Underhood Wiring Problems of Mercury Mystique

Faulty wiring insulation makes the car inoperable and dangerous to operate.

See all problems of the 1996 Mercury Mystique 🔎.

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.

Consumer had received recall 99v703000 notice before on wiring harness failure that afected headlights. Problem had happened again. But, dealer refused to repair, and consumer had received a notice on brakes as well.

See all problems of the 1997 Mercury Mystique 🔎.

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.

I was drying my car off after washing it; the engine was off and the wiring under the hood just beyond the dash on the driver's side started smoking and caught fire. After the fire went out, when I started the engine, the wipers came on and would not go off until I removed the fuse. All panel lights are off. Previously, about six weeks before the fire event, the panel lights fuse blew (when it was raining) and I replaced it and the panel lights were dim.

While drying vehicle after washing it at carwash noticed smoke from under hood. Lifted hood & electrical wires were on fire. Had fire extinguished. There was some damage to wires, including wiper motor. Was able to drive vehicle to dealer & mechanic was able to repair damage.

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 .

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.

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 in my car because it had over 100,000 miles and I needed something extra dependable. I voiced this to them, because I had trouble getting around. I have tryed many times to resolve this and nothing has been done from the dealership to rectify this. They told me alot of lies to stall me during the window to return the car. I was told that only the salesman that sold me the car could do the paperwork on the return, then I was told this same salesman had gone to work elsewhere. I was told then that the manager was on vacation and only he could do this. I left message for the owner to call me. I was put on hold for long periods of time. Left on hold, hung up on. The service manager was so rude to me about fixing the recalls he brought me to tears all three times that I called. He was very mean to me and told me he did not care what Ford had sent out about recalls he was not going to put my car up unless I paid for it. And, that if he put it up and fixed it I would not get my vehicle until he was paid for it. At that point I made up my mind not to go there and be humiliated again. The dates 07/14/1999 are actually 07/14/1997, (mistake) there's more no room!.

Engine wiring harness caught fire.

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.

Wiring harness burned, causing a small fire. Dealer has replaced wiring harness.

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Consumer states there was a recall regarding a wire harness (99mo3) and that Ford never notifies its consumers of the problems.

Wiring harness dropped onto catalytic converter and melted down to raw wires.