1998 Mercury Mystique: engine stalls while driving

Filed Oct 18, 2006 · Transmission · 158,689 miles · CA

Failed to go into gear from park, changing gears difficult, did not move in drive, would not go into reverse, engine died while driving 35 m.p.h made loud noise.

Filed Dec 9, 2003 · Engine · 134,000 miles · 00

Vehicle stalled intermittently. When this occurred steering and brakes locked up.

Filed Sep 4, 2003 · Engine · 2,000 miles · FL

While driving vehicle would suddenly stall. This was caused by the timing belt coming off the crank shaft pulley. This problem occurred several times. The belt had been replaced, but dealership was unable to remedy the problem.

Filed Oct 30, 2001 · Electrical · WA

The vehicle stalled2 blocks from home in am. It was able to be restarted, but died when put in gear. It was towed to the dealer. They were not able to duplicate the condition, but found a tsb that stated to reprogram the PCM. They said this was not covered by the extended warranty. I contacted ford customer service, but have not received a reply. Ford announced the other day that reimbursement for repairs to their vehicles that stalled without warning. This vehicle falls under that condition. I feel this condition is very dangerous, since the vehicle stalls without warning, and all power is lost.

Filed Oct 5, 2001 · Engine · MA · crash

My problem is that my car stalls when driven at any speed, whether I am stopped, turning or just driving. I have brought this car to the dealership to get fixed and they don't know what this is. This was accident related and my insurance said if it isn't accident related then I am responsible for the bill that the dealer will charge for looking at the car. Now this started happening when my car was hit in the front at over 40+ miles/hr. Am I protected by any law that will allow me to get this car fixed at no cost to me? I am driving a very dangerous car right now and almost got killed last week when I was turning off a highway and the car stalled, a rig was coming right towards me and at last second I got out of the way. This is very scary and don't know what to do for help! I was already handed a diagnostic bill for over $80.00 and refused to pay because they never really found the problem. What can I do or who can help.

Filed Sep 24, 2001 · Engine · MI

Vehicle would hesitate/ run rough, and stall at any speed, and/or will not start intermittently. Vehicle been in dealer shop, and the problem still reoccurring. Feel free to provide any further information.

Filed Sep 21, 2000 · Engine, Steering · FL

When road is wet and changing lane engine would stall and vehicle steering would lock up without any indication. Please provide further information.

Filed Jul 14, 2000 · Engine · KS

Engine cooling- temperature runs on the high range of normal. Engine - two bolts fell out of water pump pulley causing unknown vibration which in turn caused failure of serpentine belt which caused belt to fray into engine which in turn dislodged timing belt and caused oil light to come on. Dealer not "user friendly" during repair process which drug out the repair for a week. Engine has not run in the same fashion since the incident even though two different dealers have addressed the problem. Engine now stalls during initial start up almost causing engine to die entirely which has almost been the cause of several accidents. Tires- uneven and unusual wear on rear tires causing tires to wear prematurely. Windshield- unusal amount of chips perhaps caused by design and shape of windshield. Ignition- when removing key ingintion stays stuck into the steering column causing buzzer to sound. Did I mention that we will never buy a ford product again especially since we have only owned this car since december 1999. *ak( dot number: 23912 ur tire size: p205/60r15 )

Filed Jul 28, 1999 · Engine · NY

Vehicle is stalling intermittently without any warning, causing a safety hazard.consumer must restart vehicle. Dealer cannot determine the cause.

Filed Jul 25, 1999 · Engine · NY

Ford can't seem to find a problem, they had my care for 3 days and gave it back to us, on the way home from dealer car cut out twice (stalled while driving). Called ford next day had it towed again, still in shop, I had car for 1 1/2 days when this happened. Ford can not find a problem...and as if this date has done nothing to rectify it. We can not accept a car that stalles out while driving we has 2 small children that ride in the back of this care, each of the 5x's this car stalled out my children were in the care...we can not chance this...