Tl*the contact owns a 1998 mercury mystique. While pulling away from a curb at 5 MPH, the front passenger side coil spring failed and punctured the tire, causing a blow out. The VIN is not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number 01v255000 (suspension:front:springs:coil springs). The current and failure mileages were 87,000.
Mercury Mystique coil spring problems
52 of the 1,017 owner complaints about the Mercury Mystique describe broken coil spring, most of them for the 1998 model year.
- owner complaints
- 52
- worst model year
- 1998
- typical mileage
- 74,348
Is there a fix? There is 1 recall for this area of the car. See below
By model year
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What owners say
Front left coil spring broke and punctured tire while backing from driveway. No injuries or damage to vehicle. Both front coil springs replaced by ford dealer at a cost of about $300. Tire dealer replaced tire under road hazard warranty.
Dt rear drivers side coil spring I broke, but contained it hasn't come out of holder. Noticed this when rotating the tires. There iwas a recall for the front coil springs but not the rear. Conntacted f ford, they did not offer any assistants. The vehicle was driveable,*ak but concerned that they'll be a blow out.noticed this morning on july 19, 2005.
1996 mercury mystique(68,000). Ford motor company had what they referred to as a "program", evidently for a problem with the front springs.the program was basically a free inspection. My car was inspected in 2002 while it was in for another recall, at which time it was given a passing grade.the program expired @ 150,000 or dec. Of 2004 whichever came first.in february 2005 a 6" chunck of the pass. Side spring snapped off, luckily on a residential street. I heard the noise and was able to retrieve the piece from the street.on close inspection the piece did not break due to corrosion.I believe it was due to poor material quality, my concern is that this could cause tire failure at higher rates of speed resulting in possible fataliies. Ford would not replace the spring.
Recall 01i013000, while driving front left coil spring broke and the front end collapsed. This occurred six months after the shield was installed. Dealership was unable to replace the coil spring because the part was not available.
While driving 35 MPH, the heard a loud noise coming from front of the vehicle. The consumer discovered the front coil spring on the passenger side had broken and punctured the tire. Please provide further information.
While driving, the consumer heard a noise, and proceeded to pull off the road to investigate the noise. Upon existing the vehicle, the consumer noticed that the driver's side front suspension collapsed. The vehicle was towed to a dealership, who indicated that driver's side coil spring broke. *ak recall# 01v255000. *sc
While driving 55 MPH, a loud noise was heard coming from the front. Theconsumer was able to drive the vehicle to the dealer for an inspection. The mechanic replaced the driver side front coil spring because it was cracked. Please fill in additional information. *jb *sc
Both rear springs on the 1995 mercury mystique broke in several places. Front springs are recalled as defective. Rear coil springs are the same part number and manufacture as the front. How can one be recalled and not the other when they are the same item and manufacture. This is very irresponsible on the part of mercury.
Information of my car: 1998 mercury mystique v6 2.5l engine odometer: 141,120km VIN: [xxx] three days ago, the vehicle had some noise when turn left. The mechanics took a look and found one of the suspension big coil spring broken (the one just over the driver side front wheel). Yesterday, the broken suspension coil spring was replaced. To our surprise, the spring was broken into 3 pieces, and the broken interface was covered by a very heavy rust. The heavy rust means the big coil spring actually was broken long times ago. We are lucky, because the spring was broken at the two end, so the reminder of the spring can still work and no accident occurred. The mechanics told us, they repaired a ford contour before with the same problem, but that guy's coil spring broken in the middle and his vehicle was bad damaged. I still keep the broken coil spring (all the 3 pieces), I can send you a photo picture or ship the spring itself to you if you want. This is my contact: [xxx]. Tel: [xxx] email: [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Related recalls
Suspension: front: springs: coil springs
- What is wrong
- Vehicle description: passenger vehicles built at the kansas city assembly plant and originally sold in or currently registered in the states of connecticut, delaware, illinois, indiana, iowa, maine, maryland, massachusetts, michigan, minnesota, missouri, new hampshire, new jersey, new york, ohio, pennsylvania, rhode island, vermont, west virginia, and wisconsin, and the district of columbia. The front coil springs may fracture as a result of corrosion in high corrosion environments. Depending on the location of the fracture, a broken spring could move past the spring seat and contact a front tire.
- Risk
- Some tires have deflated due to contact with a broken spring.
- Remedy
- Dealers will install spring catcher brackets. Owner notification began october 23, 2001. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact ford at 1‑866‑436‑7332.
Recall number 01V255000 · Recall details
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Which Mercury Mystique years have broken coil spring problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1998 (29 complaints), 1995 (19 complaints) and 2000 (2 complaints).
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