1995 MERCURY MYSTIQUE Complaints

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW WHILE CONSUMER WAS ON THE WAY TO WORK. ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IT OVERHEATED WITH SMOKE AND FLUID LEAKING FROM ENGINE. VEHICLE WAS NOT HOLDING COMPRESSSION, AND WILL NOT STAY STARTED.*AK DEALER FOUND SPARK PLUG HOLES DUE TO A BAD/CRACKED HEAD GASKET. *SLC

CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL 00V367000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL NOTICE 00S44 FOR ENGINE COOLING FAN REPAIRS, BUT WAS UNABLE TO TAKE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS BECAUSE CONSUMER WAS IN PAIN. ON WAY TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE OVERHEATED, WATER SHOT OUT OF THE SPARK PLUGS, AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO CONSUMER'S HOME. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT ON DASH STARTED BLINKING ON APRIL 10, 2001 WHEN VEHICLE HAD 105,000 MILES. TOOK TO DEALER LISTED ABOVE TO FIX A TOTAL OF THREE TIMES AND PAID $559.72 IN TOTAL FOR REPAIRS BUT AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT BEGAN BLINKING SHORTLY AFTER THIRD REPAIR ATTEMPT. THIS MEANS THE AIR BAG MAY NOT DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT AND ALSO PREVENTS ME FROM SELLING VEHICLE. WAS ALSO CHARGED FOR FAN MOTOR SWITCH REPAIR THAT FORD HAD ISSUED TWO RECALL/SERVICE BULLETINS ON. WROTE FORD MOTOR COMPANY "CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP CENTER" ON JUNE 19, 2001 BUT HAVE HEARD NOTHING FROM THEM. CAR NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED SO AIR BAG IS FUNCTIONAL AND SO IT CAN BE SOLD. ALSO FEEL EITHER FORD OR DEALER SHOULD REIMBURSE $559.72 SINCE CAR WAS NOT FIXED -- AND NOW CANNOT BE SOLD UNTIL IT IS!*AK

CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE MERCURY GARAGE BECAUSE OF THE SMELL OF STRONG GASOLINE VAPORS. MERCURY GARAGE FOUND VAPOR CANNISTER LOCATED UNDER HOOD OF CAR TO BE FULL OF FUEL, RAW GASOLINE, POSSIBLY CAUSED BY OVER-FILLING OF GASOLINE TANK. HOW IS TANK OVER-FILLED, WHEN GASOLINE PUMPS HAVE AUTO SHUT-OFF. RAW GASOLINE SHOULD NEVER BE WHERE IT IS NOT INTENDED, IN THE VAPOR CANNISTER. COULD BE A VERY EXPLOSIVE SITUATION. A DANGEROUS AND LATENT DEFECT THAT COST $245 TO CORRECT. BUT THE SAME HAZZARDOUS SITUATION COULD OCCUR AGAIN.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THE MAIN BOLT SECURING THE LEFT REAR SEATBELT ASSEMBLY TO THE FLOOR BROKE OFF COMPLETELY WHILE ADJUSTING AND PULLING ON THE BELT, UPON EXAMINATION CONSUMER FOUND THE SHEARED SURFACE OF THE BROKEN BOLT TO BE CORRODED RATHER THAN SHINNY, WHICH SUGGESTED TO THE CONSUMER THAT THE BOLT HAD BEEN BROKEN FOR A LONG TIME AND HAD ALMOST CERTAINLY BEEN OVERSTRESSED DURING THE ORIGINAL INSTALLATION, CONSUMER WAS ADVISED BY DEALERSHIP THAT WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED AND THAT HE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NECESSARY REPAIRS.*JB

RECALL 00 V 367 000/ENGINE COOLING FAN: DEALER (KAIN FAMILY FORD, LONDON, KY; PHONE# 606/864-3555 ) UNABLE TO HONOR MANUFACTURER'S RECALL DUE TO NO PARTS AVAILABLE. PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

AFTER HAVING MY FRONT COIL SPRINGS REPLACED LAST YEAR, I NOW FIND THAT BOTH REAR COILS HAVE ALSO BROKEN. THE MANUFACTURER TELLS ME IT CAN ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS MATTER EVEN THOUGH IT HAD RECALLED THE FRONT COILS FOR DEFECTIVE MATERIAL. *AK

WHILE PULLING OUT OF A GAS STATION TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 2 TO 3 MPH, DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG FELL OUT INTO DRIVERS LAP. DEALERSHIP REQUESTED THAT CONSUMER REPLACE STEERING COLUMN AT HER EXPENSE. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 30MPH TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT TO HOT, AND VEHICLE COMPLETELY DIED. REP AT DEALERSHIP HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER, AND THEY REPORTED THAT WIRES HAD MELTED UNDERHOOD WHICH RESULTED IN WIRING HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK RECALL 00V367 DEALING WITH OVERHEATING RELATED TO THE PROBLEM CONSUMER HAD WITH VEHICLE, HOWEVER DEALER WILL NOT DO ANY RECALL REPAIRS DUE TO MILEAGE OF VEHICLE. *SLC

THE FUEL RAIL BURST WHILE DRIVING CAUSING FUEL TO SPRAY ONTO THE HOT ENGINE RESULTING IN FIRE, DURING REPAIR OF THE FUEL RAIL THE DEALER FOUND THAT THE WATER PUMP SHEARED OFF AND REPLACE THE PUMP AND PUMP DRIVE BELT, THE DEALER ALSO FOUND THAT THERE WAS NO COMPRESSION IN 4 OF CYLINDER, THE TIMING CHAIN FAILED CAUSING VALVE DAMAGE, THE DEALER SUGGEST THE ENTIRE ENGINE BE REPALCED. NLM