1995 Mercury Mystique electrical problems

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

ON YOUR WEB SITE I HAVE FOUND SEVERAL RECALLS ON 95 MERCURY MYSTIQUE'S ONE IS REGARDING THE AC UNIT AND THE WIRES BURNING UP AS WELL AS A FLOOR SHIFTER PROBLEM CAUSING THE SHIFTER NOT TO INDICATE THE CORRECT GEAR. I WENT TO FRIENDLY FORD AND THEY STATED TO ME THAT MY VEHICLE'S VIN # WAS NOT IN THE DATA BASE AS HAVING ANY RECALLS. I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THESE TWO ISSUES ARE IN FACT OCCURRING IN MY 95 MYSTIQUE. I HAVE HAD IT LOOKED AT BY MECHANIC'S AND THESE TWO ISSUES ARE IN FACT ON MY CAR AND I NEED THEM TO BE FIXED UNDER THE RECALLS.

NHTSA complaint #10221342 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

WIRING HARNESS IS CRACKED AND SHORTING.

NHTSA complaint #10204857 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 MERCURY MYSTIQUE WITH A CURRENT ODOMETER READING OF 149,000 MILES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WIRING INSULATION CRACKED AND LEFT THE WIRES EXPOSES, WHICH COULD CAUSE SHORT CIRCUITS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN OWNER NOTIFICATION ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, BUT THE MANUFACTURER NEVER FIXED THE VEHICLE, AND THE CAMPAIGN EXPIRED. SEVERAL ELECTRICAL ITEMS UNDER THIS PROBLEM STARTED TO FAIL.

NHTSA complaint #10186731 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

DEFECTIVE WIRE HARNESS IN 1995 MERCURY MYSTIQUE.*MR NAR INCOMING DOCUMENT COULD NOT BE LOCATED.

NHTSA complaint #10120356 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

I WAS TOLD THE WIRING HARNESS ON MY 1995 MERCURY MYSTIQUE HAS FAILED. THE CAR ONLY HAS 72,000 MILES. IT STARTED WITH THE TRACTION CONTROL AND ABS SYSTEMS FAILING. IT HAS NOW SPREAD TO THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION. THE CAR IS NOW UNDRIVABLE. MY FORD DEALER TOLD ME THIS FAILURE IS BECOMING A PROBLEM ON THE FORD CONTOUR/MERCURY MYSTIQUE MODELS. IS THERE ANY RECOURSE I CAN TAKE?

NHTSA complaint #10134309 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD

FORD HAS REFUSED TO REPLACE THE WIRING HARNESS IN MY 1995 MERCURY MYSTIQUE BECAUSE: THE EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THIS VEHICLE EXPIRED IN JUN 2005 (10 YEARS FROM 'IN SERVICE' DATE. I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE SINCE NOV 2003 AND NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE. FORD STATES A LETTER WAS SENT TO A PREVIOUS OWNER. I CANNOT VERIFY THIS AND REALLY VIEW IT AS IRRELEVANT SINCE THE HARNESS WAS NEVER ACCOMPLISHED ON THIS VEHICLE. IS FORD NOT REQUIRED TO LOCATE AND NOTIFY SUBSEQUENT OWNERS OF SUCH A RECALL IF THE REMEDY HAS NEVER BEEN APPLIED TO THE SUBJECT VEHICLE. SURELY FORD WOULD KEEP RECORDS OF REMEDIES APPLIED OR NOT APPLIED? THE DEFECTIVE HARNESS HAS RENDERED THIS VEHICLE COMPLETELY UNUSEABLE, IT NOW SITS IN THE FRONT YARD. I CANNOT AFFORD THE REPAIRS ON MY OWN (I'M A SINGLE MOTHER WITH A 3 YEAR OLD). I CANNOT SELL THE VEHICLE IN IT'S PRESENT INOPERABLE STATE. THE CRUX OF MY COMPLAINT IS THAT I FEEL FORD SHOULD HAVE MADE A DILIGENT EFFORT TO LOCATE THE OWNERS OF VEHICLES AFFECTED AND WHICH WERE NOT REPAIRED AS PART OF THE RECALL. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE BY PHONE AND E-MAIL AND THEY REFUSE TO REVIEW THE MATTER FURTHER. CAN YOU HELP ME?

NHTSA complaint #10133981 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD

THE MAJORITY OF THE INSULATION ON THE WIRING OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT HAS BECOME VERY BRITTLE. WHENEVER A WIRE IS TOUCHED THE INSULATION FALLS OFF. THIS COULD CAUSE A FIRE BECAUSE SOME OF THE WIRES COME DIRECTLY FROM THE BATTERY. IN THE LAST THREE YEARS I HAVE CONTACTED THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY OR REPERSENTATIVE AND REPORTED THIS PROBLEM. I NEVER GOT A RESPONSE. AT THE PRESENT I CANNOT AFFORD TO REPLACE THIS VEHICLE, I WILL AS SOON AS I CAN. THE WIRING NEEDS TO BE LOOK AT BY SOME ONE. TEN YEARS IS NOT LONG, ACTUALLY IT WAS SEVEN YEARS WHEN I FIRST NOTICED THE INSULATION PROBLEM.

NHTSA complaint #10130653 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

VIN - [XXX] ENGINE WIRING INSULATION IS CRACKING AND FALLING OFF OF MOST WIRES LEAVING EXPOSED WIRES UPDATED 07/24/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

NHTSA complaint #10096194 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY

FORD MOTORCRAFT BATTERY. *BF THE CONSUMER REQUESTED A WRITTEN WARRANTY FOR THE BATTERY BUT WAS DENIED.

NHTSA complaint #10097159 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

WIRING HARNESS INSULATION IS CRACKED. AS A RESULT, CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO START VEHICLE. WHEN IT DID START AFTER TWO MINUTES OF DRIVING VEHICLE SMOKED AND SHUT OFF.

NHTSA complaint #10089413 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

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

NHTSA complaint #10033682 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

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

NHTSA complaint #10029640 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

COATING ON ELECTRICAL WIRES FAILING. MOST IF NOT ALL WIRES EXPOSED. EST. OF REPAIR IS $800.00. SIMILAR CASES ARE ODI # 848119, 8017443, 780255 (NO FIRE). THE REPAIR SHOP THAT I HAVE RECEIVED EST. STATED THIS IS THE 2ND CAR IN AS MANY WEEKS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *NLM

NHTSA complaint #10018501 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

CALIVIAR FORD IN CHESAPEAKE VA. REFUSED TO COMPLETE RECALL OF ENGINE COOLING FAN ELECTRONIC FUSE DUE TO MELTED WIRING HARNESS. THIS FAULT WAS CAUSED BE A PREVIOUS RECAL (CAMPAINE ID NUMBER : 01I0090000) (VISABILITY: DEFROGGER SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:CONTROLS:WIRING) CAUSING THE ATTACHED ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS TO MELT. I JUST SPENT $2000.00 AND REPLACET CAR WITH NEW MOTOR BECAUSE THE MOTOR BLOWED UP DUE TO ANOTHER FACTORY RECALL ID# 00V367000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. I PURCHASED THIS CAR WITH OVER 100,000 MILES AND THIS WORK WAS NEVER PERFORMED AND I DID NOT RECEIVE THE RECAL UNTIL AFTER 100,000 MILES.

NHTSA complaint #10005676 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR

WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE ALTERNATOR 4 TIMES IN THE LAST 3 YEARS, ALL AT OUR EXPENSES. OUR DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING ON I-90/94 IN WISCONSIN, AT 70 MPH, WHEN HER CAR LOST POWER AND SHE HAD TO GET OVER TO THE SHOULDER. FORD THINKS THEY HAVE SOLVED THE PROBLEM BY REPLACING SOME CIRCUIT BOARD COMPONENT. IN AUGUST, 2001 THE FRONT, RIGHT COIL SPRING BROKE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. LATER WE FOUND THAT WE HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT THE RECALL ON IT. ONE YEAR LATER A REAR COIL SPRING ALSO BROKE RIGHT OFF AND HAD TO BE REPLACED BUT THE REAR COILS WERE NOT UNDER RECALL SO WE HAD TO PAY FOR THAT OURSELVES. WE BELIEVE IT WAS INFERIOR MATERIALS BECAUSE WE HAVE NEVER HAD A VEHICLE BEFORE, OF ANY MAKE OR MODEL WHERE THE COILS SPRINGS RUSTED AND BROKE OFF. DT

NHTSA complaint #769569 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

INSULATION ON ELECTRICAL WIRING IS SEPARATING AND COMING OFF, THIS CAUSES THE WIRES TO TOUCH AND MELT. DEALER INDICATED INSULATION HAS TO BE REPLACED. REPORTED BY JOHN JENKINS.

NHTSA complaint #8017443 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD

WITH NO WARNING WIRING HARNESS HAD SNAPPED, CAUSING VEHICLE NOT TO RUN. CAUSE UNKNOWN DEALER NOTIFIED.

NHTSA complaint #8013089 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

WHEN THE A/C WAS ON THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS TO TURN ON AND OCCASIONALLY THE BRAKES WOULD GRAB. ABS GRABS THE ENTIRE TIME THE A/C IS ON CAUSING THE CAR TO BE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. POSSIBLE DUE TO RECALL #99M03 ON THE WIRE HARNESS

NHTSA complaint #9002394 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH

THE A/C WIRING HARNESS FAILED. NLM

NHTSA complaint #561290 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD

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

NHTSA complaint #888972 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION

ECT RELAY SWITCH NEEDS REPLACING, DUE TO OVERHEATING.

NHTSA complaint #745317 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR RECALL (00S44) AND FOR NO LIGHTS ON RIGHT HALF OF INSTRUMENT PANEL, DEALER DID RECALL REPAIRS AND REPLACED BULB CLUSTER, HOWEVER INDICATOR LIGHTS NO LONGER SHOW UP AT ALL WHEN VEHICLE IS BEING STARTED, THE TECHNICIAN STATED WARNING LIGHTS ONLY COME ON WHEN THERE IS A PROBLEM, CONSUMER LIVES WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF STEEP HILLS AND HAS NO WAY OF KNOWING WHEN OVERDRIVE IS ON OR OFF. *JB

NHTSA complaint #560708 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD

HAD DEALER INSTALL ELECTRONIC FUSE MODULE. NOTICED THE THREE WIRES TO THE FAN PLUG HAS EXPOSED COPPER WIRE STRANDS DUE TO INSULATION HEAT DAMAGE MAKING THE WIRES TO RADIATOR FAN UNSAFE. DEFECTIVE AND HEAT DAMAGED WIRING TO THE FAN IS ANOTHER REASON A RESULTING UNDERHOOD FIRE CAN BE STARTED.S

NHTSA complaint #743430 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

WIRING HARNESS HAS CRACKED AND VEHICLE STALLED. CONTACTED DEALER.

NHTSA complaint #885284 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 99M03, HOWEVER THE WIRE HARNESS AND BLOWER MOTOR HAD BEEN REPLACED PRIOR TO RECALL, DEALER WOULD NOT REIMBURSE CONSUMER FOR ANY REPAIRS THAT WERE COMPLETE EVEN THOUGH THE RECALL LETTER STATES THAT PRIOR FAILURES OF THE COMPONENT WOULD BE FULLY REFUNDED. *SLC

NHTSA complaint #560027 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE MERCURY DEALER AT 45396 AND 56249 MILES DUE TO FREQUENTLY RUNNING AT THE FARTHEST SIDE OF NORNAL ON ENGINE TEMPERATURE GAUGE (ALMOST IN THE RED DANGER ZONE) ESPECIALLY WHEN ON HILLS OR IN THE MOUNTAINS. WE WERE TOLD "THE CAR IS MEANT TO RUN HOT." NO REMEDY WAS SUGGESTED BY THE DEALER EITHER TIME. AT 53486 MILES, A TECHNICIAN AT AN INDEPENDENT SMOG STATION SAID HE HAD NEVER SEEN A CAR RUN SO HOT. HE RAN A FAN ON THE ENGINE DURING THE SMOG TEST. THIS IS WHY THE CAR WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER FOR A CHECK OF THE ENGINE RUNNING HOT AT 56249 MILES. ON 10/17/99, THE CAR LOST POWER WHILE ON THE FREEWAY AND CAME TO A HALT AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD., STEAM WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CAR DID NOT RESTRART. DIAGNOSIS AT A NEARBY INDEPENDENT STATION REVEALED: VEHICLE HAD BEEN SEVERELY OVERHEATED. ALL SPARK PLUGS ARE CONTAMINATED WITH COOLANT, AND ALL CYLINDERS ARE FILLED WITH COOLANT. A TEAR DOWN OF THE CYLINDER HEAD REVEALED THAT CYLINDER HEAD IS SEVERELY WARPED.

NHTSA complaint #741945 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY

BATTERY LIGHT COMES ON, AND CONSUMER CAN HEAR FAN RUNNING, AND IT SHOULD NOT RUN ALL THE TIME.

NHTSA complaint #883250 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.