1997 Mercury Mystique GS 2.0 Litre from North America
Summary:
Not a bad car
Faults:
Had to replace all four tires and am going to have to get new tires.
Had to replace an O2 sensor at about 100,000.
Had check engine light come on a couple of times. A piston had misfired each time. Has not done this for last 10,000 km.
Front doors are getting hard to open. Have to really pull up the handles. I am afraid that one of these days one is going to break.
Broke the glove box level when opening it one day. I did not do anything different than any other time. It just broke.
General Comments:
The car is not overly peppy. Being 4 cylinders has something to do with it, I'm sure.
The car has not been too bad overall.
The headrests are not the most comfortable and the seats do not recline without winding a wheel. This is the worst way to lean back a seat; especially for long trips where the passenger is going to go to sleep.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? No
Review Date: 29th September, 2004
8th Sep 2005, 16:21
I own a '97 mystique GS, and I can honestly say I really love this car!
I currently have 68k miles and have not had any problems.
Runs well, auto trans works great and it's great on gas mileage.
I bought it for $5,000 over a year ago, it was well maintained by the previous owner, and I hope it holds out for at least a few more years.