1996 MERCURY MYSTIQUE Complaints

I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE STALLING WHEN OUTSIDE TEMPS EXCEEDS 85 DEGREES AND THE A/C IS ON. THE PROBLEM OCCURS AFTER TAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND THE CLUCH IS DEPRESSED AND THE ENGINE IS ALLOWED TO IDLE. THE ENGINE INTERMITTENLY WILL IMMEDIATELY STALL. THIS CAUSES A PARTIAL LOSS OF BRAKING AND POWER STEERING. THIS HAPPENS ABOUT ONCE A DAY WHEN TEMPS ARE OVER 85. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE 1997. THE DEALER HAS LOOKED AT THE CAR 4 TIMES AND HAS TRIED FIXING THE A/C TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THEY SAY THE I NEED TO BRING THE CAR IN WHILE IT IS STALLING?

WHEN TRYING TO PUT THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW DOWN, YOU HAVE TO KEEP PUSHING THE BUTTON UNTIL IT FINALLY DECIDES TO GO DOWN. WHEN PUTTING IT UP IT IS THE SAME WAY, BUT IT TAKES FOREVER TO GET IT UP. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO OPEN THE DOOR OR PULL ON THE DOOR AND THEN IT MAY GO UP AND THEN AGAIN IT MAY NOT. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO CRANE LINCOLN MERCURY TO GET IT LOOKED AT AND IN THE PROCESS THE ROLLED IT DOWN AND COULD NOT GET IT BACK UP. THEY TOLD ME THEY FINALLY GOT THE WINDOW UP BUT THE MOTOR WOULD NOT HOLD IT UP AND IT FELL BACK DOWN. NOW I AM FORCED TO BY A NEW MOTOR FOR MY WINDOW BECAUSE IT WON'T STAY UP. I HAVE BEEN VERY PLEASED WITH MY CAR UP UNTIL THIS . I AM VERY UPSET ABOUT ALL OF THIS BECAUSE IT IS COSTING ME OVER $300 TO GET IT FIXED, I HAVE TO HAVE IT FIXED BECAUSE I CAN'T DRIVE WITH MY WINDOW DOWN ALL OF THE TIME BECAUSE OF THE RAIN. THANK YOU, [XXX]. *AK PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

CONSUMER HAS NOTICED THAT FOR NO APPARENT REASON WINDSHIELD HAS DEVELOPED A STRESS FRACTUR. ALSO , WHEN DRIVING THERE IS VIBRATION COMING FROM REAR OF VEHICLE, AND HEATER BLOWER SWTICH WAS INOPERABLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

THE ELECTRICAL WORK ON THE CAR IS IN TERRIBLE CONDITION. I PURCHASED THE CAR WITHOUT NOTICING A FAILURE IN THE REVERSE LIGHTING. THE REVERSE LIGHTS FAILED TO WORK THEREFORE SINCE PURCHASING THE CAR IN GREENVILLE MY DAUGHTER COMMUTED FROM GREENSBORO TO GREENVILLE 3 TIMES TO HAVE THE PROBLEM CORRECTED. NEXT THE SYSTEM FAILED AGAIN AND WITH THE SAME REVERSE LIGHTING PROBLEM. I RETURNED TO CAR TO THE DEALER AND THE SYSTEM WAS CORRECTED, HOWEVER THE PANEL LIGHTS FAILED AND I HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM UP UNTIL THIS POINT.

THE MORNING OF 12/12/00 I DROVE 25 MILES TO A MEETING, MET FOR 2 HOURS, RETURNED TO THE CAR. IT STARTED FINE, WARMED UP, AND DEFROSTED THE WINDOWS. WHEN I PUT IT IN REVERSE TO BACK OUT, EVERYTHING STOPPED. THERE WAS NO IGNITION CLICKING WHEN I TRIED TO START IT AGAIN, JUST NOTHING. INTERIOR LIGHTS AND DOOR "BELLS" (FOR KEY IN THE IGNITION) WORKED, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE WAS JUST DEAD. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO NEAREST DEALERSHIP (DEAN BROS IN LINCOLN, NE), NOT WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR. THEY SAID THAT BATTERY ACID HAD EATEN AWAY THE CONNECTIONS OF THE WIRE HARNESS. IF THE PLACEMENT OF THE BATTERY IN RELATION TO THE WIRE HARNESS IS A DEFECT IN MANUFACTURE OR DESIGN, I'D LIKE SOME REIMBURSEMENT OF THE REPAIR BILL.

EA 01 001/BLOWER SWITCH/RISISTOR OR WIRING HARNESS: BLOWER EXPERIENCE A WIRING HARNESS MELT DOWN; MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK CONSUMER STATES BLOWER MOTOR INOPERABLE, MOTOR AND FUSE WERE REPLACED, NAD THEN MOTOR WENT OUT AGAIN, CONSUMER FOUND PROBLEM TO BE A PLUG THAT WAS GOING INTO THE FUSE BOX, THAT WAS MELTED.*JB

WIRING HARNESS WAS BURNING UP. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE WIRING HARNESS IN THE HEAD LINER IS TOTALLY BURNED UP, ALSO UNDER THE DASHBOARD THERE ARE MELTED WIRES CAUSING THE POWER MIRRORS, RADIO, CLOCK, AND INTERIOR LIGHTS TO BE INOPERABLE, DEALER STATED THAT BOTH WIRING HARNESSES HAVE TO BE REPLACED. *SLC

BROKEN TRANSMISSION MOUNT BRACKETS AND BROKEN BOLT BROKE THE VACUUM HOSE RESULTING IN NO POWER BRAKES, THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. NLM

VEHICLE HUMS AND CUTS OFF. PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE SINCE PURCHASE. ENGINE & FAN LIGHT CAME ON. EACH TIME VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT DEALER. DEALER CAN'T FIND A REMEDY.*AK

SINCE OWNERSHIP OF THE VEHICLE IT HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS CONTINUALLY, WITHIN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED ON TWO OCCASIONS BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT START, POSSIBLY DUE TO ELECTRICAL SYSTEM PROBLEMS. *MJS