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1996 Mercury Mystique visibility problems

19 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the visibility on the 1996 Mercury Mystique10% of all complaints for this model year.

19
Visibility complaints
10%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
2 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Dt: the contact states there is a nhtsa recall campaign 99v103000 concerning the exterior lighting.: headlights. This vehicle has the same problems as indicated in the recall, but it is not included in the recall due to vin. No repairs have been made due to the expense. *ak updated 01/19/06. *jb

    filed Dec 23, 2005

  • Dt: the door latch on driver's side would not shut, had to go to junk yard to get a part and put it in. This happened on august 20, 2005. Consumer bruised hand trying to get the down shut. There was clicking noise in the panel on the driver's side that controls the power windows. Also, the key got…

    filed Aug 23, 2005

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Visibility problems in other Mystique years

YearReportsShare
2000 Mystique914%
1999 Mystique1411%
1998 Mystique167%
1997 Mystique811%
1995 Mystique185%
Mystique visibility problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.