1999 Mercury Mystique

I HAD A STRAP THAT HAD RUSTED UNDERNEATH MY CAR. A 1999 MERCURY MYSTIQUE 2.0, SO I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC. HE INDICATED THAT MY GAS TANK STRAP RUSTED THROUGH AND THAT THE OTHER ONE WAS ABOUT TO FAIL AS WELL. HE TOLD ME THAT THIS IS A DEFINITE HAZARD AND COULD HAVE PROVED TO BE DANGEROUS IF I DID NOT TAKE CARE OF IT. HE ALSO SAID THAT THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. *TR

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE 1999 FORD MYSTIQUE'S DASHBOARD WAS FALLING FROM THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE. SHE WAS AFRAID THAT THE AIR BAGS MAY DEPLOY WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, OR THE DASHBOARD WILL FALL INTO HER LAP WHILE DRIVING. SHE HAS CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY INFORMED HER THAT WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRING THE DASHBOARD UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE CONTACT FEARED DRIVING THE VEHICLE, AND SHE THOUGHT THAT FORD WOULD HONOR THE WARRANTY. SHE DID SPEAK WITH SOMEONE AT A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP, AND THEY QUOTED HER A PRICE OF $2000, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAD 29,000 MILES. *AK

I OWN A 1999 MERCURY MYSTIQUE. THE DASHBOARD HAS COME LOOSE AND WARPED SIGNIFICANTLY NEAR THE WINDSHIELD. THE PLASTIC PIECE THAT SURROUNDS THE DEFROST VENT HAS BROKEN. THE DEFROSTER NO LONGER WORKS SUFFICIENTLY DUE TO THE WARPED DASHBOARD BEING IN THE WAY. THE LOCAL DEALER TOLD ME THEY COULD FIX IT AT WHAT TO ME IS A SIGNIFICANT COST. I CANNOT AFFORD THIS AND IT IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT IN THE VEHICLE. *JB

SEE NHTSA ACTION NUMBER : DP06004. COMPLAINANT VEHICLE (MERCURY MYSTIQUE 1999) EXHIBITS THE IDENTICAL CONDITIONS. COMPLAINANT ATTEMPTED TO RECEIVE REPAIRS FROM AN AUTHORIZED MERCURY DEALER IN 2002, WAS (A) NOT TOLD OF ANY EXISTING FORD CAMPAIGN INVOLVING THE SUBJECT MATTER; AND (B) WAS TOLD THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE FOR LESS THAN MULTIPLE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. SINCE THAT TIME, THE WARPAGE HAS WORSENED TO THE POINT WHERE THE GRILL FOR THE DEFROSTER WILL NO LONGER STAY IN PLACE, AND DEFROSTER PERFORMANCE TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE IS SEVERELY UNDERMINED DUE TO UNCONTROLLED AIRFLOW THROUGH THE OPENING TO THE DEFROSTER BLOWER. *NM

I BELIEVE IT'S A SHAME THAT MANUFACTURERS CAN SELL CARS WITH GLUED DASHBOARDS THAT REQUIRE THE REMOVAL OF THE WINDSHIELD TO REPAIR THE DASHBOARD. THIS IS A 1999 MERCURY MYSTIQUE, THE DASHBOARD MATERIAL CAME LOOSE AND SQUEEZED THE DEFROST DIVERTER PLASTIC UP AND OFF THE DASHBOARD, THEREFORE MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO USE THE DEFROSTER. *NM

AFTER THE CAR WAS ABOUT 5 YEARS OLD THE DASHBOARD WARPED. IT CAME UP ABOUT 3 INCHES AND COVERS ABOUT 10% OF THE WINDSHIELD. IT ALSO WILL NOT HOLD THE DEFROSTER DEFLECTOR TRIM SO IT HAD TO BE REMOVED. I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM FORD (MERCURY)ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND FEEL IT IS THEIR PROBLEM TO REPAIR AND NOT AN EXPENSE I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY. *JB

1. DASH WARP CAUSES VISIBILITY PROBLEMS, DEFROSTER MALFUNCTION, LOOSE TRIM. I DROVE OVER A SEAM IN THE ROADWAY AT AN OVERPASS (SMALL BUMP) & THE VENT TRIM POPPED LOOSE. THIS IS SIMPLY AN AGING ISSUE AS THERE WAS NO UNUSUAL EVENT. MY CAR IS A 1999 MERCURY MYSTIQUE, BUT THIS ISSUE IS ALSO PREVALENT ON THE FORD 1999 & 2000 CONTOUR, AND SOME 1998 MODELS WITH THE NEWER STYLE DASH. 2. THE TRIM POPPED LOOSE FROM THE DASH WHILE COMMUTING ON I-95 TO WORK. THE VENT TRIM CAME TO REST IN FRONT OF THE AIR BAG & ON MY ARMS AS I DROVE, BUT FORTUNATELY DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. 3. THE VENT TRIM WAS PLACED LOOSELY ONTO THE DASH SO THE DEFROSTER WOULD STILL BE USABLE, BUT THE WARPED DASH PREVENTS IT FROM BEING PROPERLY SECURED. A NEW VENT TRIM WILL NOT FIX THIS PROBLEM. THERE WAS AN OLD RECALL WHICH INCLUDED A 'REPAIR KIT', BUT IT HAS EXPIRED. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE RECALL RE-INSTATED. *NM

THE SENSOR RING FOR ABS (BRAKES) ON RIGHT AND LEFT AXELS ON THE FRONT OF MY 99 MERCURY MYSTIQUE ARE BOTH CRACKED CAUSING ABS TO NOT FUNCTION,ALSO I JUST RETURNED FROM GETTING RESISTERS REPLACED FOR MY BLOWER MOTOR WHICH I JUST FOUND OUT HAD A RECALL THAT WAS CLOSED PLEASE LET ME KNOW OF ANYTHING I CAN DO . I DID HAVE AN ACCIDENT I THOUGHT THE BRAKES DIDNT WORK PROPERLY BUT DONT KNOW IF IT IS RELATED

THE SENSOR RING FOR ABS (BRAKES) ON RIGHT AND LEFT AXELS ON THE FRONT OF MY 99 MERCURY MYSTIQUE ARE BOTH CRACKED CAUSING ABS TO NOT FUNCTION,ALSO I JUST RETURNED FROM GETTING RESISTERS REPLACED FOR MY BLOWER MOTOR WHICH I JUST FOUND OUT HAD A RECALL THAT WAS CLOSED PLEASE LET ME KNOW OF ANYTHING I CAN DO . I DID HAVE AN ACCIDENT I THOUGHT THE BRAKES DIDNT WORK PROPERLY BUT DONT KNOW IF IT IS RELATED