general problems of the 2010 Mercury Mariner - part 2

Had test done and was told throttle body is bad. Can not get part in because its on back order.

While driving through road construction on the interstate my Mariner lost power. I had my child in the backseat and was lucky enough to be able to pull over and turn off the engine. The power train light and engine light came on. I started it back up and continued until I could exit off the interstate and continue on the highway, where it happened again. Again, I turned off the engine and got it started back up. This happened one more time before I got it to the mechanic. He said that it was the throttle body and that it was on a national back order. There are 8,000 requests for this part! what will it take for Ford to finally issue a recall on an obviously defective part, a fatality?.

Sudden loss of power, engine idles but no propulsion, speedometer instantly drops to zero.

The car lost all power while I was driving on the interstate at 65 mph. I was able to steer it to the side of the road, and to restart it. The same thing happened in 3 miles and then again in 1 mile. It was okay for the next 3 months. Then I tried to pass a tractor and my car stalled. I got it to the side of the road and was able to limp into a Ford service center where they diagnosed a " throttle body failure". I am waiting on a part back order to get it fixed!.

My wife was driving down the street in our Mercury Mariner when it suddenly went from 30 to 0 mph for no reason. Her foot was on the accelerator when it suddenly slowed to a stop, right in the middle of the road. When she tried to drive it again the powertrain alarm was on so we had it towed to the dealer. Ford mechanics found it to be an internal short in the throttle body and repalced it. Unbelieveably, we had to pay $342. 47, after Ford refused to do the replacement of an integral part of the engine even though the powertrain warranty was still in effect and it was a powertrain alarm. Not only do I believe this repair should have been paid by Ford under the warranty, but I believe we were forced to correct a dangerous defect that should have had a recall, as many others have had this same problems with their Ford products and it is extremely dangerous for a car to come to a sudden hault for no reason.

The contact owns a 2010 Mercury Mariner . The contact stated that while driving 70 mph , the power train warning light illuminated as the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was able to be coasted to the side of the road and turned off. The contact was then able to restart the vehicle and drove to an authorized dealer where they were unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 35,000 and the current mileage was 43,696.