1999 Mercury Mystique Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“(1) start car, drive for 10-20 minutes. (2) every time within 10-20 minutes, o/d off blinks. (3) brought to 2 service centers, both put car on computer, said tcc solenoid problem, needed new solenoid. I replaced solenoid ($300), drove, failure repeated.”

“The transmission in my 1999 Mercury Mystique hass been slipping for 2 years and it finally went out. When I went to have it repaired, I had 2 repair shops tell me they could sell me a new or rebuilt transmission, but they would see me again in a year because of the problems with this car and transmissions. I can't find a recall that's been issued. How can a new car have such poor problems with it's transmission and lincloln Mercury not do anything about it? I've tried for two years and no help.”

“Car was parked in motel parking lot. I entered car at 6:55am to move car by our room to pickup bags. I had my foot on brake, started engine and shifted into reverse. The car jumped rearward at a high speed. I had not put my foot on the gas pedal. The car hit a telephone pole (about 8 feet behind were the car was parked). My body went rearward when the car hit the pole. At this time, I had my hand on the shifter (floormount) and it pulled the car into forward gear. The car shot forward and slammed into a brick column directly infront of were I was parked. …”