1998 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER Complaints

CONSUMER STATES DURING ROUTINE OIL CHANGE MECHANIC SAW THE FRONT BUSHINGS WERE SHREDDED. *SLC

TRAVELLING SOUTHBOUND ON I-35 AT MILEMARKER 20 NEAR CLARKS GROVE MN WHEN LEFT REAR TIRE BLOWOUT OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING, COMPLETELY SEPARATING TREAD. VEHICLE BROUGHT TO A SAFE STOP ON THE HIGHWAY SHOULDER WHERE SPARE WAS INSTALLED.*AK (DOT NUMBER: W2HL TIRESIZE: P235-75R15)

VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP, CONSUMER PRESSED ON ACCELERATOR AND NOTHING HAPPENED. VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE, NOR DID ENGINE REV. AFTER A FEW MINUTES, ACCELERATOR RESPONDED AGAIN. DEALER DISCONNECTED SPEED CONTROL CABLE, AND ADVISED CONSUMER THAT WAS WHAT HAD CAUSED THE PROBLEM. CURRENTLY, PEDAL FEELS TIGHT AND POPPS BACK WHEN CONSUMER LETS GO OF IT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT, CONSUMER THEN SWERVED, AND SIDESWIPED A SEMI TRUCK, CONSUMER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.(FIRESTONE WILDERNESS ESS AT 15 W2HL P235/75R-15)*JB

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

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)

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.

PE00 020; ALL FOUR FIRESTONE TIRES HAVE TREAD SEPARATION. FIRESTONE COMPANY HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS AT, P23575/15. *AK

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

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