Five problems related to electrical system have been reported for the 1996 Mercury Mystique. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The under hood wire harness burned up. This car has 89,000 miles and runs good. I heard there was a recall / TSB #( onp 99m03) on this car but Ford will not honor it because the car is over 10 years old. I think Ford should reimburse for repairs or buy back the car. This is a dangerous situation as the car will stall abruptly and lose power steering.
Ford contour 1995 engine fire that destroyed everything in the engine mecury 1996 mystic wireing shortage that could have started a fire in the engine compartment.
Computer at mechanic show major electrical system defects-it appears that many people are experiencing this as a major problem with this car and Ford contour. Ford/Mercury will not do anything-also the transmission goes out quit often-had a new one at 50,000 miles-has had many recalls already and nothing has been fixed on this car-windows dont go down (due to electrical short).
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.
Problem is unrecognizable to dealer and is a safety hazard on the road. They think it is an electrical problem. Basically they are saying it can't be fixed.