Owner-reported complaints naming the driver-assistance system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1998 Mercury Mystique submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 14 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
WHEN YOU HAVE TRAVELED 30MINS/15 TO 18 MILES THE CAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN/THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN TO DROP EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE PUSHING THE GAS PEDDLE AND THE RPM GAUGE IS WAVING BACK AND FOURTH. IT HAPPENED ON 09/25/15, 10/08,13,14/2015. I WAS TRAVELING 60MPH AND 45MPH.
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE RPM'S REVVED, BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE OVERDRIVE SERVO PISTON SEAL AND O RING WAS REPLACED. FIVE WEEKS LATER, WHILE TRAVELING 50 MPH, THE SAME INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS PUSHED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND IT HAS NOT BEEN SEEN BY A MECHANIC. *AK
I HAVE A 1998 MERCURY MYSTIQUE. THE VEHICLE RECENTLY BEGAN RUNNING ABNORMALLY. SO IN INSPECTION OF THIS, I DISCOVERED THAT THE VEHICLES ACCELERATION IS BEING RAISED WITHOUT ME EVEN TOUCHING THE GAS. I WAS ON THE ROAD AND MY VEHICLE WAS SPEEDING UP ON IT'S OWN AND I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHY. IT SEEMS AS IF THE CRUISE CONTROL IS CONSTANTLY ON OR SOMETHING. *NM
RECALL 99V194000. WHILE DRIVING ACCELERATOR STUCK. VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPAIRED UNDER MENTIONED RECALL PRIOR TO INCIDENT. DEALER HAS SINCE INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *SLC
WHILE DRIVING SPEEDOMETER/CRUISE CONTROL AND OVERDRIVE MALFUNCTIONED. DEALER IS REPLACING THE SPEED SENSOR.*AK
CONSUMER IS DISAPPOINTED WITH THE NUMBER (6) OF RECALLS THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED ON THIS VEHICLE. NLM
RECALL # 99V194000 FORD/THROTTLE CABLE; OWNER HAS BEEN WAITING FOR RECALL TO BE PERFORMED SINCE AUGUST, 99. DEALER DOES NOT HAVE PARTS TO CORRECT RECALL. *AK
RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 99V194000 & CONTACTED DEALER TO SET APPOINTMENT. WAS INFORMED THAT NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. BEEN CHECKING OFF & ON SINCE. RECEIVED ANOTHER NOTICE FOR SAME RECALL. STILL NO PARTS. AFRAID TO DRIVE VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER NOT SENDING PARTS FOR REPAIR OF THROTTLE CABLE. *AK
RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 99V194000 & CONTACTED DEALERSHIP. WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP LATER & GIVEN SAME INFORMATION. WAS INFORMED WILL CALL WHEN PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. OWNER IS UPSET. *AK
MANUFACTURER IS NOT PRODUCING THE PARTS TO REPAIR NHTSA RECALL 99V19400/MFR RECALL 99S19, THROTTLE LINKAGES AND CONTROL. *AK
CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL 99V194000/ MFR RECALL 99S19, DEALER STATED NO PARTS AVAILABLE, FORD HAS YET TO CONTACT DEALER REGARDING RECALL. *AK
VEHICLE EXPEREINCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHEN APPROACHING A CURVE PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 99V-194, VEHICLE ALSO EXPERIENCED BLOW OUT OF RIGHT SIDE TIRES ONLY. NLM
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THERE IS A KNOCKING NOISE, AND THE BRAKES GO STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD. ALSO, TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING, AND CONSUMER CAN'T SHIFT THE GEARS. IN ADDITION, VEHICLE ACCELERATES WHEN DRIVING OR COMING TO A STOP. *AK
BRAKES FAILED CAUSING CONSUMER TO HIT CAR IN FRONT OF HIM RESULTING IN INJURIES, POSSIBILITY OF CRUISE CONTROL NOT DISENGAGING. NM
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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