Eight problems related to wiring have been reported for the 1996 Mercury Mystique. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Faulty wiring insulation makes the car inoperable and dangerous to operate.
The contact owns a 1996 Ford Mercury Mystique. While driving 60 mph the speed odometer went from zero to 120, the rmp went up to 40,000, the over drive light illuminated and the vehicle shifted out of gear. The mechanic stated that the wiring harness was failed and the vehicle is no longer drivable. There is a recall for the electrical system (NHTSA campaign #01v230000) however; the manufacture stated that the VIN was not included. The current mileage was 63,500 and the failure mileage 61,900.
Car has had increasing number of electrical problems. . . Check engine light coming on. Mechanics couldn't find what was triggering it after replacing the oxygen sensors repeatedly. Other twitches (stalling, burned up turn signal module,) finally culminating in complete brake light and reverse light failure. Took the car back to my mechanics, who replaced the signal module, and showed me the burn marks on it. They stated that they tried to get the brake lights to work, and found that the primary wiring harness was just disintegrating (insulation failures all over. ) they called Ford/Mercury before they told me of this problem, and were told that Ford/merc would replace the harness as long as the car hadn't gone over 100k miles, and was not more than ten years old (it wasn't. ) dropped the car at a local Ford dealer, who called me back to say that they would have been glad to replace the harness, had I found the problem prior to Jan 2006. They promptly informed that they would be more than happy to replace the harness for about $2,000. 00 I informed them that I'd be more than happy to perform brain surgery on them with a weedeater at no charge. I'll never purchase another Ford product in my life, and I unfortunately currently own five.
Ea 01 001/blower switch/risistor or wiring harness: blower experience a wiring harness melt down; manufacturer was not notified at this time. Feel free to provide any further details on this matter. Consumer states blower motor inoperable, motor and fuse were replaced, nad then motor went out again, consumer found problem to be a plug that was going into the fuse box, that was melted.
Wiring harness was burning up. Dealer notified, and informed that it was not covered under a recall. Consumer states that the wiring harness in the head liner is totally burned up, also under the dashboard there are melted wires causing the power mirrors, radio, clock, and interior lights to be inoperable, dealer stated that both wiring harnesses have to be replaced.
The brake lights fail to illuminate when the brakes are applied. Had been to mechanic & the fuse & light bulb were changed. The problem still exists. Mechanic feels its an electrical short in the wires.
Vehicle experienced electrical failures prior to recall notice (99v-103), which were related to recall component and caused burning of wiring. Mjs.
Battery wrapped in plastic insulation resulting in overheating of the battery, leaking acid burned electrical wiring.