2003 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER Complaints

TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS STARTED AT 62000 MILES. FORD DONE REPAIRS ON 2 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS TWO DAYS AFTER THE WARRANTY WENT OUT THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AND IT STARTED SMOKING OUT FROM UNDER IT. THE VEHICLE IS A LEMON!!!! THEY NEED TO RECALL MERCURY MOUNTAINEERS. *TR

CURRENTLY I HAVE A CRACK IN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BACK LIFT GATE. I DO NOT KOW HOW IT GOT THERE BUT THEN I NOTICED 6 OTHER MOUNTAINEERS WITH THE AME ISSUE. I THINK THIS MAY BE A MANUFACTORS DEFECT AND WONDER IF THES WILL EFFECT THE BACK GLASS? *TR

UPON LEAVING WORK IN THE AM I STARTED MY VEHICLE AND NONE OF MY DASH GAUGES WERE WORKING NOR WERE ANY OF THE ELECTRIC WINDOW OR THE RADIO. I THEN CALLED MY MECHANIC WHO ADV ME TO BRING IT TO HIM. WHILE I WAS EN ROUTE TO TAKE MY VEHICLE TO HIM IT STARTED MAKING A WEIRD NOISE LIKE I WAS IN A HELICOPTER AND I STARTED SMELLING THIS WEIRD SMELL LIKE OIL BURNING AT FIRST IT THOUGHT THEY MESSED UP MY OIL CHANGE AND I WAS FURIOUS. UPON ARRIVING AT THE SHOP HE IMMEDIATELY SMELLED THE ODOR PUT IT UP ON THE LIFT AND FOUND OUT THAT MY FRONT DIFFERENTIAL HAD GONE BAD. I PURCHASED ANOTHER ONE AND HI INSTALLED IT AND I TOOK IT HOME BECAUSE HE COULD NOT FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE GAUGES ON MY WAY TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND SMOKE AND WAS COMING FROM THE FRONT AND BACK UNDER MY CAR ANOTHER DRIVING PASSING BY SIGNALED SOMETHING WAS COMING FROM BENEATH MY VEHICLE AND UPON THAT I HEARD A LOUD BANG POPPING NOISE AND MY VEHICLE LOST POWER AND I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED BACK TO THE MECHANIC ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT AGAIN THE DIFFERENTIAL FAILED. I STILL DO NOT HAVE MY VEHICLE AND THE GAUGES WINDOWS AND RADIO STILL DOES NOT WORK. MY MECHANIC CHECKED ALL THE FUSES AND ADV THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THEM. HE DID HOWEVER CALL A MERCURY DEALER WHO ADV HE HAS HAD TO CHANGE SOME OF THE FRONT DIFFERENTIALS ON OTHER MOUNTAINEERS BUT WAS NOT CERTAIN AS TO HOW MANY WERE DONE. *TR

CRACK IN THE REAR LIFTGATE TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE MERCURY EMBLEM. WHEN WE FIRST NOTICED THE CRACK, IT WAS ABOUT 1/2 WAY DOWN THE PLASTIC, THEN WITHIN A WEEK IT WAS ALL THE WAY THOUGH. I'M NOT SURE IF THERE IS ANY STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS THAT ARE EFFECTED BY THE CRACK OR WHAT MAY HAVE CAUSED THE CRACK. I'M NOT SURE IF THE GLASS IS EFFECTED OR NOT, BUT I'M CONCERNED THAT WHATEVER CAUSED THE PLASTIC TO CRACK WILL ALSO EFFECT THE STRENGTH OF THE GLASS. *TR

CRACK IN LIFTGATE TO THE RIGHT OF THE MERCURY EMBLEM. ON JANUARY, 24, 2008 I WENT TO PUT SOMETHING IN THE BACK OF MY MOUNTAINEER ONLY TO FIND BEFORE OPENING IT THAT THERE WAS A LARGE CRACK IN THE LIFTGATE. I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE IF THIS EFFECTS THE INTEGRITY OF THE GLASS BACK WINDOW, BUT I'M SURE WITH TIME IT WILL SPREAD.....THEN WHAT! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE BEGAN TO RUMBLE. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND FLAMES BEGAN TO ERUPT UNDER THE DRIVER SIDE REAR DOOR. THE FIRE EXTINGUISHED ITSELF. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNING INDICATORS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED, BUT NOT INSPECTED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 27,000.

LIFTGATE CRACKED. NO DAMAGE DONE TO VEHICLE. NOTICE CRACK STARTING BELOW WINDOW GOING DOWN THROUGH THE MERCURY EMBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT AND REAR OF THE VEHICLE. SHE THEN HEARD A LOUD BANG AND THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER, BUT DID NOT SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE FORD DEALER DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AS NEEDING THE FRONT END DIFFERENTIAL REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED WHEN THE CONTACT PICKED UP THE VEHICLE. SINCE THEN, THE FRONT END DIFFERENTIAL HAS BEEN REPLACED FIVE TIMES. THE FORD DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE CONTINUOUS FAILURES OF THE REPLACEMENT PART. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE REAR LIFTGATE IS CRACKED. A VALID VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 64,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

REAR MIDDLE HATCHBACK HAS CRACK IN MOLDING FROM BOTTOM OF WINDOW ALL THE WAY DOWN. POSSIBLY DUE TO COLD WEATHER. *NM

2003 MERCURY MOUTAINEER'S CURTAIN AIR BAGS DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH**CC FORD WAS CONTACTED AND REFUSED TO COVER ANY REPAIR EXPENSES BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAD OVER 50000 MILES ON IT. *NM