Mercury Lynx Reviews

Driver & passenger side roof leak, passenger side CV axle went out do to hitting a curb to avoid a oncoming car that was in the wrong lane, brakes had to be replaced (normal wear and tear) windshield washer resavair was busted when I got it and also the interior lights seem to not work, but mysteriously sometimes work, also headlight switch head to be replaced after breaking off.

Bought the car for 200.00 in 2004, the paint was faded, the dash was cracked from years of sitting in the sun and no being driven and I still think it's a great car and has worked every time I've cranked it.

At about 140,000 miles it would run a few miles and all of a sudden shut off.

Turns out it was a bad computer.

After replaced, never happened again.

No other problems with this car.

The car was cheap on gas and dependable.

I bought it for $1200. Worth every dime.

The body and interior were like new.

It drove and handled good.

But I needed a bigger car so I traded in on a Dodge Caravan... big mistake!

(I won't even go there, I will just say I regretted my trade.)

I would highly recommend the Mercury Lynx, though I never see any of them on the road today.

I had to get the front end rotors, calipers and disks replaced and new tires. All told $650.

The right front axle boot split and I hear the bearing clacking on sharp, slow turns, so I reach underneath every so often and pack the bearing with grease. The inside passenger door handle gave up the ghost shortly after I got it. As did the outside driver side door latch. Driver's door latch mechanism is getting funky, but I can set the pieces by hand and still close the door. There is some mysterious leak what allows rain to soak the driver side front carpet.

Despite all the above, I love this car.

Given that this is the Bic lighter of automobile, I am impressed. It was given to me when I was strapped for cash and after the initial investment hasn't given me a day's trouble other than the door handles. It just keeps going, getting great mileage all the way. We just got done with a cold snap and it started every morning, sometime when it was 10-below. I couldn't believe it. Front wheel drive in the snow is unstoppable. The bozo who owned this before me left it in the driveway for a few years. You feel a little like Cheech Marin driving it, but it's truly save my bacon my wife and moved to a new town with a new job and no money. The misses drives a 2000 Jeep Cherokee.

Replaced steering column.

Clutch went at 213,000.

Rust spots here and there.

This was a good old car. I had very few problems with it, and I would still have it now had the clutch not went. It lasted a very long time, and I miss it so much. I have a Dodge Neon now, and it's a piece of junk! I'd never buy another Dodge product again!

Well lets see, What didn't go wrong the 26 miles I owned the car?

The A/C went out.

The parking brake stopped working.

The trunk couldn't open.

The headlights where held on by chicken wire.

It had rust holes all over it.

The transmission was started acting weird.

But the radio worked!

I swear all this stuff worked when I test drove it.

The mechanics exact word were "She's not pretty, but she'll run forever" and of course me, being as desperate for transportation as I was, I bought it.

The manual transmission was tons of fun for 26 miles.

The car left me stranded 26 miles down the road, I was driving it down the freeway and the engine just stopped and I coasted to the side of the road. I called the dealership and they sent a tow truck, but when they where putting it on the truck they broke the front axle. But they gave me my money back. But I was left where I started, without a way to get to work.

Water pump went.

Fuel pump went.

New ignition system.

Transmission is going.

It's not a bad little car. It looks pretty good for a 15 year old econobox sport model. I like it, but the mileage is getting super high, and it's probably time for something newer.

I've got a lot of use out of this $1000 purchase, so I can't say anything bad. It's let me down a couple times, but repairs were never hard or complex.