2000 MERCURY MYSTIQUE Complaints

DEALER FOUND BATTERY CABLE OVER HEATED AND MELTED THE INSULATION. EVERYTHING IN THE CAR IS ORIGINAL WITH NO ADD-ON OR ALTERATION. SINCE WARRANTY EXPIRED IN MAY 2003, IT WILL COST 300 DOLLARS TO FIX IT.*AK

WELL OVER THE PERIOD OF THREE YEARS MY DASH BOARD HAS BEEN WORKING FINE UNTIL THIS SUMMER WHEN IT BEGAN TO MALFUCTION AND WARP. SOON AFTER MY GRILL FOR MY DEFROSTER POPPED OUT OF THE DASHBOARD AND AND BEGAN TO IMPROPERY DEFROST MY WINDSHIELD MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE. I RECIVED A NOTIFICATION JUST AFTER I PRUCHASED MY CAR ABOUT A DEFECT IN THE UNIT BUT NO RECALL WAS ISSUED SO THE TIME OF REPLACEMENT HAD EXPIRED AND NOTHING IS GOING TO BE DONE BECAUSE FORD REFUSES TO PAY FOR THE PARTS. *AK

THE ADHESIVE FAILED ON THE LEATHER DASH AND THE DASH IS WARPING UP IN THE DRIVERS VIEW AND PULLING AWAY FROM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DEALER WANTS $500 TO REPAIR AND SAYS IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT, SO WHY AM I PAYING FOR THE EXTEDED WARRANTY. *AK

AT 17,000 GLUE FAILED TOO HOLD PADDED COVERING IN PLACE,AT THIS TIME FIXED BY DEALERSHIP DESCRIBED AS DESIGN FLAW. AT 32,000 DASH FELL APART AGAIN. THIS TIME WAS TOLD WE FIXED IT ONCE DO NOT HAVE TOO AGAIN,BUT WOULD REPAIR FOR APPROXIMATELY $1000.00. I AM A WIDOW ON A FIXED INCOME AND CAN NOT DO IT.I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER SHIP AND FORD MOTOR AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD NOT DO ANY THING ELSE UNLESS I PAID FOR IT. THE CAR IS BASICALLY A GOOD CARBUT THIS LETS MOISTURE GET IN BETWEEN DASH AND PADDING FROM DEFROSTER. *AK

DASHBOARD EXPANDED AND AIR-VENT IN DASHBOARD WAS EJECTED AND HAD TO BE REMOVED IN ORDER TO PREVENT IT BECOMING AIRBORNE IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION. *LA

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VINYL OF THE DASHBOARD WAS SEPARATING FROM THE DASHBOARD AND THIS WOULD RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITY. *AK THE VENT BOWED AND HAD COME OUT AND CAUSED THE VINYL TO PULL AWAY FROM THE DASH. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT BY TWO SEPARATE FORD DEALERS. THE LIP PN THE VENT WAS NOT EVEN 1/4 WIDE TO HOLD THE VINYL. THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT SEVEN OTHER CONSUMERS HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM TWO OF WHICH WERE RECALLED. THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. *SC *JB

THE AIR CONDITIONING HAS FAILED TWICE IN TWO YEARS IN A 2000 MERCURY MYSTIQUE GS. WHILE OFTEN CONSIDERED A LUXURY RATHER THAN A SAFETY ITEM, I LIVE IN SOUTH FLORIDA WERE IT IS ALREADY REACHED 95 DEGREES. LAST YEAR A DEVICE IN THE DASH HAD TO BE REPAIRED. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL BUT THAT THE COMPANY WASN'T ISSUING A RECALL BECAUSE NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE COMPLAIN. THE NEW PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE THE AIR CONDITIONING FREEZING UP OR WITH THE BLENDOR; THE A/C IS COLD BUT BARELY BLOWS, EVEN WHEN ON HIGH. *AK

VEHICLE HAS WARPAGE OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL COVER AT THE FRONT EDGE OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL COVER NEAR THE WINDSHIELD, ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND AROUND THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT. THE WARPAGE PREVENTS FRONT DEFOGGER FROM WORKING. THIS WAS TAKEN UP WITH THE DEALER WHO CONFIRMED IT WAS A RECALL, BUT WILL NOT BE HANDLED AS ONE NOW. THE DEALER OFFERED A COST TO DO THE REPAIR.

WARPED DASHBOARD (RIGHT SIDE), POSSIBLY EFFECTING THE PROPER USE OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG AND CAUSING THE DEFROST VENT ACROSS THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD TO BE LIFTED OUT OF ITS PROPER LOCATION, POSSIBLE CAUSING GRIEVOUS INJURIES TO ANYONE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN THIS VEHICLE. *JB

THE DASHBOARD AND THE DASHBOARD FRAME JUST POPED OUT TWO DAYS AGO.ITS BENDING TOWARDS THE DIVERS SEAT. THERE IS A 3 INCHES GAP BETWEEN THE DASHBOARD AND THE CAR'S BODY ITSELF. MY CONCERN IS ABOUT THE PASSANGER'S AIR . IF IT ( THE DASHBOARD) KEEPS BENDING LIKE HAT THE THE AIR BAG COULD BLOW WHILE I'M DRIVING THE CAR. FOR ME IT IS A FACTORY DEFECT BECAUSE THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME THAT HE HAD SEVERAL COMPLAINS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. HOW COULD A THREE YEAR OLD CAR HAVE THIS KIND OF PROBLEM?