Mercury Cougar Questions Maintenance & Repair

Cougar Not Starting Once Warmed Up

I have a 96 Mercury Cougar the other day when I got home from work I shut the car off came inside took a shower went to leave to grab some food and my car wouldn't start I waited a while after I t...

What Supplies Ground To The CKP

Hello there im working on my sisters 2002 Mercury Cougar... No spark, checked fuses...replaced coil pack still no spark. while checking CKP and CMP I found I had no ground at the CKP connector. The ...

02 Mercury Cougar V6 Two Door

I hook the battery cables up backwards now my car won't start or say nothing what could be my problems

Leaking Gas In Engine Compartment

My car is leaking gas, it's a 2000 cougar manual transmission, not sure if it makes a difference, but it's not the gas tank and its not from underneath, any idea What I can do to fix it? I'm g...

Trouble Starting 2000 Mercury Cougar

My car has trouble starting. It will only start if i tap on the gas a couple of times. Once it starts it remains on.

Kills Batteries

driving along and my 2002 cougar dies out and the battery drains to nothing -- either replace the battery or charge up the battery and the car runs fine for a while....sometimes it kills the battery ...

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I Just Changed The Spark Plugs In My 92 Cougar 3.8.I Had To Idle It Up So I...

I've changed plugs,and air filter.Getting poor accelaration

Car Not Moving

My car will turn on perfectly bit when shift it won't reverse or go fwd....any sugestion

02 Cougar No Life

Driving with windshield wipers on. Suddenly they stop working, I pull over and the car dies. Now there is no power of any kind anywhere. Tried changing battery but it melted my cable when I tried ...

1977ford Mercury Cougar Selinoid Keeps Sticking

Coolant System

Coolant inside reservoir looks brown and smells like oil. I checked the oil and it looks fine and the car hasn't overheated. Any ideas what the problem could be?

Coolant System 95 Mercury Cougar Xr7

Coolant inside reservoir looks brown and smells like oil. I checked the oil and it looks fine and the car hasn't overheated. Any ideas what the problem could be? Also no visible leaks.

2001 Mercury Cougar Rpm's Racing In Idle, Dying At A Stop. Already Replaced...

My sons mercury cougar was racing in idle, rpm's would go up. We were told to replace the idle air control valve, which we did. It is still doing it and sometimes at a stop it will die, it didn't s...

Car Just Clicks

Put new battery in my car and all it does is click

Interior Lights Flickering And Radio Shuts Off When Clutch Is Fully Pressed...

So I recently got a 2000 mercury cougar for an amazing price it's in perfect condition other than one problem and I can not for the life of me figure out what it is. The car idles fine and I can p...

Its Hard To Start

Where do i start? It starts. It runs great. No idling problems. When it's cold....its hard to start. That's all.

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