Mechanical Jack problems of the 1999 Mercury Mountaineer

One problem related to mechanical jack has been reported for the 1999 Mercury Mountaineer. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Mechanical Jack problem

Failure Date: 05/03/2003

The consumers vehicle was originally equipped with recall firestone wilderness tires which were replaced at 30k miles. The tires were replaced with goodyear wrangler ht tires. With 38k miles on the tire,the rear passenger side tire blew out while driving 75 mph. The consumer proceeded to change the tire when he noticed that the jack points were located where the tire had bunched up. Once the consumer found a suitable jack point the jack did not adequately raise the vehicle.


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