1995 MERCURY MYSTIQUE Complaints

REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPLACEMENT OF GAS TANK SINCE IT IS A PRODUCT OF A DEFECT.*MR GAS STATION ATTENDANT WAS FUELING THE VEHICLE WHEN A LARGE PUDDLE OF GAS LEAKED FORM UNDER THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE MECHANIC WHO STATED IT SHOULD BE COVERED BY FORD. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, THE GAS TANK KEPT SHUTTING OFF AUTOMATICALLY AND THE ATTENDANT HAD TO PUMP IT SLOWLY TO KEEP IT FROM SHUTTING OFF WHILE BEING FILLED. CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THE VEHICLE WOULD BE LOOKED OVER AND IT WAS DEPENDENT UPON THE MILEAGE AND CONDITION OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MECHANIC AND RELAYED THE INFO. FROM THE DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC STATED HIS COMPUTER SHOWED A RECALL FOR THE FUEL TANK AND SHOULD BE COVERED. CONSUMER AGAIN CONTACTED ANOTHER FORD DEALERSHIP WHO STATED THERE WAS NO RECALL. MECHANIC DID REPAIR VEHICLE. *PH

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILS TO DOWN SHIFT WHILE DRIVING. DEALERSHIP REPLACE DTHE TRANSMISSION, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT DOWN SHIFT HAD A NEW TRANSMISSION PUT IN THE CAR AND IT STILL DOES THE SAME THING. NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHY? COULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME I HAVE SPENT TO MUCH MONEY NOW. 1995 MERCURY MYSTIQUE. *JB

VEHICLE STALLED AT 35 MPH AND FAILED TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED INSULATION ON THE WIRING HARNESS HAD DETERIORATED AND CAUSED A SHORT. *AK MULTIPLE SHORTS OCCURRED AS THE INSULATION THROUGHOUT THE WIRING HARNESS HAD BADLY DETERIORATED. THE ENGINE STALLED TWICE. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ENTIRE WIRING HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *SCC *JB

THE CONSUMER STATED MOST OF THE TIME THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START, BUT WHEN IT DID START IT STALLED WHILE DRIVING. *AK *JB

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTS. *AK

IN JULY 2003, REAR SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RELEASE FROM THE BUCKLE. THE CONSUMER HAD TO CUT THE SEAT BELT IN ORDER TO REMOVE A CHILD. *AK

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IT CAUGHT 0N FIRE FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD AREA. *AK

VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME DEFECT WITH ITS SHIFT LEVER AS STATED IN RECALL 98 V 233 000, BUT THIS VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

THE ENGINE WIRE INSULATION MELTED WHICH CAUSED THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO FAIL. *NLM PH. WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE ABRUPTLY SHUT DOWN BECAUSE THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED, WHICH WAS CAUSED BY A WIRING HARNESS PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE PROBLEM WAS RELATED TO THE RECALL. *JB