Faults:

I had to put in all new speakers

The doors are too heavy and starting to sag.

I had the transmission replaced at 130,000 (should have had it replaced sooner)

Seats are staring to wear.

General Comments:

Other than the faults listed above this is a very solid, reliable car.

It is fast and at high speeds handles great.

The 3.8 has enough kick to give the 5.0 a run for its money.

The interior is very roomy for a 2 door.

The trunk is very roomy

I did have to replace the rotors at 135,000.

I currently own the car and plan on driving it until the end of either me or the car.

Faults:

The transmission had to be replaced at 150,000 miles. A cheap little plastic piece that controls oil flow to the transmission broke, denying oil to my transmission and ruining it within seconds.

The doors (it's a coupe) are huge. Huge. They go on forever. So when it hit 10 years, the door was sagging badly and I often had to put my elbow into the door to get it to open because the back end was resting on the frame. I had to hinges replaced, but that didn't last a year. It's sagging again.

Leather seats were a bad idea.

The radio became very moody. The power connection was faulty and would work intermittently, resetting my clock and my stations every time. I finally had it replaced.

The gas line completely fell apart at 164,000 miles. It was losing gas badly. One day I started my car up and noticed gas was pouring out underneath my passenger side door, leaking enough gas to fill a cup every 3 seconds. We had it towed in and the Ford mechanic said, "1992 Cougar - Did the gas line break?" I guess this is typical.

General Comments:

The car moved well. If you like to drive too fast, get the LS (luxury sedan trim) instead of the XR7 because a friend told me his XR7 has a governor. My LS went as fast as anyone should ever go. The acceleration was terrific for the first 140,000 miles.

My biggest annoyance was the rear-wheel drive. I either had to pack the trunk with junk and sacrifice gas mileage, or sacrifice traction whenever it got a little slick out. I'd rather walk a mile in the snow than drive a mile in traffic with this car in the snow or ice. The fish-tailing was a lot of fun, though, especially for those in the back seat.

Spacious trunk.

My passengers had no complaints about the back seat and I carried A LOT of passengers in the five years I had this car.

The electronic dashboard on the LS was cool at first, but very annoying after awhile. I always had to move my hand to see the speedometer, and now the light is out and I can only see the speedometer when I'm on a dark highway at night.

Faults:

Nothing has gone wrong with this car except that I have a headlight problem. My headlights flicker off and on while I drive. I think that all that it is is a faulty headlight switch.

General Comments:

Fast car even though it's not a Mustang or Camaro. My friends really like my car for its power and comfort. The interior is very spacious. However, the seats are kind of rough on my passengers.

Faults:

Brakes rotors 50,000 and about every 25,000 to date one set of hubs and Brakes in back water pump and head gasket 85,000 about 4 sets of shocks to date about 4 sets of struts to date 2 two sets of spings in front and one set in back and some other parts here there.

General Comments:

Have driven this car very hard and maintained it, it doesn't own me a thing have to retire it after this winter because rust (rot) : (have had 5 other cars during the 11 years of having this and still love it more than the others (85 Bronco II , 94 Mazda Navajo, 93 Lincoln Mark V111, 99 Mercury Mystique V6, and 96 Mercury Cougar V8.

Faults:

Very little.

General Comments:

Like the two doors but they are very big and heavy.

Power seats don't have much support in lower back area.