1999 MERCURY MYSTIQUE Complaints

I RECENTLY BOUGHT A 1999 MERCURY MYSTIQUE. AT 68,900 MILES THE FUEL PUMP ON THE CAR FAILED. I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING IT FIXED AND MY MECHANIC SHOWED ME THE OLD FUEL PUMP AFTER HE'D REMOVED IT FROM THE CAR. THE GROUND WIRE WAS BASICALLY FUSED TO THE SIDE OF THE PLASTIC WHICH MY MECHANIC ASSURED ME SHOULD NOT BE THE CASE. I WAS TOLD THAT IT COULD HAVE CAUSED AN EXPLOSION AT ANY TIME. I WILL BE LODGING A FORMAL COMPLAINT WITH THE FORD/MERCURY COMPANY AS WELL BUT I THOUGHT THAT ANYONE ELSE WHO OWNS A CAR OF THIS TYPE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS DANGER AS WELL. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED DRIVER'S VISIBILITY WAS BLOCKED BECAUSE THE DASHBOARD WAS PULLED FROM THE PANEL. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION, THE VEHICLE HIT A CONCRETE DIVIDER AND ROLLED INTO A DITCH. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK *JB

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS SEPARATING FROM THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. DEALERSHIP WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT 45 MPH AND TOOK HIS EYES OFF THE ROAD FOR A SPLIT SECOND AND DROVE INTO A DITCH, HITTING A CONCRETE DRAINAGE WALL. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER SUSTAINED A BROKEN BACK. *AK

THE DASH BOARD OF MY 1999 MERCURY MISTIQUE IS WARPING TO THE POINT THAT MY FORWARD VISIBILITY IS OBSTRUCTED AND THE DEFROSTERS CANNOT EFFECTIVELY CLEAR THE WINDSHIELD. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE MADE A SQUEALING NOISE. THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT TIMING BELT PULLEY WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK THE REAR BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED, INCLUDING THE DRUMS DUE TO AN OIL LEAK. *JB

DASHBOARD WARPAGE....CANNOT SEE WELL OUT OF WINDSHIELD. CALLED MERCURY/FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD NOT HONOR RECALL . THIS IS THE TYPE OF THING THAT MAKES YOU NOT WANT TO BUY THAT BRAND OF VEHICLE EVER AGAIN AND I WLL NOT EVER BUY A MERCURY AGAIN NEW OR USED.*AK

I HAVE NOT HAD ANY OF THESE PROBLEMS REPAIRED. MY MECHANIC SAID IT WOULD COST MORE THAN THE CAR IS WORTH, AND EVEN WORSE, IT ISN'T PAID FOR YET!!!!

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE STALLED IN TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE OR DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *JB THE CONSUMER TALKED TO ANOTHER CONSUMER WHO EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AND THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE MODULE THAT CONTROLLED THE COMPUTER MODULE (POSSIBLY THE IGNITION MODULE) AND A FLIGHT RECORDER WAS ADDED AND FOUND THE INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. (THE PROBLEM HADN'T BEEN EXPERIENCE SINCE PER THE CONSUMER WHO EXPERIENCED THIS SAME PROBLEM, NOT THE CONSUMER OF THIS LETTER) *SC