Terry Haines mentioned that they were made by Yazaki, and when I looked at their webpage, their logo (the triangle) was already familiar to me because it's on many wiring connectors used in the Contour.

I sure would like to know why this crap wiring didn't find itself into any other cars other than the Contour/Mystique.

Actually, the 1995 Mercedes E320 supposedly also has the same problem..wonder who made those harnesses?