2009 MERCURY MARINER Complaints

TURNED THE VEHICLE ON, DROVE TO END OF STREET WRENCH AKA CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED JUST AT THE SAME TIME I CAME TO A STOP VEHICLE STARTED TO SHACK AND IDLE ROUGH AND THEN RPMS STARED GOING OUT OF NORMAL RANGE WITH OUT A STABLE POSITION. AND THEN VEHICLE DIED TWICE WHILE MAKING IT BACK TO HOUSE WHERE I HOOKED UP MY OBD2 CODE READER AND STATED THE IT WAS A P2111 CODE AND STATED:"THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM STUCK OPEN" . *TR

MY MERCURY MARINER 2009 HAS HAD ISSUES FOR THE PAST YEAR IN REGARDS TO THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY GOES INTO "LIMP HOME MODE" AT REDUCED POWER, LIKE WHILE SITTING AT TRAFFIC LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. ALSO, THE WRENCH LIGHT WILL GO ON WHILE DRIVING AND I LOSE ACCELERATION POWER. I CAN PUSH THE GAS PEDAL DOWN AND NOTHING HAPPENS, THE ENGINE IS STILL ON BUT NO ACCELERATION POWER. I WILL COAST UNTIL I CAN GET TO A SAFE SPOT TO HAVE TO POWER IT OFF AND THEN RESTART IT. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS WHILE DRIVING IN RUSH HOUR BACK AND FORTH TO WORK EACH DAY. THE CAR LAGS WHEN ACCELERATING AND ALSO PUMPS WHILE WHEN COMING TO A STOP. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THE CAR AND WISH I HAD NEVER BOUGHT IT. I CAN'T EVEN MAKE A TRIP TO THE STORE WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT THE WRENCH COMING ON OR IT GOING INTO LIMP MODE. *TR

THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER AS I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. THE "WRENCH" WARNING LIGHT CAME ON INDICATING A POWERTRAIN FAULT AND THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BEFORE IT DIED COMPLETELY. *TR

CAR WENT INTO "LIMP MODE" TWICE WITHIN A 3 MILE SPAN WHILE DOING APPROX 50MPH ON A COUNTRY ROAD. BOTH TIMES, STOPPING AND RESTARTING THE ENGINE ALLOWED NORMAL OPERATION. 5 DAYS PRIOR, THE CAR ALSO STALLED TWICE. ONCE WHILE PRESSING THE GAS FROM A COMPLETE STOP, THE OTHER WHILE PRESSING THE GAS JUST BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP (TRAFFIC SIGNAL WENT FROM RED TO GREEN). THIS IS HAPPENING LESS THAN 10 DAYS AFTER I HAD VCT SOLENOIDS REPLACED THAT WERE CAUSING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON. *TR

I WAS ON MY WAY HOME IN MY 2009 MERCURY MARINER AND MY CAR STARTED SLOWING DOWN AND WAS ACTING AS THOUGH IT WAS GOING TO CUT OFF. THERE WAS NOWHERE IMMEDIATELY TO PULL OFF AND IT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS ROAD. FINALLY AFTER 5 MINUTES OF PRAYING AND TRYING TO KEEP GOING (VERY SLOWLY) I MADE IT TO PULL OVER. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND STARTED AGAIN AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME. I AM READING ONLINE WHERE THIS HAPPENS OFTEN TO THESE MAKES AND MODEL. ITS A THROTTLE MODULE ISSUE. I AM GOING TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP IN TOWN TOMORROW, BUT I HONESTLY AM VERY DISAPPOINTED AND DISGUSTED THAT I MAY HAVE TO PAY FOR A ISSUE THAT SEEMS TO BE COMMON IN THIS CAR. I BOUGHT THE FORD BECAUSE IT WAS AMERICAN MADE AND I FELT IT WOULD BE DEPENDABLE. I AM VERY DISCOURAGED. I USUALLY TRY TO STICK WITH THE BRANDS I FIND TO BE THE BEST AND WHEN PURCHASING IN THE FUTURE, I AM UNSURE I CAN TRUST FORD IF THERE ARE KNOWN ISSUES WITH VEHICLES BUT NOTHING DONE ABOUT THEM FOR ITS CUSTOMERS. IT LIKE BUY AND GOOD LUCK. *TR

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING MY 2009 MERCURY MARINER AT A SPEED OF 25 MPH. THE STEERING WHEEL BASICALLY LOCKED UP. NO WARNING. I CHECKED ONLINE AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS HAPPENING. THIS IS AN OUTRAGE! IF SHE OR I WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE HWY AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WE WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. I HAVE THREE GRANDDAUGHTERS WHO RIDE IN THIS VEHICLE AS WELL. I JUST BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE JANUARY 2012. IT ONLY HAS 63300 MILES. I TAKE IT IN TO THE FORD DEALER FOR SERVICE CHECK UPS AND OIL CHANGES. I DO TAKE GOOD CARE OF IT. I HAVE SEEN ONLINE REPAIR COULD BE OVER 5K. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE!!! WHY HASN'T THIS BEEN RECALLED WITH SO MANY ONLINE COMPLAINTS?

DRIVING 30MPH CAR BEGINS TO SURGE AND SLOW DOWN HAD TO PULL OVER TO ROAD SHOULDER. FUEL GAUGE SHOWS EMPTY WHEN THERE IS A FULL TANK. CUT THE ENGINE OFF FOR FIVE MINUTES, START ENGINE TRIED TO DRIVE THE CAR IS STILL SURGING AND SLOWING DOWN, THEN STARTS TO RUN NORMALLY. THIS IS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE THE FIRST OCCURRED IN MARCH OF 2013. *TR

THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED WHILE IN MOTION 6 TIMES NOW, WHILE STOPPED 3 TIMES. STALLED ONCE WHILE DRIVING UPWARDS OF 40 MPH. I HAD TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, PUT EMERGENCY BLINKERS ON, AND RESTART THE CAR. VEHICLE SEEMS TO SPONTANEOUSLY FALTER IN ACCELERATION AND LOSES POWER. TURNING OFF IGNITION AND RESTARTING ENGINE FIXES THE PROBLEM BUT IT WILL THEN REOCCUR AT AN UNKNOWN TIME. SOME INCIDENCES HAVE BEEN IN THE SAME DAY, OTHERS HAVE BEEN UP TO A WEEK APART. *JB

2009 MERCURY MARINER. I HAD JUST PULLED INTO THE STORE PARKING LOT THE CAR WAS IN PARK BUT RUNNING. WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT CUT OFF LIGHTS ON DASH BOARD CAME ON...I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR ON THE WAY HOME EVERY STOP LIGHT I STOPPED AT THE CAR WOULD CUT OFF...TOOK TO AUTO REPAIR SHOP THEY DIAGNOSED IT BUT NOTHING CAME UP ON MACHINE. CAR RAN FINE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. ON THE WAY TO WORK THAT MONDAY THE CAR STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD I WAS ABLE TO COAST OVER THE WRENCH ICON LITE CAME ON. CUT THE CAR OFF STARTED IT BACK UP AND DROVE TO WORK....NOW THE CAR IS DOING IT EVERY 5-10 MILES STOPPING WONT LET ME ACCELERATE AND THE WRENCH ICON IS COMING ON....THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS......THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. IF EVERYONE IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM...... *TR

ENGINE DIED WHILE DRIVING WITH ENGINE AND WRENCH LIGHT COMING ON. TOOK TO DEALER AND FOUND DTC CODE P2111 WHEN TROUBLESHOOTING. DEALER FOUND INTERNAL FAULT WITH THROTTLE BODY. REPLACED THROTTLE BODY AND HAVE NOT HAD PROBLEM SINCE. *TR