Mercury Mountaineer Complaints

1,992 consumer complaints on file.

#531493January 29, 1998
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
SUDDEN ACCELERATION CAUSED ACCIDENT DUE TO THROTTLE LINKAGE FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#821026January 29, 1998
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#820146December 29, 1997
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE PARKING VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED IN REVERSE FOR NO REASON. CAUSE UNDETERMINED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#820087December 23, 1997
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE WAS IN A PARK POSITION WITH EMERGENCY BRAKE ON, GOT OUT OF VEHICLE TO CHECK ON BABY WAS IN CAR SEAT IN BACK SEAT WHEN SUDDENLY VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO HIT A BRICK WALL WITH BABY INSIDE, AND INJURIES TO CONSUMER WHO WAS TRYING TO STOP THE RUN AWAY VEHICLE. CONSUMER RAN TO VEHICLE, NOTICED THAT THE BABY SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. ALSO NOTICED VEHICLE WAS STILL IN PARK GEAR WITH EMERGENCY BRAKE ON. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#526744December 17, 1997
VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
REAR WINDOW GLASS BROKE OUT, OWNER CAN NOT REPLACE IT BECAUSED IT'S UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#524615November 12, 1997
SUSPENSION:FRONT
VEHICLE DRIFTS TO RIGHT, REPAIR ATTEMPTED SEVERAL TIMES, INSTALL CAMBER CASTER AND TOE WERE OFF SPECS, REPLACE FRONT POWER STEERING PURGE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#818547November 7, 1997
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
THE GAS AND BRAKE PEDALS ARE SO CLOSE TOGETHER THAT WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED IN AN PANIC STOP DRIVER STEPS ON THE ACCELERATOR ALSO. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#817943October 29, 1997
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
WHEN BRAKES APPLIED THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO COLLIDE WITH ANOTHER . OWNER STATES THAT IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE, SHE HAD TO STAND ON THE BRAKES. HAD TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK TO STOP THE ENGINE FROM RACING. THE DEALER HAS THE VEHICLE . *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#604968October 27, 1997
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
FUSES FOR WINDSHIELD WIPERS SHORTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#817219October 20, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN COMING TO A STOP THE BRAKES RESISTED, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO JUMP THE CURVE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER FOR REPAIR OF THE BRAKES. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#533706October 16, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
BRAKES FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#540932October 16, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
BRAKES CONTINUOUSLY FAIL, ONE INCIDENT RESULTED IN A COLLISION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#524945October 14, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, ONCE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#817086October 14, 1997
VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
AFTER VAN WAS DRIVEN FOR ABOUT 5 MILES AND PARKED THE REAR WINDOWS EXPLODED. NO ONE WAS INJURED BECAUSE NO ONE WAS IN VAN. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#523907September 29, 1997
SUSPENSION:FRONT
VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT AND HAS BEEN SERVICED SIX SEPARATE TIMES SINCE MAY, 1997. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#816613September 24, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKES: PULLED OUT OF DRIVEWAY UNDER 5MPH PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP AND HIT A CAR. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE SHOP AND THEY CAN'T FIND ANY PROBLEMS. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM.AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#520277September 12, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
FRONT ABS BRAKES FAILED, VEHICLE LOST CONTROL, RESULTING IN A CRASH. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#521811September 8, 1997
EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:CARRIER/RACK
THE ROOF RACK FAILED CAUSING ITEMS STORED ON TOP TO FALL OFF. CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE MATERIAL USED FOR THE ROOF RACK IS FLIMSY AND WEAK MATERIAL OF CONSTRUCTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#603513August 29, 1997
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
ALTERNATOR FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#813334August 6, 1997
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THE TRUCK CAME TO A STOP, THE OWNER HIT THE BRAKES BUT THE TRUCK KEPT GOING, AND DRIVER SLAMMED ON THE BRAKE AND HIT ANOTHER CAR, AND WENT THROUGH A STOP SIGN. THE ENGINE WAS RACING THE ENTIRE TIME WITH HIS FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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