The forward gears on my transmission have ceased to work. Now I'm being told that the transmission needs to be replaced. I find it kind of weird that a 96 needs a new transmission already.
Mercury Mystique transmission failure problems
16 of the 1,017 owner complaints about the Mercury Mystique describe complete transmission failure, most of them for the 1995 model year.
- owner complaints
- 16
- 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
What owners say
I have a 1998 mercury mystique, andi think the transmission ought to be recalled because I have seen countles numbers of transmission failures on searching the internet and I happen to be one too , the transmission wen t out on ours a few years ago while the car was basically new, found out I had warrenty on it stiill got that fixed , now a little over a year since thenand it's went out again, but I have nno warrenty now which really sucks, so they has to be something going on with this model of car because there is too many transmission problems with so many people. Please write back and let me know something. Thanx alot.
Transmission failure in that had loss of forward motion had reverse only). Car only has 55000 miles.
Automatic transmission failure.
Transmission will not down shift had a new transmission put in the car and it still does the same thing. No one seems to know why? Could you please help me I have spent to much money now. 1995 mercury mystique.
The transmission failed, which caused the vehicle not to accelerate.
Transmission went out of car without any warning in th e middle of traffic.
Transmission failure.
My heater control knob for high,med,low only work in the low position. My rear brake light had a leak,allowing water to fill up and blow my light bulbs.there is a ticking noise in my dash as if my turn signals is running, but no flash on the indicators. When I signal to take turns it works fine but when not turning still makes clicking noise. Transmission went out in october 2000, I heard this is a common problem in my vehical.. Thank you for your time.
Since we have purchased this car its been nothing but problems. The first thing was the blower for the heater and air conditioner was making a loud rattling noise.then the brain for the transmission went out and would not allow the car to shift automatically. Next, the power steering pump leaked ,so that had to be repaired. Then , here comes a good one...the front left rotor and calipor went bad..now this is even better,two weeks ago on the 11th of january, the 2 rear coil springs broke without warning, almost causing my wife to loose control of the car. This also caused the rear brakes to seize up and warp the rotors and calipors. I informed ford of the problem and they responded "thank you for letting us know of your problems, this will help us build better products in the future." we have a case id # 189341, this is the number ford gave us. Thank you for listening to our problems, hopefully you can help us and many others that have had similar problems get some real results!!s
Related recalls
Power train: automatic transmission: lever and linkage: floor shift
- What is wrong
- Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. The floor shift automatic transmission control can be damaged if subjected to certain interior cleaning products. The gear position indicator can deteriorate and not correctly indicate the actual gear position.
- Risk
- This condition can result in incorrect gear selection.
- Remedy
- Dealers will replace the automatic transmission floor shift control.
Recall number 98V233000 · Recall details
Questions about the Mercury Mystique transmission failure
Which Mercury Mystique years have complete transmission failure problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1995 (7 complaints), 1998 (6 complaints) and 1996 (3 complaints).
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