complaint-185945 Mon, 29 Nov 1999 00:00:00 GMT THE REAR WINDOW ON ORIGINAL TOP CRACKED AND BROKE DURING COLD WEATHER. NLM https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri#complaint-185946 Mon, 29 Nov 1999 00:00:00 GMT FRONT BUMPER BROKE WHEN TRAVELING ON CITY STREETS DURING WINTER. NLM https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri#complaint-185948 Mon, 29 Nov 1999 00:00:00 GMT ENGINE FAILED. NLM https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri#complaint-125027 Tue, 24 Nov 1998 00:00:00 GMT VEHICLE HAS HAD THREE BATTERS AND FAN BELTS, WITH THE LAST BELT FAILING 300 MILES AFTER INSTALLATION. OWNER WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF RECALL FOR REPLACEMENT OF DEFECTIVE ALTERNATOR PULLEY AND BELT THAT CAUSES SLIPPAGE, AND BELT AND BATTERY FAILURE. https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri#complaint-125028 Tue, 24 Nov 1998 00:00:00 GMT VEHICLE HAS HAD THREE BATTERS AND FAN BELTS, WITH THE LAST BELT FAILING 300 MILES AFTER INSTALLATION. OWNER WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF RECALL FOR REPLACEMENT OF DEFECTIVE ALTERNATOR PULLEY AND BELT THAT CAUSES SLIPPAGE, AND BELT AND BATTERY FAILURE. https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri#complaint-116409 Wed, 30 Sep 1998 00:00:00 GMT BOTH WINDOW REGULATORS BROKE SEVERAL WEEKS. https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri#complaint-111043 Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:00:00 GMT TRANSMISSION FAILURE. https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri#complaint-104746 Fri, 24 Apr 1998 00:00:00 GMT TRANS AXLE FAILED. https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri#complaint-104308 Mon, 20 Apr 1998 00:00:00 GMT SMELLED GASOLINE AND NOTICED A PUDDLE OF GASOLINE UNDER VEHICLE. AT THAT TIME THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR SERVICE, AND THE DEALER INFORMED OWNER THAT A NEW FUEL TANK WAS NEEDED BECAUSE OF RUSTING TOWARDS THE TOP OF FUEL TANK WHICH CAUSED THE FUEL TO LEAK. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri#complaint-102772 Thu, 02 Apr 1998 00:00:00 GMT SEAT BELT ON DRIVER'S SIDE CONTINUOUSLY UNLATCHES. https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri#complaint-102773 Thu, 02 Apr 1998 00:00:00 GMT REAR VIEW MIRROR CAME OFF WITH WINDSHIELD GLASS STILL ATTACHED. https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri https://plaincars.com/make/mercury-capri#complaint-102774 Thu, 02 Apr 1998 00:00:00 GMT HEAD LIGHT FAILED.