Automatic Transmission Torque Converter problems of the 2005 Mercury Mariner

On the freeway and car suddenly has overdrive light blinking, at the same time I began losing power, I was able to get off freeway but not after I open hood and nearly got run over. I was checking to see if there was overheating or smoke. But nothing. I have already replaced pcm, transmission, and torque converter. Consequently my shifter is broken and you can see down into transmission. Obviously no I can't drive, I will have to have vehicle towed. Why hasn't transmission been recalled on this vehicle. I could not think about if my child would have been with me and stood in front of car. He never would have been able to move that quickly or even worse with freeway driving I even could have been hit from behind.

The car stopped running as I exited the interstate off ramp. This was in high traffic with cars behind me. I was able to get the car restarted and coasted to the side of the road. A tow truck took me to a Ford dealer, where it was stated the torque converter had failed. The Ford dealer told me that a new "code" number had been issued because there were so many problems for Ford escape and Mercury Mariner from 2003-2008. My vehicle is a 2005 Mercury Mariner. I had no previous indications that this would fail and was traveling out of state. The cost was $1800 and the dealer stated that Ford and Mercury were not doing anything to resolve this other than issue an internal notice to all dealers. I feel a recall should be issued and my costs refunded, they are obviously aware of this issue.

The contact owns a 2005 Mercury Mariner. While the contact was driving 55 mph the vehicle had suddenly began to surge forward causing the contact to apply the brakes in order to stop the vehicle from accelerating. The vehicle was taken to the dealership where the contact had the transmission torque converter and throttle sensor replaced. The contact noticed prior that the rear end of the vehicle would jerk whenever it was driven up an incline. The current and failure mileages were 61000.

The contact owns a 2005 Mercury Mariner. While driving 55 mph, all the vehicle's warning lights illuminated and then the vehicle jerked and completely shut off. The vehicle was towed to the dealer who stated that the vehicle needed a transmission torque converter and would be unsafe to drive until the parts arrived. The current mileage is 22,127 and failure mileage was 18,000.