2000 Mercury Mystique Electrical system Problems

“Instrument dash panel cover is , and has continued to peel back at the defrost vents at the windshield since 2003. It appears the glue had begun to fail. Each time I brought my car in for service my concerns and complaint of the dash board were largely ignored. Simply blown off to say it was not covered under the warranty. When asked if there had been any recall or widespread complaints I was told no to both questions. It was only recently I discovered on a government recall site there had actually been a customer service action offered to address this problem. …”

“2000 Mystique ls, engine stall 7 times over the last 10 months. After multiple repairs, the Mercury dealer could not find the problem. Problem still exists.”

“Dealer found battery cable over heated and melted the insulation. Everything in the car is original with no add-on or alteration. Since warranty expired in may 2003, it will cost 300 dollars to fix it.”

“Transmission rebuilt at 45,000 miles by dealer when we got it back it died at a 1/4 of a tank of gas, so we can never let it go below even a half a tank now. Over drive light flashes on and off periodically then goes off. At 69,000 miles car is now cutting out like it did when it first had transmission problems.”

“Starting in june 2000, when A/C was turned on, an obnoxious musty odor was present, then on 12-09-00 with heater turned on and driving 60 MPH to work, became very ill and disoriented, later taken by ems, on 3-27-01, when leaving for work and turning out of drivie way, car stalled in middle of street and wouldn't start. Took to dealer fuel pump was replaced, dash was warpped and had to be replace because adhesive was coming off back of dash, fumes or odors from any of these components may have caused me to become totally disoriented which caused me to hit a concrete barrier while driving.”