1995 MERCURY MYSTIQUE Complaints

DUE TO DEFECTIVE PARKING BRAKE WHICH BECAME CORRODED, PARKING BRAKE DID NOT RELEASE. ALSO, PREMATURE WEAR OF REAR BRAKE PADS, CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. BRAKE CABLE WAS REPLACED AFTER MUCH DELAY. *AK *ML

HAD ALL NEW BRAKE PADS AT 56000 MILES. AT DEALER SERVICE AT 77000 DEALER NOTED REAR BRAKES AT 10%.DEALER NEW OF PROBLEM, CORRODED PARKING BRAKE CABLE. PART HAS BEEN ON BACK ORDER SINCE APRIL SERVICING. NEITHER DEALER OR FORD WILL SAY WHEN AVAILABLE. *AK

TRANSMISSION GEAR GETS STUCK IN PARK OR REVERSE. WHEN THIS HAPPENS CONSUMER CANNOT GET VEHICLE INTO DRIVE. SOMETIMES IT GETS IN DRIVE AND CANNOT BE PLACED INTO PARK. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

SUSPENSION BOLTS & COIL SPRINGS HAD RUSTED THROUGH & BROKE. HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. HAD NO WARNING OF ANY PROBLEMS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & INFORMED BY MECHANIC REPAIRS CAN BE DONE. *AK

THE COOLING SYSTEM ON THE ENGINE BLOCK HAS BEEN REPLACED BUT IT STILL RUNS HOT. FORD DID A BUYBACK ON ALMOST EVERY V6 MADE IN 1995 BUT MY CAR MODEL. THEY CLAIM THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NO ENGINE BLOCK COMPLIANTS ON MY CAR MODEL. BUT ALL OF THE PEOPLE I KNOW THAT HAVE THE SAME CAR ARE HAVING THE SAME OVERHEATING PROBLEMS. *AK

TEMP GAUGE STAYS TO RIGHT OF "L" ON GAUGE & CAR SMELLS HOT, DEALER SAYS EVERYTHING IS "NORMAL". FROM PAST EXPERIENCE I KNOW IT'S NOT "NORMAL" FOR A 4CYL. TO RUN HOT. WHAT CAN I DO IF DEALER SAYS THERE'S NOTHING WRONG?*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THROTTLE CABLE BROKE, VEHICLE WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCLERATE AND STALLED WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. DEALER REPLACED THE THROTTLE CABLE. *AK

BOTH REAR SPRINGS BROKE. THE CAR IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD. THE HEAVIEST ITEMS EVER CARRIED WERE 3 BAGS OF GROCERIES. I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM FORD MOTOR COMPANY IN 1999 REGARDING THE POSSIBLE FAILURE OF THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. I REQUESTED THEY BE REPLACED AT THE TIME BEFORE FAILURE AND POSSIBLE ACCIDENT BUT FORD WOULDNT DO IT. THESE SPRINGS MUST BE MADE OF BAD STEEL. MY HUSBAND IS A MACHINIST/TOOL AND DIEMAKER AND LOOKED AT THE BROKEN SPRINGS AND CAN TELL THEY ARE CHEAP STEEL. IT COST US OVER $400.00 TO GET THE CAR FIXED. I WANT TO WRITE TO FORD MOTORS REGARDING THIS MATTER, WHO DO I WRITE TO,AT WHAT ADDRESS

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT A COLLISION OCCURRING DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

THROTTLE STICKS AT WIDE OPEN POSITION. THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH NOW GRINDS WHEN SHIFTING INTO THIRD GEAR. THE DRIVESHAFT WAS REPLACED DUE TO NOISE AND VIBRATION AT A COST OF $1,100.00, BUT THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE HEATER FAN SWITCH HAS FAILED TWICE. THE FIRST TIME IT WAS COVERED UNDER A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM. *AK