Three problems related to paint have been reported for the 2004 Mercury Mountaineer. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2004 Mercury Mountaineer based on all problems reported for the 2004 Mountaineer.
1. Paint coming off of roof and driver's door. 2. Rear passenger side and driver side power windows not working. 3. Cracks in plastic area of rear lift gate around wiper arm. 4. Almost lost control and potential accident on interstate when right rear wheel came loose.
Transmission solenoids three times, paint coming off, passenger seat trim came off, cracked rear lift gate, passenger front and rear door windows, and driver side rear door window do not work.
Premature rusting and paint bubbling on rear quarter panel under fueling door (continues to get worse. ) I have observed several other Lincoln/Mercury vehicles with same problem.