Recall Register

1983 Mercury Cougar: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1983 Mercury Cougar. The newest campaign is 83V028000. NHTSA received the report on 7 Mar 1983. The NHTSA record gives the component Power Train / Automatic Transmission. NHTSA has 2 complaints on file for this model year. 2 NHTSA investigations name 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, 83V028000, in the NHTSA record

Dealer will inspect and, if necessary, replace the parking pawl actuating rod assembly.
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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

2 campaigns, newest first. 100,835 units in total.

  1. 83V028000Received . 98,162 units.

    Power Train / Automatic Transmission

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The parking gear may not engage, even though the gear shift lever is placed in the "park" position. This occurs if the linkage inside the transmission that actuates the park gear was improperly manufactured. A pin that retains components on a linkage (actuating) rod could break and the linkage may not engage the parking gear.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will inspect and, if necessary, replace the parking pawl actuating rod assembly.

    Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY.

  2. 83V012000Received . 2,673 units.

    Fuel System, Gasoline / Storage / Tank Assembly

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Some of these vehicles may have been built with fuel tanks that have inadequately welded front seams that can leak.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    The dealer will determine if the vehicle was corrected at the factory; if not, the fuel tank will be replaced at no charge to the owner.

    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

2 complaints, 2 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1983 Mercury Cougar: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Structure1
Electrical System1
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
11 Oct 2000

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1983 Mercury Cougar, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1995, with 1 complaint.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 1983 Mercury Cougar
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
PE89039Preliminary evaluationPARKING BRAKE FAILUREParking Brake9 Feb 198913 Jun 1989
EA86010Engineering analysisSEATBACK FAILURESeats26 Mar 198628 Jul 198986V082000

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. 1983 Mercury Cougar: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/mercury/cougar/1983/. 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
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
FORD MOTOR COMPANY

The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1983 Mercury Cougar?
100,835 units in 2 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. 2 of them name the 1983 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1983 Mercury Cougar name most often?
Structure: 1 of 2 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1983 Mercury Cougar open?
No. Each of the 2 investigations that name this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.