2010 MERCURY MARINER Complaints

ORIGINAL OWNER: THE VEHICLE WOULD WAS PARKED WITHOUT ISSUE YESTERDAY. BACKED IT UP THIS MORNING AND THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING. SHUT IT OFF AND TRIED AGAIN AND THERE WAS STILL NO POWER STEERING. ON THE THIRD ATTEMPT, THE POWER STEERING RETURNED AND I VERY CAUTIOUSLY DROVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THERE WERE NO ERROR MESSAGES DISPLAYED OR WARNINGS WHILE IT WAS OUT. (CHANGE OIL REMINDER WAS LIT). DEALERSHIP RAN DIAGNOSTICS AND TRIED TO RECREATE THE ISSUE WITHOUT PROBLEMS. THIS VEHICLE WAS BUILT IN THE KANSAS CITY PLANT DURING THE TIME OF THE RECALL FROM OCT 2014, BUT FOR SOME REASON, THE VIN IS NOT INCLUDED. AUTHORIZED FORD DEALERSHIP RECOMMENDED "BASED ON CONCERN ONLY" TO "REPLACE THE ELEC. STEERING TORQUE SENSOR AND RECALIBRATION." I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS OR SELLING TO SOMEONE ELSE, EVEN WITH THE REPAIR!! *TR

ON FRIDAY THERE WAS A FUEL ODOR IN THE CABIN WAS SLIGHT AS I WAS DRIVING AROUND TOWN (DROPPING THE KIDS OFF AT SCHOOL) THE ODOR INCREASED. I LEFT IT PARKED FOR A DAY AND THE FOLLOWING THE DAY THE FUEL ODOR INCREASED TO THE POINT THAT I COULD NOT DRIVE IT AROUND ANYMORE. IT WAS STILL DRIVING IN WHAT SEEMED LIKE NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS BUT THE ODOR WAS TOO MUCH.

AS I WAS DRIVING 55 MPH ON A US ROUTE (NO OVERPASSES IN THE AREA), I HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A GUN SHOT AND THEN THE GLASS OF MY SUNROOF SHATTERING. THE INTERIOR SHADE WAS CLOSED SO I COULD NOT SEE THE DAMAGE IMMEDIATELY. WHEN I PULLED OFF THE ROAD THERE WAS A LARGE HOLE IN THE CENTER OF THE SUNROOF GLASS AND THE GLASS WAS RAISED UPWARDS AS THOUGH IT HAD BEEN IMPACTED FROM AN OBJECT THROWN FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY OBJECT THAT MIGHT HAVE IMPACTED IT FROM THE OUTSIDE. *TR

INTERMITTENTLY LOOSING POWER, INTERMITTENT WRENCH LIGHT. POWER LOSS HAPPENS WHEN GOING UP HILL FROM A STOP OR EVEN WHEN AT A RATE OF SPEED ON THE FREEWAY. GOES COMPLETELY LIMP, BUT DOES NOT SHUT OFF. ALMOST REAR ENDED BY A SEMI YESTERDAY MORNING. THE WRENCH LIGHT GOES OFF AND STAYS OFF FOR A BIT ONCE YOU SHUT THE CAR OFF, MAKING DIAGNOSES VERY HARD. WHAT ONCE WAS SO INTERMITTENT IT WAS THOUGHT TO BE A FLUKE, IS HAPPENING WITH MORE REGULARITY. AND I SEE OTHER COMPLAINTS BUT NO RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE, SO I KNOW I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ISSUE. *TR

WHEN INTERING TO TUNNEL MY CAR SUDDENLY SPEED UP IT FELT LIKE I HAD THE GAS PEDLE DOWN TO THE FLOOR. EVEN WHILE HOLDING THE BRAKE ALL THE WAY DOWN, THIS DID NOT SLOW THE CAR DOWN MUCH. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS OR CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS ON THEN OR NOW

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK LAST NIGHT, VEHICLE SUDDENLY DECLINED IN ACCELERATION...STARTED JERKING AND ILLUMINATION OF A "WRENCH" SYMBOL APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD...NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE IN THE PAST BESIDES ROUTINE MAINTENANCE...SCARED TO DRIVE IT UNTIL PROBLEM IS SOLVED..

ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY P2119 CODE. ALL OF THE SUDDEN LOSSES POWER GOING INTO OR OUT OF TRAFFIC AND THE WRENCH TOOL LIGHT "LIGHTS UP" IT MAY GO AWAY BY ITSELF OR NOT , "CUT BE SCARY" AT TIMES IT HAS SHUT DOWN IN SEVERAL INSTANCES ON MY OWN ST OR DOWN THE AVE OR ANOTHER TOWN ETC... FOR NO APPARENT REASON IT HAPPENS WHILE TURNING OR DURING ACCELERATION AT ONE POINT I HAD TO WAIT FOR SEVERAL MINUTES ON THE HIGHWAY BEFORE STARTING THE VEHICLE AGAIN AND I GET SIMILAR CODES RELATED TO TBS POWERTRAIN AND THE FUEL CAP I NOTICED THAT WHEN FILLING UP, I NEED TO STOP PUMPING GAS ONCE IT HAS STOPS AUTOMATICALLY, WITHOUT ME TOPPING IT OFF NOT EVEN ONCE! AND THE LIGHT WILL MOST LIKELY WILL NOT COME ON,IT MAY GO AWAY BY ITSELF IF NOT I ERASE THE CODE.I CLEAN THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY LAST SUMMER AND IT HAS RUN WITH NO PROBLEMS AT ALL UNTIL NOW! WELL A MONTH A GO! THIS SUMMER I AM GETTING LOTS OF PROBLEMS WITH THE TBS AGAIN SAME SYMPTOMS LIKE BEFORE ALL OVER AGAIN,EXCEPT FOR THE GAS LIGHT. THANK YOU

BRAKE WARNING LIGHT AND A MESSAGE ON THE DASH SAYING "CHECK BRAKE SYSTEM" INTERMITANTLY OCCUR. BRAKES SEEM TO WORK NORMALLY. RESTARTING THE CAR TEMPORARILY FIXES THE PROBLEM, ONLY TO OCCUR AGAIN IN SEVERAL MILES. THE PROBLEM OCCURS AT ANY TIME, STANDING OR IN MOTION.

WHILE DRIVING NORMALLY SUDDENLY IT LOOSES POWER AND THROTTLES BEFORE TURNING OFF. IT IS A HAZARD BECAUSE I MAY BE HIT IF IT HAPPENS IN THE FREEWAY.

REAR HATCH DOESN'T SEAL TIGHTLY, RESULTING IN LEAK WHEN IT'S RAINING- THEN BECAUSE OF LEAK (I THINK) THE REAR DEFROST DOESN'T WORK- AND I'M IN MICHIGAN! ALSO, THE SEALCOAT ON THE RIMS CHIPPED/WORE OFF? THIS RESULTED IN RIMS RUSTING AND WHEN I HAD TIRES REPLACED, NOW THE TIRE WON'T SEAL TO THE RIM EDGE BECAUSE OF PITTING. NOW I HAVE NO REAR DEFROST, A LEAKING LIFT GATE, AND HAVE TO REPLACE RIMS BECAUSE THE SEALCOAT FAILURE ALLOWED MY RIMS TO RUST. THE LIFT GATE AND REAR DEFROST FAILURE HAPPENED A COUPLE MONTHS AFTER MY WARRANTY TIME EXPIRED (MY CAR ONLY HAS 25K MILES ON IT); AND THE RIM I JUST FOUND OUT AFTER REPLACING ALL FOUR TIRES DUE TO 'DRY ROT' (NOT WORN DOWN) FROM THE CAR NOT GETTING DRIVEN ALL THE TIME.