Power Train Problems of Mercury Mariner - part 2

While driving home from work last night, vehicle suddenly declined in acceleration. . . Started jerking and illumination of a "wrench" symbol appeared on the dashboard. . . Never had any problems with this vehicle in the past besides routine maintenance. . . Scared to drive it until problem is solved. .

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While my college age daughter was driving to campus on Sunday 8/28/16, came to stop and when she tried to accelerate, rpm began to race erratically and car would barely accelerate. Wrench light on the dash board is now illuminated.

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Last year, driving on state highway and vehicle loses power. Wrench light comes on, engine is running, no gas, etc. Shut off, wait, and start again. Light is off and runs ok. This happened several more times. Contacted Ford customer assistance and showed there was a customer experience recall on throttle body. Took it to a dealer and they found nothing wrong. I got it back, and problem reoccurred. Took it back to dealer,they drove it around, and couldn't find anything wrong. Finally, in another city, left work and lost power and engine light came on and didn't go off after restart. Contacted dealer and they replaced throttle body sensor (or similar) for free. This last week, was driving on interstate 75mph in traffic and I lose power in passing lane. Luckily coasted to shoulder, restarted and lights off. Happened again this morning going to work on state highway at 60mph. Talked to Ford and was told they cannot help me until I have a dealer look at it. Cannot get an appointment until end of next week. Worried about driving this vehicle I've had less than 5 years, but if dealer cannot find error, I have to take my chances and wait until they can get an error.

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Test driving vehicle and I could not accelerate. Dealer said he would fix problem.

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Speed shift forced on 2nd and 4th, the vehicle has only 77000 miles and transmission is bad, contacted the dealer about the problem and no action taken, they said the vehicle is not on a recall campaign and owner needed to do repair and if the campaign started on this problem in the future they will reimburse the repair amount, I need the vehicle on a daily basis and now I'm stock with the repairs cost of 1500 plus labor. I need to add this vehicle to the recall as shown here: report receipt date: Sep 29, 2015 NHTSA campaign number: 15v606000 component(s): power train the vehicle was in motion when it happened , speed was reduced and wrench light came on the dashboard.

Our 2010 Mercury Mariner had a clunking and loss of power on two different occasions. The first time we brought it to the Ford dealer and he checked codes, etc, only to find nothing. The clunking or loss of power did not came back for a while. Several months later while driving home from work, the clunking sound appeared again, there was an evident loss of power and the orange wrench displayed on the speedometer indicated an issue. I had to work on getting the vehicle up to speed and power again, slowing the traffic in back of me down. The vehile was purchased a year ago, almost to the day and has approximately 52,000 miles on it. I called the Ford dealer who made arrangements to bring the vehicle in for a check up. Based on what I'm reading, these are known issues with a throttle? not certain if there's a recall or not but will certainly find out. Basically, our vehicle is unsafe to drive.

Warning lights come on when driving telling driver to safely pull over to road. Towed to Ford dealer, was told to replace with new transmission. Vehicle has 60k miles and well maintained. Other mechanics were told Ford would not sell them parts for repair and only Ford could work on them. This is not right, there is something wrong with the cvt and Ford needs to own up. A $9,200 repair should not be borne by the consumer.

Warning lights come on and loss of power, informs driver to safely pull over. To road. Towed vehicle to Ford dealer and was told only option was to replace with new transmission and that Ford would not allow to repair the transmission, only replace with new. Vehicle has 60k miles and is well maintained. Other transmission mechanics have been told that Ford will not sell them parts to repair the cvts and only a Ford dealer is authorized and can get the replacement parts. This is not right, there is something wrong with the cvt and Ford needs to own up this problem. A $9,200 repair should not be borne by the consumer. I can see over the internet that this is an on-going problem with other consumers.

Tl- the contact owns a 2008 Mercury Mariner. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle and when pressing the fuel pedal the vehicle would hesitate to accellerate and would not accelerate at a normal pace. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who in diagnosed that the transmission was faulty. The vehcle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 60,000. Jft.

On 1/1/2016 I was driving on 495 w in queens, NY heading back to manhattan where I live. Out of nowhere the car began jerking, a wrench light on the dash panel came on (which I never saw before) and I could tell the car was decelerating. I tried hitting the accelerator again, the car would jerk, the engine was revving but was barely moving. I knew I had to pull over and luckily I was able to navigate to the shoulder of the road. This was an extremely dangerous situation. I am a confident driver, however, a less confident or timid driver most likely would have panicked and gotten into a potentially serious collision.

While driving down the road anywhere from 20-55 mph, the car seems to stall out and the accelerator no longer works. You have to pull over and shut the vehicle off and it will start again. Sometimes the same problem will occur again within seconds, minutes, or days later.

My Mercury Mariner's idler pulley has already broken three times in the past five months. There must be a recall on this vehicle. The car is very good and too strong for that thin bolt in this part. Luckily, the fourth time it happened, the Ford dealer didn't charge me for the new part, which also broke off two weeks later. It has also broken two belts already. Trying to solve the issue, I went to metric bolts and nuts, in wakefield, MA, and bought a higher grade hardened steel bolt/screw, and it also broke off a week later. Once again, two days ago, my mechanic put in another hardened steel screw. He added a nut near the bearing, which makes a squeaking noise, but it has not broken yet. I am now afraid to drive it far from home, because I have been towed so many times already. I have researched the internet and realized that it is a constant issue. Some people have reported the occurrence of this issue 17 times in less than a year. It is also the same frequent problem with Mazda tribute, Ford escape, Ford fusion, etc. What does it take for a recall? help! help! help!.

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Tl-the contact owns a 2008 Mercury Mariner. The contact stated that while driving 20 mph, the power train light remained illuminated and the vehicle would not accelerate. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was 118,000. Ad.

Well I was at a red light and then the light turned green I pressed the gas pedal and started to go then my rpm started to go up and my Mercury Mariner did not want to go no more so I coasted to the slow lane I rev my engine while I was still drive about about 1 min in went back into gear so started to drive again the rpm went back up and then I coasted to a stop on a busy highway I immediately started to get my family out to safety so I went back to my Mercury Mariner it was in park and still running and I noticed a yellow wrench on the dash board so I put it in drive it did not move then for five min trying to get it to move it went into gear but just enough to get off the highway on to a back street so I turned my Mercury Mariner off so about a half hour went by I started it up and I notice the yellow wrench was off so then it went right into gear but about in one min it did the same thing so I called a family member and then I got it towed there so I let it sit for an hour then I started it up and it went right into gear and about one min later I had no gears but I let it run and it will go in and out of gear so now it sits at my family's house.

The contact owns a 2005 Mercury Mariner. After driving high speeds and coming to a stop, the vehicle hesitated and stalled without warning. The contact had to make several attempts to restart the vehicle. The failure recurred. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer, but no failure was found. The vehicle was not repaired and the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 127,000.

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Normal driving when suddenly there was no acceleration & the wrench light came on in the dashboard. Car was running but there was no acceleration & idled roughly. Mechanic put a diagnostic on it which read p2112 throttle control actuator system stuck closed. Binding throttle body stuck closed. There was no warning and the incident was very scary since I could not get out of the way of traffic. The car would go about 1mph until I was able to pull off the road. When the car was later shut off and restarted, acceleration returned. This is frightening as you do not know when it could happen and could cause a serious accident.

I was driving at a speed of 40 miles an hour, stopped at stop light, as I proceeded on the green light, the car accelerated and then jolted. Suddenly, the wrench icon appeared on the dashboard. From that point the car seemed to idle, the car would rev rpm's and would not shift automatically to the next gear. I had to start in 2nd and shift into drive. Have had the sensors replaced, tranny fluid flushed and replaced and gasket seal and pan replaced. Still not repaired.

I never received reimbursement for putting in a transmission. I was also never notified of any recalls on my transmission.

I was driving at a speed of 40 miles an hour, stopped at stop light, as I proceeded on the green light, the car accelerated and then jolted. Suddenly, the wrench icon appeared on the dashboard. From that point the car seemed to idle, then accelerate with force.

Tl- the contact owns a 2008 Mercury Mariner. The contact stated that while accelerating the vehicle lunged forward excessively. The contact engaged her brakes and when releasing the brake pedal the failure reoccured. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the technician was unable to find a failure. No repairs were made to the vehicle. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 83,000. Sr.

I was driving my 2010 Mercury Mariner premium fwd to my mothers for christmas '14 when the engine light wrench came on and I felt a loss in power. Luckily I was near a rest stop and I shut off engine and let it sit after running a vehicle health report. Report said: urgent power train malfunction / reduced power. After restarting the vehicle, it seemed fine. This was when I still had about three hours left of driving in my eight hour drive. When I was about an hour away again the light came on and the same power reduction occurred. I took it to be looked at to the local Ford dealer near my mothers and was told the valve body needed to be replaced. This was at 74,000 miles. So I did. I had this happen once before (I had 58,000 miles on it) when driving to a shopping center after driving 45 minutes on the highway from home. Only happened when driving long distance. When I got off the exit, it jerked and quickly stopped and I had to pull over. If a car was behind me it could have caused an accident. . I drove it to the dealership and was told that I had a couple recalls (computer updates) and a service extension for the throttle body. Should fix the issue so it won't happen again said the mechanic. Transmission fluid was flushed cause it was burnt also. Had no issues afterwards until my christmas trip. I feel I could have been in an accident and seriously hurt if it had jerked while changing gears on a busy road. I would like to know why there is a throttle body recall but not a valve body recall? if these issues can cause a quick jerk or lost power causing a quick slow-down, seems like there should be a recall for both. It appears I am not the only one with these types of issues after googling the issue. Seems like its time to get these transmissions fixed correctly before someone is killed or seriously injured! please recall now b4 it's too late!.

I had stopped by my apartment complex office to pick up a package. I started the motor and began to back out. I then put it in drive and the steering wheel wouldn't turn. I tried to drive it slowly towards my apartment to park it. I restarted the car. Once I did this, the steering was behaving normally except when idling there was a thunking vibration to where the steering wheel was moving. I had remembered I received a recall notice which was for power steering. The technician looked up the VIN # and yes it was a recall item. I took it in yesterday and they are currently replacing the part. After doing some research, I have found that a lot of the vibration I have felt recently can be contributed to the issue with the power steering unit. Thankfully I was near home. I have made several trips between washington and northern California. In addition, I have had a problem in the mornings especially in the colder months where I am at a stop light or stop sign and step on the gas, the motor will rev up but I don't move, then a sudden kick in of the transmission. This is scary when trying to turn into traffic.

Coming to a stop at a red stop light and then trying to accelerate from red to green light at an intersection my vehicle went into limp mode, it lost power. It would not accelerate pass 10mph. An engine light came on as a orange wrench light. I drove as I could and made to auto zone. They plug in the hand held car computer and it gave the code p2119. Which stands for throttle body.

My 08' Mercury Mariner has only 46,000 miles on it and now needs a new transmission. When I got into my car and tried to put it in reverse, the car would not move backwards. It worked in drive, but I had to push my car in order to turn it around and drive to a repair shop. I was then informed that I would need a new transmission that would cost around $3600 for my car including the part and labor. I have never been in an accident and have had no previous issues with my car involving the transmission. I believe that it is unbelievable that a car with such few miles on it should need a new transmission. When I called Ford customer service they stated that they would not help me with any of these costs because there was no recall for this on my vehicle. I believe that this is an issue with this particular vehicle make and model after some research and was told by the mechanic shop that they had seen this problem many times before.

I was driving at 45mph when all of a sudden, the car stop running. I had to pull over and cut the car off. I started the car again and it went about one mile before it cut off again. Then a wrench symbol came on the left side dash board. I drove the car home and it cut off on me three times before I could get it home. I look in my car book to see what the wrench symbol means and it says that it is the throttle control/powertrain.

I was driving down the highway on my afternoon comute home with my 3 yr old daughter in the back seat and my vehicle lost power and the check engine light and a wrench light came on and it would not go above 25 mph. I almost got hit in the rear of my vehicle cause I was not expecting this to happen by any means, but I was able to coast off the highway and shut the engine down for a few minutes and restarted it drove about 5 miles and it did it again.

Vehicle surged slightly for a few seconds then accelerator would not work. Wrench light came on. Had to pull over to side of the road, shut vehicle off, restart and it then worked the 10 remaining miles to home. I had just read about this happening a cpl days previous so I knew what it was immeadiately.

I was traveling down the interstate at approx. 70 mph when suddenly, I felt a jolt. At this time, I lost power upon depressing the pedal. I slowly moved to the emergency lane and stop the vehicle. A wrench tool illuminated on the instrument panel. I then turned the vehicle off. I was able to restart the vehicle. As I proceeded to continue on my route, as I was accelerating, approx. 25 - 30 mph, the incident repeated if self. This occurred about 4 times before I realized that I could only drive about 15 - 20 mph in order to keep this condition from occurring again. I was only about 4 miles from home, so I proceeded to drive home very slowly.

I was driving through my neighborhood on the way home from going out to dinner. I went around a curve and then when I started going up a slight hill, the engine surged. I didn't think to much about it until I lost almost all power. I could not get up to a speed higher than 5 miles per hour. I was able to get within one block of my residence. I waited for about an hour as I looked up the diagnostic code that my odb2 scanner gave me. I found out that it is code p2111, throttle actuator control system - stuck open. I went back to my car, after about an hour, and it started just fine. I was able to drive my SUV to my local Ford dealer, with someone in another car following to make sure that I didn't have a repeating issue. I did a night key drop tonight, the same day as when the issue happened. I included the warranty letter that I had received from Ford regarding the throttle body replacement. I cannot understand why Ford would not issue an official recall to fix this ongoing problem. I feel very fortunate that I was not on a busy interstate highway or otherwise congested road when this happened. Will there have to be numerous reports of fatalities or serious property damage before this issue is actually rectified?.

My 2010 Mercury Mariner has started jerking when I attempt to slow down. It is jerking unbearably hard. I took it to a local garage, had both front and back brakes replaced. That did not fix the problem. While the backend of the car is jacked up, the back right wheel will still turn while holding the brakes??? the jerking of the car is almost as if the car is skipping a gear or trying to switch gears. The car is also making a whinning sound. I feel as if this is a safety issue that Ford should be responsible for. This is my second Ford SUV with my first being a 2002 Ford escape and I had a lot of "mystery" problems with it that no one could fix!!!.

Yesterday, my wrench light came on with my 2008 Mercury Mariner. I did some research this morning and found out that there was a recall on the parts. I called a local Ford dealership and I was advised that due to the 5 year warrenty expiring along with being above 60,000. 00, I would have to come out of pocket to pay for a defected part on my truck. I am filing a complaint due to I should have been advised that there was an issue with the power train or I should have been notified to bring my truck in immediately to get this issue resolved. In which I was not notified at all. I should not be forced to pay to get my car fixed on a defected part that was sold with my car. (the power train).

Twice in two days while speeding up to get on highway my Mariner looses complete power and the wrench light comes on. Lucky for me it was just before I was turning on to merge. Seconds later it would have been a serious accident, due to the sudden stop. I had to shut the car off and start it back up in order to get going again. After reading #pe13003 has been file for the same exact problem with same make and model. Someone better react before someone looses a life. This is horrible.

While driving, the vehicle started losing power and the wrench light came on; stopped and had a hard time cranking but was able to go on. 2nd time pulling onto a busy street, same incident, able to get to center lan and recrank this time surging forward but gained control and went on, very unnerving situation, scared to drive long distances.

While traveling at 65, wrench powertrain light came on. Able to get to side of road. Called Ford roadside, wrecker towed to dealership. Found faulty throttle body. Replaced under extended warranty. Scary situation.

Was driving on the freeway going about 70 when I lost all power to accelerate. I noted the wrench symbol also had just came on. I was able to pull over to the shoulder and turn my car off. Before it turned off the car shook quite a bit. I let the car sit for about a minute re-started and noted the wrench was gone and I could accelerate. Later that day it happened to me again. Car is in shop and they told me it is a bad throttle body.