Recall Register

1969 Mercury Cougar: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 4 recall campaigns for the 1969 Mercury Cougar. The newest campaign is 77V043000. NHTSA received the report on 28 Mar 1977. The NHTSA record gives the component Seats / Front Assembly / Recliner. NHTSA has no complaint on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 77V043000, in the NHTSA record

The dealer will replace the driver"s seat pivot pin bracket on all affected vehicles, free of charge.
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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

4 campaigns, newest first. 870,072 units in total.

  • 77V043000Seats / Front Assembly / Recliner
  • 69V100000Service Brakes, Hydraulic / Foundation Components / Disc / Rotor
  • 69V077000Latches/Locks/Linkages / Hood / Latch
  • 68V095000Visibility / Defroster/Defogger/HVAC System / Heater Core

  1. 77V043000Received . 480,000 units.

    Seats / Front Assembly / Recliner

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The seat back pivot pin bracket on the involved vehicles may fail. Consequently, the seat back will rotate rearward.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    The dealer will replace the driver"s seat pivot pin bracket on all affected vehicles, free of charge.

    Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 69V100000Received . 23,100 units.

    Service Brakes, Hydraulic / Foundation Components / Disc / Rotor

    Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY.

  3. 69V077000Received . 354,000 units.

    Latches/Locks/Linkages / Hood / Latch

    Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY.

  4. 68V095000Received . 12,972 units.

    Visibility / Defroster/Defogger/HVAC System / Heater Core

    Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY.

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

The NHTSA complaint file has no complaint for this model year.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19620
  2. 19672
  3. 19681
  4. 19694
  5. 19701
  6. 19711
  7. 19721
  8. 19730
  9. 19742
  10. 19752
  11. 19761
  12. 19773
  13. 19781
  14. 19792
  15. 19801
  16. 19823
  17. 19832
  18. 19841
  19. 19851
  20. 19862
  21. 19871
  22. 19881
  23. 19894
  24. 19903
  25. 19913
  26. 19923
  27. 19933
  28. 19940
  29. 19950
  30. 19962
  31. 19970
  32. 19980
  33. 19997
  34. 20003
  35. 20011
  36. 20021

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1969 Mercury Cougar: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/mercury/cougar/1969/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
FORD MOTOR COMPANY

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1969 Mercury Cougar?
870,072 units in 4 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Mercury Cougar have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 48 recall campaigns for the Mercury Cougar, model years 1962 to 2002. 4 of them name the 1969 model year.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1969 Mercury Cougar open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.