1995 MERCURY MYSTIQUE Complaints

REAR COIL SPRING IS CORRODED, AND THERE IS NOISE REAR END. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

RIGHTSIDE MOTOR MOUNTS CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SLIP MORE INTO THE CAR CAUSING IT TO BREAK THE POWERSTEERING LINE. THE LINE HAS BEEN RECENTLY REPACED. IS THERE A RECALL CALL FOR THE MOTORMOUNTS?*AK

RPMS RUNNING AT 400-600 RPM'S IN DRIVE, IDLE CAUSES IT TO SHAKE. NORMALLY IT RUNS 800-1000RPMS. CONSUMER WENT TO DEALER REGARDING TSB, UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WAS NOT A RECALL. TRANSMISSION IS GOING BAD BECAUSE IT'S TOO CLOSE TO ENGINE. DEALER WILL FIX THE PROBLEM AT CONSUMER'S COST.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 00V367000. DEALERSHIP HAS PERFORMED REPAIRS TO CORRECT PROBLEM AND WAS CHARGING CONSUMER FOR PARTS AND LABOR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK

VEHICLE STALLED IN TRAFFIC AFTER MAKING A TURN IN WET WEATHER. WHEN TURNING, THERE WOULD BE NOISE PRIOR TO STALLING. PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT, AND GETTING WORSE. NOTICED TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN THAT INDICATED AN AIR INTAKE KIT TO CORRECT STALLING PROBLEM. VEHICLE HAS SINCE BEEN REPAIRED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 10-20 MPH NOTICED SMOKE FROM UNDER THE HOOD. SHE PULLED OVER AND SAW FLAMES. FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT FIRE. DAMAGE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. PLEASE ADD FURTHER COMMENTS.*AK

THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND VEHICLE OVERHEATED, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT A NEW WATER PUMP WAS NEEDED, CONSUMER ALSO STATES THERE ARE FUMES COMING FROM THE ENGINE, THE FUMES COME INSIDE THE VEHICLE WHEN IT IS WARM, WHETHER OR NOT THE A/C IS ON.*JB

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN SAME WAY AS MENTIONED IN NHTSA RECALL 00-V-367-000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 00S44. CONSUMER STOPPED TO HAVE TIMING BELT REPAIRS ESTIMATED. WHILE WALKING AWAY FROM VEHICLE CONSUMER HEARD CHIRPING, AND SMOKE WAS COMING FROM VEHICLE. CONSUMER'S HAND WAS BURNED WHILE REACHING TO UNPLUG POWER PLUG. CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER ABOUT A RECALL NOT RECEIVED. MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT OFFER REMEDY BECAUSE VEHICLE WAS OVER 100,000 MILES FOR EXTENDED WARRANTY. HOWEVER, AT TIME WHEN RECALL WAS SENT OUT VEHICLE HAD BETWEEN 96,000-98,000 MILES. MANUFACTURER DID ADMIT THAT RECALL NOTICE MIGHT HAVE GONE TO ANOTHER ADDRESS, BUT THEY STILL WILL NOT COVER IT.*AK

GEAR SHIFT GETS STUCK IN THE PARK POSITION, AND A SCREWDRIVER IS NEEDED TO GET GEARS LOOSE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

COOLING FAN WAS UNDER RECALL#00V367000 ALSO, CERTAIN THERMAL LIMIT IN COOLING FAN RESISTOR HAD AN OPEN CIRCUIT WHICH CAUSED FAN TO SHUT DOWN, CAUSING ENGINE TO BURN.*AK *SLC