1998 Mercury Mountaineer Electrical system Problems

“At 2 am we smelled smoke and saw it coming from garage, when I opened garage door flames were coming out of front of car. My mothers car burnt and it is a total loss. We had to call fire dept. My garage was wrecked. My house has smoke damage.”

“All of a sudden with no warning my interior dome lights, power windows and front and back windshield wipers didn't function. I was driving it started to rain and I could see very well without functioning wipers. I had to pull over to the side of the road. I figure that a fuse might have blown but when I checked all fuses they seem to be ok. I was reviewing a recall for a 1999 Mountaineer for a gem problem. Although my vehicle is a 1998, could this problem be similar to the 1999 recall. It appears to have all the similar symptoms . …”

“When handling a cd that was ejected from the stereo of my 1998 Mercury Mountaineer, the disc was so hot I received a first degree burn. Apparently, heat build-up within the dash board of the ford explorer/Mercury Mountaineer is causing extremely high temperatures and I'm concerned that there is a potential fire hazard. The temperature is also high enough to cause component failures within the stereo head unit adding to my concern of a possible fire hazard. …”

“Being the space is limited, I have the same problem with my car as follows: my check engine light has been coming on. I have had various shops use their computer to find out why the light was on and have paid for cleaning valves, sensors, and hoses as well as having new sensors installed. The first instance occurred at 90,000 mileage on my vehicle. Today, the shop where I now take my vehicle for servicing used their computer to see why the check engine light was on yet again and it generated a TSB from ford, article 04-7-5 which supersedes article TSB 03-25-1. …”

“I bought my vehicle about 3 years ago. It had 60,000 on the odometer. The back windshield wiper never worked, and does once in a while and the radio light never stays on. Once in a while it will show the station or the time. My drivers side door handle has always been loose. My engine light came on a year after I got it and it will not go off. It say EGR flow insufficient and yet I have replaced all of those and had the computer reset. The passenger side door does not lock unless I lock it by hand and then you can't open it. The back seats sometimes lock and other times won't. …”