99 cougar wont turn over

1 Check the battery,make sure its not dead
2 Check the fuel filter to see if its blocked
When you turn the key,will the engine crank?
If it does but the engine wont start, check your fuel system. It might also be a bad fuel pump.
If it doesn't crank when you turn the key,make sure the battery has a charge.


* Sometimes a car loses connection at the battery terminals. This means that you actually have to disconnect the battery and clean the connectors and the posts on the battery. Try this first.
Most Fords have a device to engage the starter called a solenoid. It's mounted up by the battery in most cases on A Ford, so look for a black and silver device that the positive lead from the battery goes to and try swapping it out. Make sure to disconnect the battery first. If the lights in the dash come on when you turn on the key, there could be another problem. It's called either a clutch switch(if the car has a manual transmission) or a Park-Neutral safety switch(if the car is an automatic.

did you hook up batter cable? lights work?

Check battery voltage.should have a little more than 12 volts DC.then turn ign.switch on check fuses with test light with them in place.pull the one out for ign. Ohm it out across should read 0.00on electrical meter.if it is good look for stater fuse.follow same.if it is good could have bad starter.make sure you turn key off when removing fuses.

first make sure battery is charged if so then then check the relay in the fuse box under the hood find the relay that marked "ing" pull that relay then find a nother one to inter change with it, if car still wont start then ou will need to see if the in line fuse on the starter wire is good or blown if its good then you will need to pull the starter and replace it. hope this helps you

check crankshaft sensor.

Have you checked the automatic shut down relay ?
It powers the injectors from a 20amp fuse number 5.

ck main fuse then electric side of key switch,then ck anti theft.

if the car cranks over and is getting fuel, then it's not getting spark.

My 99 cougar sometimes dont start but it dont even make a noise. it has something to do with the security system. i turn on the head lights a couple of times and it will start.

what is anti-theft light doing? It should come on solid for about 2 sec after you turn the key on then turn off. If it is flashing after this then it is not seeing the computer chip in the key and you have a PATS problem.