1995 MERCURY MYSTIQUE Complaints

BACK TAIL LIGHT LENSE, COVER OVER BULBS KEEPS CRACKING. WHEN THIS HAPPENS WATER GETS INSIDE AND BLOWS BULBS. *AK

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO THE FUEL RAIL INJECTORS BURSTING AND CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK INTO ENGINE. VEHICLE SUFFERED A TOTAL LOSS. ALSO, CAUGHT ON FIRE ON 10/28/98 DUE TO WIRING HARNESS OVERHEATING WHICH WAS LATER COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.*AK

CONSUMER WAS GOING 45-50MPH AND VEHICLE STARTED TO OVERHEAT, IT WAS RAINING OUTSIDE. CONUSMER PULLED HOOD UP TO COOL IT OFF. OIL WAS BOILING SMOKING, AND VEHICLE JUST DIED OUT. DEALER STILL INSPECTING CAUSE. CONSUMER PLEASE ADD THE VIN#.*AK

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE MERCURY DEALER AT 45396 AND 56249 MILES DUE TO FREQUENTLY RUNNING AT THE FARTHEST SIDE OF NORNAL ON ENGINE TEMPERATURE GAUGE (ALMOST IN THE RED DANGER ZONE) ESPECIALLY WHEN ON HILLS OR IN THE MOUNTAINS. WE WERE TOLD "THE CAR IS MEANT TO RUN HOT." NO REMEDY WAS SUGGESTED BY THE DEALER EITHER TIME. AT 53486 MILES, A TECHNICIAN AT AN INDEPENDENT SMOG STATION SAID HE HAD NEVER SEEN A CAR RUN SO HOT. HE RAN A FAN ON THE ENGINE DURING THE SMOG TEST. THIS IS WHY THE CAR WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER FOR A CHECK OF THE ENGINE RUNNING HOT AT 56249 MILES. ON 10/17/99, THE CAR LOST POWER WHILE ON THE FREEWAY AND CAME TO A HALT AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD., STEAM WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CAR DID NOT RESTRART. DIAGNOSIS AT A NEARBY INDEPENDENT STATION REVEALED: VEHICLE HAD BEEN SEVERELY OVERHEATED. ALL SPARK PLUGS ARE CONTAMINATED WITH COOLANT, AND ALL CYLINDERS ARE FILLED WITH COOLANT. A TEAR DOWN OF THE CYLINDER HEAD REVEALED THAT CYLINDER HEAD IS SEVERELY WARPED.

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 99M03, HOWEVER THE WIRE HARNESS AND BLOWER MOTOR HAD BEEN REPLACED PRIOR TO RECALL, DEALER WOULD NOT REIMBURSE CONSUMER FOR ANY REPAIRS THAT WERE COMPLETE EVEN THOUGH THE RECALL LETTER STATES THAT PRIOR FAILURES OF THE COMPONENT WOULD BE FULLY REFUNDED. *SLC

COOLING SYSTEM OVERHEATED AND BURNED ENGINE. THERE WAS NOT ANY PRIOR WARNING. DEALER REPLACED ENGINE ON CONSUMER'S EXPENSE.*AK

FORD RE-PAINTED VEHICLE AND PAINT PEELED AGAIN, EVEN WORSE WITHIN 1 YR. FORD SAID OVERHEATING PROBLEM WAS WATER PUMP AND THERMOSTAT AND HOUSING. REPLACED BOTH AND PROBLEM WAS NOT SOLVED.*AK

CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL NUMBER 00V367000/ MANUDFACTURER'S RECALL 00S44. DEALER REFUSED TO CORRECT RECALL WORK.ALSO, VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY OVERHEATING WHICH IS STATED IN RECALL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD NOT PICK UP SPEED. LATER, IT WOULD KICK IN, AND SUDDENLY ACCELERATE. TOOK TO TRANSMISSION MECHANIC, AND WAS INFORMED NOT TRANSMISSION. TOOK TO ANOTHER MECHANIC, AND WAS INFORMED IT WAS TIMING BELT, AND THEN LATER NOT TIMING BELT, IT WAS HEAD GASKET WHICH WAS WARPED. ENGINE WAS REPLACED. THEN VEHICLE NOT ABLE TO BE STARTED RIGHT AWAY. SPARK PLUGS HAD BLOWN OUT. CURRENTLY, MECHANIC THINKS IT WAS ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STARTED TO SMOKE AND DIED. CONSUMER HAD ALREADY RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FOR ENGINE SMOKING. CONSUMER SAID THIS WAS SAME THING THAT HAPPENED TOO HER. *AK