1996 MERCURY MYSTIQUE Electrical Systemwiringfront Underhood Problems

FAULTY WIRING INSULATION MAKES THE CAR INOPERABLE AND DANGEROUS TO OPERATE. *TR

CONSUMER STATES THAT ALL INSTRUMENTAL DASH PANEL LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING ON AND OFF. SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING A WIRE HARNESS (99MO3) AND THAT FORD NEVER NOTIFIES ITS CONSUMERS OF THE PROBLEMS. *SLC

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.

BATTERY RUBS AGAINST UNDERHOOD WIRING CAUSING SHORT. 2 FOOT LENGHT OF WIRE NEEDED TO FIX IS NOT A REPLACABLE PART. ENTIRE DISTRIBUTION BOX NEEDS TO BE REPLACE AT A COST OF . *AK

ENGINE WIRING HARNESS CAUGHT FIRE. *MJS

FIRE OCCURED WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO INVESTIGATE. FORD SAYS THEY WOULD NOT INVESTIGATE AND WOULD NOT COMPENSATE FOR REPLACEMENT OF VEHICLE. INSURANCE WILL ONLY COVER MARKET VALUE WHICH DOES NOT REPLACE MY CAR. PLEASE ADVISE AS FAR AS LEGAL RECOURSE. DEALERSHIP SAYS THEY CANNOT DO ANYTHING EITHER. IN THE MEAN TIME I CANNOT PURCHASE A SIMILAR VEHICLE FOR THE BLUE BOOK VALUE.

THE OTHER PROBLEMS, THE TRUNK HAVING WATER DAMAGE DUE TO A SEVERE LEAK, MY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS NO GOOD. I HAVE A LOOSE ROD UNDERNEATH CAR APART OF THE STEERING/ I DROVE AROUND WITHOUT THE CAR BEING PROPERLY INSPECTED AND REGISTERED/ NO ADMISSION STICKER/ENGINE MAKES THIS WEIRD SOUND A RATTLING NOISE/ DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY BETWEEN 45-50 SOMETIMES AT NO GIVEN MOMENT THE CAR WILL TAKE OFF UP THE HIGHWAY/ WHEN YOU PUT CAR IN GEAR IT JERKS SO HARD YOU THINK THE CAR HAS BROKEN DOWN. THE FUEL TANK DOES NOT PASS INSPECTION. THE SPEAKERS AND RADIO HAS ALSO NEVER PLAYED PROPERLY. I TRYED AND HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS AND 3 MONTHS PLUS. WHEN I FOUND OUT ALL THE THINGS WERE GOING ON I WAS VERY FURIOUS BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE KNEW THAT I WAS DISABLED, WITH A TERRIBLE INJURY, THIS WAS WHY I WAS TRADING...

WHILE GOING 35MPH AIR CONDITIONER BLEW OUT. SMELLED LIKE A FIRE. HAD THOUGHT IT WAS BLOWER MOTOR & BROUGHT ONE FROM DEALER. UNDER THE DASH ON RIGHT HAND SIDE, THE PLASTIC HARNESS WIRE COVERNING HAD BURNT. THE ELECTRIC WIRES ON THE BLOWER MOTOR HAD MELTED. *AK

WIRING HARNESS DROPPED ONTO CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND MELTED DOWN TO RAW WIRES.