10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
175,405 miles

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problem #2

Apr 142020

Cougar 6-cyl

  • 177,810 miles
Battery light is on and has for awhile. Lights keep blowing fuses. And today I had to rip out a headlight or the car would have set on fire.

- Seymour, IN, USA

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problem #1

Apr 082019

Cougar

  • 173,000 miles
Well headlight wiring harness is dry rotted like crazy the car looses power while excelerating when below 3/4 of a tank brake fluid/clutch fluid is leaking don't know why and the battery light is

- Seymour, IN, USA

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