Automatic Transmission Cooler Problems of Mercury Mountaineer

Truck cooling system died which caused the truck to catch fire while driving down the highway, smoke poring out, state troopers had to assist us. My daughter was scared to death and now refuses to get back in the truck even though we got a new engine. To make matters worse we spent 3000 on and engine. . . 500 on cooling system and had the transmission reprogrammed. The truck is still have major problems and now for says it needs the transmission rebuilt or replaced. All of this is out of pocket. We cant even trade it in bc they will only give us 1/2 of what we paid for it 2 yrs ago. Nightmare and makes me sick that Ford doesn't care.

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I have 2003 Mercury Mountaineer and I have had it since February 2007. I have had numerous problems with it and the last problems was the breaking point. I have three more years to pay for this vehicle and I want something to be done about the problems with this vehcile. Ford should be held responsible for this vehicle and fixing the problems associated with it. I purchased this vehicle from community Ford in new albany, ms in February 2007 with 45,000 miles on it. I couldn't get an extended warranty or any warranty with the vehicle I was told. After a year, I had to replace the front end and it was $500. 00 at george's tire services. I took it in due to this noise coming from the front and I was advised that if I didn't have the work did it would lock up on me while I am driving and cause and accident. I noticed that my structure body:hatchback/tailgate has cracked completely. My seat belt on the driver side in the back don't work. My engine cooling system aircompressor has went out and I have electrical problems where my oil gauge is constantly saying it's low. I have my oil change every 3000 miles. I am hearing this noise in the rear of the vehicle and I don't know what it is and can't afford to get going to Ford to see what it is. I have been smelling this burning coming from the under the hood and I don't know what it is either. My lastest problem is my transmission is going out and I have had this vehicle for two years and I have three more years of payment on this vehicle. My transmission cost me around $3500 and I don't have any warranty on it. This is a lemon I have purchased and I think something should be done about it.

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Had to replace two radiators within 30,000 miles of replacement. Exactly how many complaints, or should I say deaths (?) are needed to trigger an investigation of a company gladly receiving assistance while outputting inferior vehicles. No vehicle manufactured in 2006 should need three new radiators within 3 year and 70k miles. Stop letting Ford off the hook and get serious about getting to the bottom of their issues. Just do a search on 2006 Mercury Mountaineer and you will clearly see there are issues with the cooling as well as the automatic transmission. In fact, our model has the same issue that others have reported with the automatic transmission and it will sometimes no moves gears, slip a gear, and tug like it is pulling out of mud at a stop light. Open a full blown investigation into their lack of quality control and the lack of professionalism on the part of the dealerships for not reporting this to corporate.