Unknown Or Other Problems of Mercury Mountaineer

Vehicle needed a radiator. The dealership replaced the radiator and continues to leak antifreeze causing vehicle to over heat.

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We bought the car 2 years ago and a few months after we have purchased it, it started to act up. When we pull the shift gear to reversed, it jerks real bad as if we were rear ended. A few times, the shift gear would be stuck. We could not pull the shifter down to reverse from park. It normally takes us an hour so to do it but tonight, it was worst. We were stuck on park. . . Finally after an hour, we were able to pull it from park and onto reverse from the garage. Only this time reverse was park, neutral was reverse, drive was neutral and 3 was drive. It was so frustrating. . . . And to top that off, my husband and I both got into a heated argument over this stupid car!! we still cannot get it fixed because we don't have the money!!!.

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I opened the window hatch on the back of the vehicle and the window hinge broke and the window started to slip down almost braking my nose.

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In regards to fitting two backless booster seats in the middle row of a 60-40 fold bench: on the passenger side- the seat does not slope on the sides and the buckle has a cloth strap and it is flexible and moves out of the slot to fit to his buckle. The seat is slightly wider than the drivers side. Driver's side- the seat is more contoured and the buckle is affixed to the seat and does not move or come up because of the 60-40 split. When the booster seat is placed out of the edge of the contour on the drivers side- it completely covers the buckle. Therefore, one must sit the booster unsafely at an angle where one side is higher than the other to get the buckle to fit in. I am certain in the event I slam on my brakes or get rearended, one child's seat would go flying, whereas the other seat fits safe and secure (passenger side).

Rear liftgate glass shattered on 2002 Mercury Mountaineer. Hinge came off and the entire glass window exploded filling entire vehicle with flying glass.

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Changing gear and gear shift broke off in hand.

Back hinge broke allowing the glass to fall.

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Wife was closing liftgate and it broke from the hinges. The left side fell and hit her on the head. Was trying to hold lift gate so glass wouldn't fall and break. Called Ford and they said it was not a recall issue. Looking online it seems this happens a lot.

2002 Mercury Mountaineer has unexpected ignition misfiring codes, causing hard idle. And this is causing costly diagonstic servicing that cant locate the problem. I had asked 25 other owners and the are having the same problem. . . VIN # 4m2zu86e72uj31770.

Owner of a 2006 Mercury Mountaineer. I purchased my vehicle in February 2010. The retractable running boards do not operate properly. Sometimes up then down one up the other down. Disconnecting motor or pulling fuses are not the answers. Steel mixed with aluminum pins is bad but can be fixed. I reviewed numerous on-line complaints and wanted to know why this item has not been recalled. The boards half way down is a constant trip hazard when getting in and out of the vehicle. 1500 dollars to replace the entire unit is the wrong answer. This is clearly a design problem on a great vehicle.

I own a 2005 Mercury Mountaineer premier SUV. Last summer I noticed that one of the bolts on liftgate is broken. I went back to the dealer where I purchased the truck and although this is a common problem with this truck it was not recalled for the 2005 year. They wanted to charge me $600 for repair. I found that to be an unacceptable response considering Ford has been aware that the bolts are inferior. I researched to find that many consumers have the same complaint. Add to it that this week the "crack" appeared beneath the glass on the liftgate near the emblem(evidently another flaw with this truck widely reported by other vehicle owners). At this point it is evident to me that the liftgate needs to be replaced by Ford at their expense. I chose this truck for safety for my five children and now feel it is unsafe to transport them with this liftgate falling apart. The repsonse from Ford customer service stated this year was not recalled for the faulty liftgate problem and the expense to replace is mine. Slowly the liftgate bolts and the liftgate are breaking rendering me unable to utilize it. How do I know the glass is safe even if I hit a bump? please advise.

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The automatic locks do not work on all the doors. I've had these locks worked on, but they continue to not work. This is a safety issue, as the doors will not open at all. The driver's side rear door will not open when you try the auto-locks, and the lock cannot be manually pulled up, thus leaving the rear-seated occupant trapped in the car. This often times with the front passenger as well. It also happens with the rear hatch.

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At approximately 2:15 I parked my 1998 Mercury Mountaineer on the street in front of my house. At approximately 2:30 I heard the vehicle theft alarm go off. When I went to shut off alarm, I saw flames coming from the right front wheel well. (I could not see what was happening on the other side of vehicle) I went back into my house to fetch my dry chem fire extinguisher. I went back to the car and attempted to extinguish the fire. When I was unsuccessful, I had my son call 911 for fire department assistance. A fire truck responded within 3-5 minutes at which time the whole front end of the vehicle was engulfed in flames. The fire department put the fire out within 5 minutes. Upon inspection, I noticed that the whole motor compartmant was consumed by the blaze and the fire had started to burn the dash and interior of the vehicle. The vehicle appears to be a total loss.

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Vehicle paint peeling from front hood. Mercury dealer (northgate Lincoln Mercury, tampa, florida) at first said a rock hit it. Another service person said its a defect. They only want to cover half the cost of getting hood painted. Vehicle bought new from the dealer. TSB issued by Ford concerning the issue. Dealer overestimated estimate to repaint hood ($1000 dollars) wants me to pay a lost $500 dollars for a defect they know about.

Brake pedal rubber cover came off during braking. Foot slipped to accelerator causing car to learch forward hitting rear of parked car and causing damage to that car.

While driving our 2004 Mercury Mountaineer, all of the sudden it will stall and a light will come on showing "engine fail safe mode". There is no power at all and the car needs a few minutes before starting up again. This has happened 3 times now and all in traffic. We have had to pray that we would not be hit or worse yet, killed. We have taken it to the dealerdhip twice now (the 1st time they said it was bad gas and sent us on our way) and all they can say the last two times is "we can't duplicate the problem". This is very unsafe and we are very afraid to drive this vehicle.

I purchased a 2004 Mercury Mountaineer v6 in April, 2004. I immediately started to notice a harsh jerk when putting the car in reverse and sometimes while driving forward. It sometimes felt like driving a 5-speed vehicle. In late September, 04 while backing out of my driveway, me and my 13 yr old daughter experienced a very harsh jerk as if someone had slammed in the back of the car. We were both shaken. I started to experience neck problems. I made my first dr. Appt. In early to mid October 2004 and was told that my vertabre was out of place. When the recall notice came in February 2005 (I believe) to me, I took my car to be repaired and I was told that it would take at least 4 hours to fix. It actually took the dealship 3 days to fix it. The auto technician told me that my car was worse off than others that he'd seen before with the same problem and additonal parts had to be ordered. My car is working okay now that it has been fixed. On the other hand, I have been to the doctor several times with this neck injury. I have had x-rays, mri and ultra sound completed. The jerking of my vehicle has caused injury to the #2 vertabre in my neck. I experience head aches, severe neck pain, and shoulder and back pain. I have been to physical therapy- recommended by my doctor and to the chiropractor. I have a very hard time sleeping and working due to this pain. I called Ford motor company to alarm them of my injury due to the defective transmission in the vehicle that they manufactured. The individual that I spoke with was very rude, non- caring of my injury and spoke to me in a negative tone. I was told that there were no medical provisions on this particular recall. To this day, I am still in constant pain. I have suffered long enough and I feel that it is time for Ford motor company to own up to the rresponsibility that their defective vehicle has caused an injury.

I have a continued problem of the abs light coming on. I have had it in the shop 5-6 times. They changed the sensor and a while later it comes back on. On several occasions, my brakes have gone all the way to the floor. The dealership maintains that Mercury is aware of the problem and may be working on a recall. My light is now on again and have placed a call to the dealership. I have to wait for the manager to return to town to see what he would like to do. Oh, and I do have the extended warranty that I have paid over $2,000. What is that for? what will it take, my brakes to go out?.

The new vehicle I purchased on July does not have a certification affixed. (the incident date listed below is the date of purchase. ).

My display lights on my radio started dimming in and out. Now they are completely gone. I took it to my local Ford dealer and they told me that it would cost at least $350 for them to send it off and have it repaired. There are several other same vehicles who have the same problem.

Consumer states that they hit the gas pedal instead of the brake pedal as a result of them being located too close together almost resulting in accident. Mr.

Ford representative will not authorize needed repairs. No safety defect listed in summary.

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Vibration in rear of vehicle, unable to locate problem.

Vehicle driven in forward and comes to a stop (I. E. - at a stop sign, toll booth, or traffic light) will stall/hesitate without warning when attempting to proceed forward again. This has happened multiple times since we purchased the vehicle new. Vehicle was taken to several different dealerships in three states and they say "Ford/Mercury is aware of the problem but at the current time there is no fix. " radio when tuning would not pick up any radiostations due to radio not hooked to antenna. Door molding on drivers side door came loose and prevented the door from being opened more than three inches. Driver was not able to enter drivers side door to drive vehicle. Rear windshield wiper engine burned out and rear wiper did not work. Brake stuck when attempting to place vehicle into gear after initial start of engine.

Consumer complaining about a design of interior equipment, the cup holder is too shallow and the vehicle does not contain ashtrays, these design issues could be hazardous.

Local news media reported problems with this tire. I've been unable to reach firestone dist. Hdqts and was put on hold twice with NHTSA with no answer. Local tire dealer didn't satisfy question about inspection. Worried about problems in the future. No mentioned safety defect, wants . Wants information concerning tire separation. ( dot number: tire size: 16 ).

While driving engine light illuminates on dashboard, cause unknown. Please provide any further information.

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Intermittently engine check light stays illuminated while in motion. Dealer has repaired vehicle. However, problem has reoccurred.

Consumer stated that the oil pressure gauge, battery voltage gauge and coolant temperature gauge do not give accurate readings of the respective engine activities.