2010 MERCURY MARINER Complaints

I HAVE 2012 MERCURY MARINER AND IVE HAD ISSUES WITH MY CAR GOING LIMP. WHEN IM DRIVING UPHILL, MY CAR LOSES POWER, THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON AND I HAVE TO PULL OVER (COAST OVER) TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURN OFF MY ENGINE AND RESTART MY CAR. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS THROTTLE BODY. EVEN THOUGH MY CAR IS UNDER THE MILEAGE WARRANTY, IT IS JUST OVER THE 3 YEAR WARRANTY. IT WILL COST $436 TO REPAIR/REPLACE. MY CAR LOST ACCELERATION POWER WITHOUT WARNING AND PUT ME IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS SEVERAL TIMES.

WE WERE TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE WENT DEAD LIKE THE SWITCH WAS CUT OFF. I TRIED TO RESTART THE ENGINE AND IT WOULD TRY TO START THEN GO DEAD. I DID THIS 10 TIMES AND IT FINALLY STARTED. I TOOK IT DIRECTLY TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER. A COMPUTER CHECK DID NOT SHOW ANY PROBLEM. THE DEALER SAID HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO WORK ON AND SAID TO RETURN IT WHEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN.

VEHICLE LOOSING POWER AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, U WILL HAVE TO SHUT VEHICLE OFF AND RE CRANK IT. *JS

I WAS LEAVING A SOCCER GAME AND THE CAR WENT TO ABOUT 40 MPS AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THE PEDAL WENT LIMP. I PULLED OVER AND STOPPED THE CAR AND THE CAR STARTED SHAKING LIKE IT WAS OUT OF TIME. I PUT IT IN PART AND SHUT OFF THE CAR WHEN I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON THE LIGHT WAS OFF. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE 20 MILES BACK AND FORTH AND THEN IT DID THE SAME THING AGAIN. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO RUN THE CODES AND THERE WERE NONE. TODAY 8/31/13 IT DID THE SAME THING AGAIN AND NOW FINALLY THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. CODES WERE RAN AT AUTOZONE AND P1212 THROTTLE BODY SENSOR FINALLY SHOWED UP. I HAD ALREADY CHECKED THE WEB THE FIRST TIME THAT IT DID IT AFTER TALKING WITH A MECHANIC THAT WORKS AT FORD AND HE TOLD ME WHAT IT WAS AND THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. I AM VERY UPSET. I JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR LESS THAN THREE MONTHS AGO!!! SINGLE MOM SOMEONE HELP!!! *JS

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY LOOSE POWER FROM HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND LIMP TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. A LIGHT WOULD COME ON THAT LOOKED LIKE A WRENCH. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND RESTARTED I WAS ABLE TO MOVE ON NORMALLY UNTIL THE NEXT EPISODE WHICH BEGAN TO COME MORE FREQUENTLY. AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT I IMMEDIATELY WENT TO MY FORD DEALER AND SPOKE TO SOMEONE IN SERVICE WHO TOLD ME THEY COULD HOOK THE CAR UP TO THE COMPUTER BUT SINCE THE WRENCH LIGHT WENT OUT IT WOULD MOST LIKELY SHOW NOTHING AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $100 FOR THIS SERVICE. I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WITH A $100 DEDUCTIBLE THAT WAS GOING TO RUN OUT IN 400 MILES. I HAVE THE VEHICLE IN RIGHT NOW AND THEY JUST CALLED AND TOLD ME THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND WILL COST ME OVER $500.

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR MERGING ON TO THE EXPRESSWAY IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE AND AS SOON AS I GOT ON THE CAR COMPLETELY LOST POWER. I COULD NOT PUSH ON THE GAS OR ANYTHING. LUCKILY THERE WAS AN OPENING IN SOME CONES FOR ME TO BARELY HAVE ENOUGH POWER TO GET OUT ON ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE IN MORNING RUSHING HOUR TRAFFIC. I HAD TO TURN MY CAR OFF AND LUCKILY IT CAME BACK ON. I HAVE READ ONLINE THAT THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING TO SO MANY PEOPLE THAT THE PART IS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. THIS IS CRAZY! I HAD MY 1 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE CAR AND WE COULD HAVE BEEN HIT. THIS IS COMPLETELY UNSAFE!

DRIVING TO WORK WHEN THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR STARTED TO BUCK. THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR SLOWED DOWN TO 0 WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL. HAD TO PULL OVER QUICKLY AS I WAS IN TRAFFIC AND SHUT THE CAR OFF. STARTED IT UP AGAIN AND ONLY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON - CAR WOULD ONLY GO ABOUT 15 MPH. FOUND OUT IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM BEING LOOKED AT BY NHTSA. POWER TRAIN THROTTLE BODY HAD TO BE REPLACED. NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I AM NOT A HAPPY CAMPER IT WAS NOT CHEAP TO FIX. EEC TEST CODE P2111 I FOUND THIS ON THE WEB AND WAS SURPRISED TO FIND OUT IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE THE MODEL YEAR 2009. SHAME ON FORD. *TT

VEHICLE STALLED 3 TIMES AND HAD NO THROTTLE RESPONSE. TURN KEY OFF AND RESTART VEHICLE TO REGAIN THROTTLE RESPONSE. WRENCH LIGHT AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. MECHANIC RETRIEVED MEMORY CODES P2111 AND P2112. *TR PERFORMED ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY TEST WITH IDS. THROTTLE BODY FAILED AND HAS A FAULT. MECHANIC REPLACED THROTTLE BODY

WHILE DRIVING ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY STALLS WITH NO PRIOR WARNING. THE THIRD TIME I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH ON THE PARKWAY. I HAVE A SECOND 2010 MARINER WHICH HAD EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM IN AUGUST 2013. BOTH WERE REPAIRED BY THE DEALER BY REPLACING A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY STALLS WITH NO PRIOR WARNING. THE THIRD TIME I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH ON THE PARKWAY. A DANGEROUS CONDITION TO SAY THE LEAST. I HAVE A SECOND 2010 MARINER WHICH HAD EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM IN JANUARY 2013. BOTH WERE REPAIRED BY THE DEALER BY REPLACING A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY. *TR