Two problems related to cruise control have been reported for the 2003 Mercury Mountaineer. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2003 Mercury Mountaineer based on all problems reported for the 2003 Mountaineer.
The contact owns a 2003 Mercury Mountaineer. While driving 70 mph with the cruise control activated, the rear driver side began to rumble. The vehicle was pulled over and flames began to erupt under the driver side rear door. The fire extinguished itself. There were no prior warning indicators. The vehicle was towed, but not inspected. The current and failure mileages were 27,000.
2003 Mercury Mountaineer the cruise control on the steering column . The off button does not work ,the brake pedal must be applied, and the button to slow down the truck also does not work . No specific date ,a complaint was made to Ford when it first happened when the truck was under warranty but they said they could not find anything wrong .