Mercury Mystique / Ford Contour?!??!!?

Q: I have a '99 mercury mystique. love my car to death, it's amazing and so good to me. BUT, lately it's been "hesitating"... like, it'll take a couple extra seconds to kick into gear when i accelerate. It also is making a sort of whurring noise, but it's running just fine, except for the hesitating part. Could it just be that it is an older car, the whirring noise? It just sounds a bit weird i'm not so sure how to explain it. I dont think it's the fan belt. Im thinking that the hesitation in switching gears could possibly be the transmission? if anyone has any advice, it'd be great, thank ya. I already took it to the shop they said there is not much wrong but it was like a month ago, i know my baby and i know what it's supposed to sound like and this is NOT how it is :-[ okay. first off, i dont give a sh!t what you think about my car. i'm asking for advice, not opinions. my "mercury mistake" is something that i saved up to buy myself, because my first car got totally f0uccked. i don't need your opinions on the car, sorry if mommy and daddy bought your car, i bought my own and as long as i'm happy with it that's all that matters, thank YOU very much. let's grow up now, shall we? :-] and thank you everyone else. getting good feedback so far. it's a 6 cyc

A: While not super popular in North America an excellent car in my opinion. But then I do prefer European cars. The whirr may be the electric fan. Consider a complete tune up to eliminate the hesitation. This may involve replacment of some of the rubber hoses in case you have a vacuum leak and cleaning of the injectors which I highly recommend and the O2 sensor. This may run you up to $1000 for the complete service so be prepared but the car should run as good as new when complete. if you are on a budget consider a basic tune up and service the car in stages until the hesitation is eliminated. A good shop should be able to test and eliminate such things as rubber hoses, vacuum leaks, and O2 sensor. When you take the car in only ask for what you need... don't give them any ideas!!! If you are doing this youself do an oil/filter change, replace the air filter, the spark plugs and see what happens. Then check and replace the rubber hoses to and from the throttle body as well as any vacuum lines. If you can remove the injectors and take them in to be cleaned. Expect to pay $25 to $35 each. And a good intake and throttle body cleaning using an O2 sensor safe product.

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