1998 MERCURY MYSTIQUE Complaints

WHEN ACCELERATING FROM STOP SIGN COIL SPRING SNAPPED, CAUSING FRONT END TO COLLAPSE, STRUT TO BE BENT, TIRE TO BE SHREDDED. WHILE THIS PART HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED YET, THIS VEHICLE HAS NEEDED MORE THAN $2000 IN REPAIRS IN THE LAST 9 MONTHS.

WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY MERCURY MYSTIQUE DOWN THE ROAD ON 12/06/00 LEFT FRONT OF MY CAR DROPPED MY CAR FILLED WITH SMOKE AND MY CAR STOPPED ABRUPTLY I WAS UNABLE TO MOVE MY VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. A 6 INCH PIECE OF COIL SPRING BROKE OFF DROPPING MY LEFT SIDE OF MY CAR TO THE ROAD. *AK

EXCESSIVE OVERHEATING. DEALER HAS REPLACED TEMPERATURE GAUGE, AND OTHER PARTS, BUT STILL NOT ACCURATE.*AK

GAS TANK WOULD NOT ALLOW GAS TO ENTER WITHOUT BACKING IT UP, THIS HAPPENS ESPECIALLY DURING WARM WEATHER. *SLC

THERE IS A SHORT IN THE ABS CONTROLLER SYSTEM WHICH CAUSES THE FUSE FOR THE FAN BLOWER TO BLOW THEREFORE THERE IS NO HEAT AND NO ABS WHICH MAKES THE CAR INOPERABLE. WHEN I TOOK MY CAR INTO THE FORD DEALER THERE WAS ANOTHER LADY WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

RECALL 99V194000. WHILE DRIVING ACCELERATOR STUCK. VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPAIRED UNDER MENTIONED RECALL PRIOR TO INCIDENT. DEALER HAS SINCE INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *SLC

HORN PAD IS HARD TO OPERATE WHEN NEEDED. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND MANUFACTURER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT IT WAS NORMAL OPERATION FOR THAT VEHICLE. *AK THE DEALER COULD NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER INDICATED THAT BEING UNABLE TO USE THE HORN IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD. *YH

I AM NOT ABLE TO PUMP GAS WITHOUT SPILLAGE OCCURRING. THE TANK ACTS LIKE ITS FULL EVEN WHEN EMPTY AND I HAVE TO CONTINUALLY DEPRESS THE GAS PUMP. I AM ABLE TO ONLY PUMP A FEW GALLONS BEFORE MY HAND GETS TO TIRED TO CONTINUE. I HAVE HAD MECHANICS LOOK AT THIS BUT THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG.

LIGHTING---- 12 SECOND LIGHT WAS NOT WORKING WHEN DOOR WAS OPENED. WENT TO CHECK TO MAKE SURE BULB WAS NOT BURNED OUT BY TURNING ON SWITCH WHEN LIGHT FIXTURE ASSEMBLY BROKE AND SWUNG DOWN ALMOST HITTING ME IN HEAD. DEALERSHIP CLAIMS THIS IS OUR FAULT NOT MANUFACTURER DEFECT. AGAIN. ENGINE--- DRIVING APPROX. 30 MPH WHEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WENT TO DEALERSHIP AND AFTER TESTING SAID THE ENGINE HAD NOT BEEN GETTING ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF OIL FOR UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF TIME. COMPLETE ENGINE REPLACENMENT. ARGUED ABOUT WHO WAS TO PAY FOR RENTAL CAR. WAITED.... STILL NO DECISION ON RENTAL CAR AFTER TWO WEEKS. AFTER ONE MONTH FOUND OUT COMPANY THAT MAKES THIS TYPE OF ENGINE FOR FORD HAD BROKEN ITS CONTRACT. NOW NO SUPPLIER WAS AVAILABLE. WAITED. HAD TO ORDER EACH INDIVIDUAL PART FOR ENGINE REPLACEMENT. AFTER OVER TWO MONTHS. CAR WAS FIXED.... SUPPOSEDLY. AFTER ONE WEEK CAR WAS IN SHOP FOR OIL AND ANTIFREEZE LEAKS, BROKEN LIGHTING FIXTURE, AND GAS MILEAGE THAT HAS NOW BEEN CUT IN HALF. WAS TOLD BREAK IN PERIOD WAS REASON FOR POOR GAS MILEAGE. YET, EVERY MANUAL CLAIMS NO BREAK IN PERIOD IS NECESSARY. CAR STILL IN SHOP AFTER 5 DAYS.*AK

PROBLEM WITH UNPLEASANT FUMES ENTERING VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN SHOP ON FOUR OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK