One problem related to ignition has 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.
My 2003 Mercury Mountaineer would stutter and have a jerking motion like it was going to stall and it would do this at any given time. On the 13th of January I was taking my youngest daughter to school and my car started to stutter and then it just stalled on me I had a difficult time starting the car. I then took her to school and I shut the car off to walk her to her classroom and then got back into my car and when I put the key into the ignition and turned the key there was no power my car was dead I had to call the road side assistance number and had to wait an hour for a tow truck. I was told by the dealership that it was the instrument cluster head and it was fixed and I was not given a rental car and I only had this car 11 months. Well two weeks later as I was getting ready to make a left turn on a very busy intersection my Mountaineer stalled on me once again and all I could do was pray that it would start it took three tries to get it started and I drove it down the block to the dealership once again and made them take the car. Well they had my car for another four days and I was told once again it was the instrument cluster head. Then in February of 2005 the Ford dealership wanted to do a run down of my car to make sure it was fixed but low and behold I have to take my car back on April 5, 2005 for the same stuttering and stalling problem. I feel that this car is a lemon and unsafe for my family.