Mercury Mountaineer Complaints (1998)

236 consumer complaints on file.

#890543June 18, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
VEHICLE WAS GOING 70MPH AND TRYING TO ACCELERATE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THROTTLE WAS STUCK. CONSUMER HAD TO STOMP ON THROTTLE TO GET IT UNSTUCK, ALMOST RUNNING OFF THE ROAD. THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561574June 13, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
WHEEL BEARINGS WENT OUT. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745301May 14, 2001
TIRES
THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH ON HIGHWAY 44 NEAR SULLIVAN MO. EVEN THOUGH NO ONE WAS INJURYED IT WAS CERTAINLY A SCARY EVENT.*AK (DOT NUMBER: W2UU TIRESIZE: P225/70R15)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745031May 7, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK IN IDLE POSITION AND COULD NOT BE DEPRESSED. HAPPENED IN TRAFFIC. HAD TO PULL OFF ROAD AND MANUALLY HAND MANIPULATE PEDAL TO GET IT MOVING AGAIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885327April 6, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PE00 020; ALL FOUR FIRESTONE TIRES HAVE TREAD SEPARATION. FIRESTONE COMPANY HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS AT, P23575/15. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560512March 14, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
CONSUMER NOTICED FIRESTONE (VNHL1PY108) TIRES SHOWING SIGNS OF CRACKING AROUND THE TREAD, ALL 4 TIRES WERE REPLACED AND FIRESTONE AGREED TO GIVE CONSUMER PARTIAL CREDIT FOR EACH TIRE, EVEN THOUGH TIRES WERE NOT APART OF RECALL, BUT THE TIRES WERE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882772March 12, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
ACCELERATOR HAD BEEN STICKING. ON FEBRUARY 22 VEHICLE WAS AT STOP LIGHT, LIGHT CHANGED, CONSUMER APPLIED GAS, NOTHING HAPPENED , APPLIED GAS WITH MORE FORCE AND VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD AND HIT VEHICLE IN FRONT . $ 1700 DAMAGE TO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#882382March 7, 2001
TIRES
FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES ON MERCURY, MOUNTAINEER 1998 ARE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS. THREE OF TIRES ON THE VEHICLE ARE CRACKING. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880895February 20, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
GAS PEDAL CAME OFF WHILE HE DRIVING. CURRENTLY, BEING TOLD THAT IT WAS ONE PIECE AND HAD TO BE WELDED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10006365February 17, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
GAS PEDAL CAME COMPLETELY APART. UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. MR *NLM *DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS*741060
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880067February 8, 2001
TIRES
ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRE P235/75R15 SIZE, DOT#: W2HL. WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF 65 MPH, LEFT REAR TIRE BLEWOUT. FIRESTONE HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740041January 28, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT
FRONT END ALWAYS OUT OF ALIGNMENT WHEN CHECKED EVERY 3,000 MILES. HAD TO REPALCE TIRES BECAUSE OF UNEVEN TREAD WEAR 2 TIMES. FIRST TIME REPLACEMENT VEHICLE HAD ONLY 12,000 MILES. SECOND TIME WE REPLACED TIRES WAS AT 29,680 MILES. METAL-ON-METAL SOUND OFTEN COMES FROM FRONT END AS WELL. VEHICLE LOST CONTROL WITHOUT ANY DRIVER PROVOCATION AND CASHED INTO ROAD SIDE RAIL. REAR-END SPUNOUT AND VEHICLE DID A 360. NO OTHER VEHICLES PRESENT AND BRAKES NOT APPLIED LEADING TO SPIN-OUT. LIGHT SNOW WAS FALLING. DEALER ADMITS TO FRONT END/SUSPENSION PROBLEMS, BUT CLAIMS MANUFACTURER "DOES NOT STAND BEHIND PROBLEMS" MY FAMILY IS AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739014January 8, 2001
TIRES
BEFORE THE TIRE BLOWOUT I HAD THE TIRES INSPECTED AT THE LOCAL FIRESTONE STORE AND WAS TOLD I HAD NO TIRES THAT FELL UNDER THE TIRE RECALL. WHEN I WENT TO ANOTHER TIRE STORE TO HAVE THE BLOWOUT REPLACED I WAS INFORMED THAT TIRE WAS UNDER THE RECALL, THE VEHILCE WAS INSPECTED AGAIN AND TWO MORE TIRES WERE RECAL TIRES. I WENT BACK TO THE FIRESTONE STORE WERE THE TIRES WERE FIRST INSPECTED AND THE MANAGER TOLD ME I WAS WRONG ABOUT THE TIRES BEING RECALLED AFTER I TOLD ME ANOTHER TIRE STORE HAD REPLACED FOR FREE UNDER THE RECALL DOT NUMBER, I WAS THEN TOLD I COULD NOT PROVE THE TIRES WERE ON RECALL TO HIM SO LEGALLY HE DID NOTHING WRONG BY TELLING HE THE TIRES WERE SAFE SO NOW IT WAS MY WORD AGAINST HIS. I CALLED FIRESTONE CORPORATION AND TOLD THEM THE SAME STORY BUT GOT NO RESPONCE FROM THE COMPANY EATHER.*AK (DOT NUMBER: VDHL TIRESIZE: 235/75R15)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#558752January 3, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
ALL FOUR TIRES ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION, TIRES HAVE CRACKS AROUND THE BASE OF THE TREAD, DEALER WILL NOT REPLACED TIRES BECAUSE TIRES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 00T-OO5. *CJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#558354December 28, 2000
TIRES
STEEL BELT SHOWING THROUGH TIRES, CONSUMER TOOK TIRES TO FIRESTONE DEALER BUT WAS TOLD THEY WERE NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE PROPER DOT CODE (FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P235/75R15 DOT W2HL). NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#876630December 18, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN DRIVING HEARD A GRINDING NOISE. HAD IT REPAIRED, GRINDING HAPPENED AGAIN. CURRENTLY, CONSUMER CAN'T PUT IN DRIVE ONLY SECOND. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#557888December 5, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
THE RIGHT REAR TIRE IS CRACKING AT THE TREAD LINE, THE OTHER THREE TIRES SHOW SAME SIGNS OF CRACKING, THESE TIRES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL (FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P235-75R-15). NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875719November 29, 2000
TIRES
PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 70MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A POPPING NOISE. VEHICLE VEERED OFF INTO A BAR DITCH, AND IT TRAVELED DOWN BAR DITCH, AND HIT GUARDRAIL. THEN WENT SIDEWAYS INTO THE LANE OF TRAFFIC, AND THEN HIT ENBANKMENT. INCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY A TIRE BLOWOUT. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875566November 28, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY AT ANY SPEED. TAKEN TO DEALER ONCE A MONTH SINCE PURCHASE IN MARCH 2000, CANNOT FIND CAUSE. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875604November 28, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
P23575R15; WHILE HAVING TIRES SERVICED NOTICED TREAD SEPARATION. *AK FIRESTONE PAID FOR PART OF THE TIRE EXPENSES. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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