2000 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER Complaints

CONSUMER COMPLAINING ABOUT A DESIGN OF INTERIOR EQUIPMENT, THE CUP HOLDER IS TOO SHALLOW AND THE VEHICLE DOES NOT CONTAIN ASHTRAYS, THESE DESIGN ISSUES COULD BE HAZARDOUS. *ET

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS/ATX REAR RIGHT TIRE BLEWOUT WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

LOCAL NEWS MEDIA REPORTED PROBLEMS WITH THIS TIRE. I'VE BEEN UNABLE TO REACH FIRESTONE DIST. HDQTS AND WAS PUT ON HOLD TWICE WITH NHTSA WITH NO ANSWER. LOCAL TIRE DEALER DIDN'T SATISFY QUESTION ABOUT INSPECTION. WORRIED ABOUT PROBLEMS IN THE FUTURE. NO MENTIONED SAFETY DEFECT, WANTS . WANTS INFORMATION CONCERNING TIRE SEPARATION. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 16 )

WHILE SITTING IN DRIVE IE: AT A LIGHT THE CAR WILL START TO RACE AND THEN ACCELERATE AND TAKE OFF THE BRAKES WILL NOT STOP THE CAR. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE CAR IS TO PUT THROW IT INTO PARK. THE FIRST TWO TIMES IT HAPPENED I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING I HAD DONE. HOWEVER ON THE THIRD TIME WHILE PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY THE CAR TOOK OFF AND SHOOT ACROSS THE STREET I WAS ONLY ABLE TO STOP IT AFTER ENTERING MY NEIGHBORS' FRONT LAWN. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE THAT NO CARS WERE COMING DOWN THE STREET AND NO CHILDREN WERE NEARBY. HOWEVER IT DID TAKE DOWN PART OF MY DRIVEWAY FENCE. OF COURSE IT WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG . THEN A WEEK AND A HALF LATER IT HAPPENS AGAIN WHILE SITTING AT A LIGHT TWICE. THE DEALER HAD MY CAR SINCE THURS AND CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG I'M AFRAID TO GO AND GET IT. *AK

THE TURN SIGNAL CURVES DOWNWARD AND CONACTS THE DRIVER'S LEFT KNEE TURNING THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL OFF DUE TO POOR DESIGN OF THE LEVERS. YH

CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH AND WAS PROCEEDING INTO THE INTERSECTION WHILE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, ANOTHER VEHICLE VEERED INTO THE RIGHT SIDE OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. VEHICLE FLIPPED TWICE ONTO THE ROAD, AND LANDED UPSIDE DOWN. DAUGHTER HAD TO CRAWL OUT OF DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK

WHEN CLIMATE CONTROL IS SET TO HEAT IT BEGINS TO GET WARM THEN STARTS BLOWING COLD AIR, DEALER HAS TRIED TO REPAIR BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. NLM

WHEN COMING TO A STOP ENGINE REVS , AND PUSHES FORWARD THROUGH INTERSECTIONS. DEALER CAN'T FIND CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES (P235/75R15) EXPERIENCED VIBRATIONS WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER HEARD A THUD WHILE DRIVING 45MPH-50MPH, THE CONSUMER REPLACED THE TIRES BECAUSE FIRESTONE AND FORD WOULD NOT HELP . *SLC