# Mercury Mystique nonstarting

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercury-mystique-nonstarting/22290>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [November 19, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercury-mystique-nonstarting/22290 "2008-11-19T19:15:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![mlaw66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@mlaw66](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mlaw66)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercury-mystique-nonstarting/22290/1 "2008-11-19T19:15:45Z")

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My '98 Mystique with a new battery and full tank will sometimes, very rarely, refuse to start after I drive it to the store - about 6 miles - and come back after 20 minutes or so. Otherwise it starts on the first crank??