Mercury Mariner owners have reported 2 problems related to transmission not engage (under the power train category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Mercury Mariner based on all problems reported for the Mariner.
Driving in traffic, when vehicles transmission disengaged. Depressing the accelerator only revved the engine, but no forward motion. While coasting, managed to get vehicle out of traffic & to a side street. From a stop, vehicle would accelerate, but when shifting into 3rd gear, goes into a "neutral" condition and coasts. Paid Ford dealer to do evaluation, and was told this was a known issue with this vehicle. Was quoted $3000 for the repair.
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The contact stated while driving on an incline the 4-wheel drive engaged and disengaged which caused the vehicle to jolt. The dealership was unable to diagnose the problem, because they would not take it to an incline when test driving. An engineer with the manufacturer told the contact that because it was all wheel drive the four wheel drive activated when the vehicle detected a wheel slip. There have been no repairs made to the vehicle. Updated 1/25/2006 - whenever the consumer drove over uneven pavement she heard a clunking noise. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who indicated that everything was visually ok and the the manufacturer said the noise was a characteristic of the vehicle. After the vehicle's steering rack was replaced the consumer heard a loud humming/whining noise coming from the passenger side front wheel. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed the problem as a faulty steering rack.
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