I was driving along when I could smell my car getting hot, so I pulled over and sure enough it was overheating, but did not show inside on the dashboard, so I had it checked and the plastic housing around the thermostat was cracked in 3 places, so I say fix it ,they said it would be 450.00, ok no problem, then they called back and said that the housing was welded to the manifold and that I would have to replace all for 1200.00 and that the housing wasn't made of plastic anymore because of this problem. I think this should be a recall and fixed for free.
Mercury Mystique overheating problems
37 of the 1,017 owner complaints about the Mercury Mystique describe engine overheating, most of them for the 1995 model year.
- owner complaints
- 37
- worst model year
- 1995
Is there a fix? There is 1 recall for this area of the car. See below
By model year
Often reported together
Check engine light 3Stalling 2Fire or smoke 2Engine failure 2Loss of power 1Headlights 1
What owners say
Dt*: the contact stated the engine overheated and idled at an elevated level while parked. There is a the federal safety agency recall, # 00v367000, regarding the engine. The vehicle was seen by an authorized dealer. The service department suggested replacing the wiring harness that supports the electrical currents of the engine. The vehicle has the same problems as indicated in the recall; however it is not included in the recall due to the VIN.
My complaint involves a 1996 mercury mystique involving a failure of all interior lighting, side mirror adjustment, radio and clock related to a blown fuse #34 in the auxlillary fuse box. The cause was the overhead map light assembly which had overheated and the plastic retaining the 10w bulb holder melted allowing the metal bulb holder to slide in the molten plastic until it just barely contacted a negative bus in the assembly and blowing the fuse.it was a difficult problem to diagnose being a short was not present until the circuit was fused and then heat from the bulb would cause the metal holder to expand and short out blowing the fuse.I feel it appropriate to report this problem as I feel if the contacts had not shorted and blown the fuse and considering it became hot enough to melt the plastic is a potential fire hazard and I don't feel the assembly was engineered properly to support a 10w bulb.there has been, I believe, eight recalls to date on this model, several of those involved electrical components.
While driving heater blower switch overheated, almost resulting in a vehicle fire.
The vehicle overheats after driving two minutes. The vehicle was taken to the dealer on 6/6/2003 who stated that head gaskets blewout and should be replaced.
The vehicle overheated, however the dealer could not duplicate the problem.
The federal safety agency#9129-99-v-233-000: head light switch/wiring harness the terminals at the head light switch and wiring harness connector can experience heat damage as a result of overheating (information on mystique 1996) consumer states has the same problem, dealer has been notified. Please provide further information. Mr
Last year in march 2001 I had a recall on my engine cooling fan. I brought my car to a local dealership to have it taken care of . The car at the time was presenting problems with overheating, excessive torque, and the check engine light was occasionally coming on. The dealership (was laplace ford in laplace, la) only changed the fuse for the fan and nothing else. At the time I brought my car in the mileage was at 84000 miles and the warranty for the fan motor only extended to 100000 miles. Now the problem has become worse and laplace ford is syaing they need to charge me an excess of 450.00 for repairs when in all actuality this problem (which I thought was already taken care of a year ago) I feel should be ford's responsibility to repair. Please advise me in what actions I may take to resolve this issue? Thank you.
Recall # 00 v 367 000 concerning cooling system fan overheating. Consumer received recall letter. Took vehicle to dealer. Dealer said there was no problem at this time. Later, vehicle started to smoke, wires were burning and saw flames coming from radiator. Consumer feltthis was a direct result of recall repairs not being performed. Please provide any further information.
Motor kept overheating and was caused by cooling system not functioning properly, also the right passenger spring was replaced prior to my purchase, are these springs faulty? I paid $1100 for the hgeads and my car is in the shop and I am getting an estimate for the repair of the spring.
Related recalls
Engine and engine cooling
- What is wrong
- Vehicle description: 1995 passenger vehicles equipped with the 2.0l and 2.5l engines, and 1996 vehicles equipped with 2.5l engines. Tightening of the engine cooling fan motor bearings, up to and including motor stall, can result in increased motor torque and higher than normal motor current and accompanying high motor temperatures.
- Risk
- Overheating of the cooling fan motor due to excessive current can result in smoke and odors from bearing grease, insulation and other internal motor components. If electrical current continues to be applied to the motor, internal motor components could ignite possibly igniting other engine compartment components.
- Remedy
- Dealers will install a positive temperature coefficient device in-line with each fan motor. Ford will also extend the warranty on the engine cooling fan assembly to a total of 8 years of service or 100,000 miles from the warranty start date, whichever occurs first. If the vehicle already has more than 100,000 miles, this coverage will last until july 31, 2001.
Recall number 00V367000 · Recall details
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Which Mercury Mystique years have engine overheating problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1995 (25 complaints), 1996 (6 complaints) and 1997 (3 complaints).
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