1998 Mercury Mystique wipers, windshield & visibility problems
Owners reported wipers, windshield & visibility problems in 18 complaints for the 1998 Mercury Mystique, 6% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 18 6% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 3 fires.
What owners wrote
While driving with the defroster on high, the heater unit caught fire, flames came throught the vents melting the dashboard and visiors and cracked the windshield, the fire also caused the drivers air bag to deploy. Nlm
Tl*the contact owns a 1998 mercury mystique. The vehicle's heater blower failed on three separate occasions. The vehicle was taken to the dealer twice concerning the blower ,and the connector on the heater blower cable was replaced. Two different dealers told the contact that this vehiclewas excluded from recall # 01v230000. The current and failure mileage were 102,000.
Other problems reported for the 1998 Mercury Mystique
- Suspension 58 complaints
- Engine 33 complaints
- Transmission 32 complaints
- Brakes 31 complaints
- Electrical system 30 complaints
- Lighting 21 complaints
- Air bags 19 complaints
- Cruise control 16 complaints
Wipers, windshield & visibility problems in other years
Wipers, windshield & visibility problems across all Mercury models