general problems of the 2005 Mercury Mountaineer

The contact owns a 2005 Mercury Mountaineer. When the vehicle was started, the contact heard a knocking noise from the middle of the dashboard and cold air was blowing from the vents. The dealer diagnosed that the temperature blender actuator failed and needed replacement. This was the third time the vehicle was repaired for the same failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 98,581.

My husband was driving our 2005 Mercury Mountaineer and he was going less than 20 miles per hour on a main street and got in a accident the woman stopped short and he rear ended her. The car totalled up buckled up air bags never inflated they came out completely deflated. Issue with this car also is the electric driver window dies out mechanic could not figure out bought new motors still wouldnt open electric switches they thought it was fully electronic they where going to re wire very expensibe but car was totalled. Car horrible on gas also. Have pictures of delated air bags both driver and passanger.

Cruise control disengages after driving for an extended period of time, usual a trip over 90 minutes in length. It works fine until you have to apply brake for a construction zone, or of ramp, etc. When you push resume nothing happens. Turning it off and trying to turn it back on still does not resolve the problem. After turning the car on and off a few times it will start working again, but that isn't really useful while on a long trip. It first happened two and a half years ago and continues to happen. The dealership says they can't duplicate the problem but has only test driven for 20 minutes.