Car Stall problems of the 2008 Mercury Mariner Hybrid

Stop safely now chimes and displayed on dash followed by no acceleration until vehicle stalls and stops. Starts right back up but continues to happen especially in la rush hour traffic. Very dangerous! had recall work done on the mecs 3yrs ago but problem has continued. This happens while in motion on the 110 freeway in downtown los angleles, CA. Could be the electric throttle body or rear actuator. Or any other component that works with the electric motor and battery.

Experienced the second of two in-traffic drive-train shut-downs as dangerous as the g. M. Ignition switch malfunctions (see odi#: 10683675) our initial stopping place - in a "reverse gore-point" between the n/b freeway lanes of the I-405 freeway in santa ana, CA and an outside transition road was unsafe in the full-darkness of a non-illuminated high-speed intersection; with traffic zooming by on both sides, with the flashers still active, I res-started the engine -- all dash warnings cycled on then off normally; on a distinct up-grade, I revv'd the engine against the service brakes, and watched for a suitable gap in traffic over-taking us on our right side. Seeing such a gap, I released the service brakes and accelerated to 30 mph towards the outer shoulder. . . But only made it part-way across the 2 lanes when the second shut-down occurred. . . The same "check engine" light. . . The same squealing enunciator tone. . . The same worthless "stop safely now" message and again, thanks to courteous and alert over-taking drivers, I was able to coast to a relatively broad shoulder section beside a `disappearing¿ right travel lane. It was now 7:55pm. We were on our cell phone to the aaa when a highway patrol officer stopped behind us to check our situation, and provide additional protection until a tow-truck could arrive on-scene. This is the second of our family's fomoco hybrids to experience such in-use drive-train shut-downs that provide the driver with no usable warnings of impending doom - not even "limp-away power" . . . The "after-it's-too-late" message-panel might as well display "kiss your a$$ goodbye". The idiot fomoco engineers who decided to "protect" the hybrid battery by "stalling" the vehicle on the freeway obviously never considered what a freeway-speed rear-end impact would do to their precious battery. . . Or to the "replaceable" living occupants of the vehicle.

The contact owns a 2008 Mercury Mariner Hybrid. The contact stated that while driving approximately 50 mph, the vehicle suddenly stalled. The contact indicated that after the incident the high temperature sensor light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the defect. The failure mileage was 41,000. Updated 08/27/lj.

While traveling highway at approximately 70mi/hr. The vehicle stalled and "stop vehicle safely" light came on. I needed to pull over turn car off wait and restart engine. This happened again about 25 miles down the highway. After the second incident it did not happen until my return trip the next day repeating the same as above. This did happen to me once before about a yr ago.

My 2008 Mercury Mariner Hybrid has a dangerous high speed stall condition. It is very serious and puts the vehicle and occupants in a situation that causes a very high risk of a crash. This said, my vehicle is not covered in the current recall? why not?.

The contact owns a 2008 Mercury Mariner Hybrid. While driving approximately 70 mph the vehicle stalled and a stop safely now message displayed on the instrument panel. The vehicle was pulled over, turned off and upon restart the contact was able to continue driving normally. The failure continued to recur during the duration of the drive. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer to have the failure diagnosed. The failure and current mileages were 68,000.