Mercury Mountaineer owners have reported 2 problems related to hood hinge (under the structure category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Mercury Mountaineer based on all problems reported for the Mountaineer.
Hood support struts can fail in cold weather without notice or warning. Could cause severe head/hand/arm injury.
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Was pulling out into traffice at 45mph when hood flew up about 6 inches. Did not hit windshield due to secondary latch catching it. Same problem has happened before in July. Vehicle has only 500 miles.