2002 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER Complaints

EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION ISSUES AT 75K MILES. TOOK IT TO SHOP WHO REPORTED THESE TRANSMISSIONS ARE NOTORIOUSLY BAD, REPLACING SOME AT 60K MILES AND MOST BY 100K. MINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $2500. PROBLEM IS USE OF ALUMINUM WITHIN METAL AND FAST WEAR. FORD SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR MAKING POOR QUALITY PRODUCTS. TRANSMISSIONS SHOULD HAVE A MUCH GREATER LIFE THAN 75K MILES. PROBLEMS NOTICED - SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING, NOT ENGAGING GEAR WHEN SELECTED, NOT SHIFTING INTO HIGHER GEAR (OVERREVVING),, CLUNKING SHIFTS. DANGER ARISES WHEN YOU SELECT GEAR, ACCELERATE AND NOTHING HAPPENS AND SUDDENLY IT POPS INTO GEAR WHICH CAUSES VEHICLE TO LUNGE FORWARD. *TR

ABOUT ONCE A YEAR WE HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH OUR TRANSMISSION. AFTER THIS HAPPENING SO MANY TIMES I DECIDED TO CHECK ONLINE FOR ANYONE ELSE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. CAN NOT BELIEVE HOW MANY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM BUT STILL NO RECALLS. MY HUSBAND KNEW THE FIRST TIME THEY TRIED TO FIX THE PROBLEM THEY WERE JUST PUTTING A "BAND-AIDE" ON THE PROBLEM AND NOT TRULY FIXING IT. METAL SHAVINGS WERE FOUND THE FIRST TIME AND THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ROUGH AND SLIPS. ALSO THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES WITHOUT PUTTING FOOT ON GAS PEDAL. PROBLEM IS EXTREMELY BAD WHEN GOING INTO REVERSE. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 2002 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER. THE O/D LIGHT IS FLASHING, AND SEEMS TRANS IS SLIPPING EVEN WORSE. I HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALERSHIP MANY TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT IT NEW, AND THEY NEVER COULD FIND THE PROBLEM. NOW IT HAS BEEN OUT OF WARRANTY FOR QUIET SOME TIME AND HAS BECAME A HUGE PROBLEM. I LOOKED ON THE INTERNET AND NOTICED A TON OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS EXACT ISSUE AND WAS HOPING IT WOULD BE GROUND FOR A RECALL. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION IN THIS VEHICLE IS DEFECTIVE. THEIR SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS MODEL WHICH IS A 2002 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER. THE PROBLEM IS COSTING ALL OF FORDS CUSTOMERS ALOT OF MONEY AVERAGE COST IS 2600 DOLLARS. THEY KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND WILL NOT HELP EVEN WITH SOME OF THE REPAIR COST. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR ANY COMPANY TO GET AWAY WITH. PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU *TR

REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE, LIMITED SLIP LOCKED UP, PUSHES IN CORNERS AND BINDS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE CONTACT APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES AND HEARD A GRINDING SOUND. HE THEN BEGAN TO SMELL SOMETHING BURNING AND NOTICED SMOKE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. HE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DID NOT NOTICE ANY LEAKING. THE FOLLOWING DAY HE NOTICED AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL ON THE GROUND AND THE VEHICLE WAS PULLING. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT OIL WAS COMING FROM THREE DIFFERENT PLACES AND TRAVELING TO THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 118,169 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000.

I OWN A 2002 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER 4.6L AWD. AFTER BUYING THIS CAR I HAD HEARD ABOUT HOW BIG OF A LEMON THE TRANSMISSIONS ARE, AND ON JANUARY 27TH I FOUND THIS OUT FOR MYSELF. FIRST MY CAR BEGAN SHIFTING VERY HARSHLY. THEN MY O/D OFF LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND CHECK TRANSMISSION LCD CAME ON. I LOST THIRD GEAR ON THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY AND HAD TO DRIVE 9 MILES HOME GOING ONLY 25 MPH. THEN I FOUND OUT THAT IT IS GOING TO COST $2500+ TO FIX THE PROBLEM. UNFORTUNATELY I'M A SINGLE MOTHER AND FULL-TIME STUDENT, SO MY CAR IS JUST GOING TO SIT FOR A FEW MONTHS UNTIL I CAN AFFORD TO FIX IT. FORD SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE HEARD FAR TOO MANY COMPLAINTS AND NO ONE HAS DONE ANYTHING ABOUT IT . *TR

JUST UNDER THE REAR WINDOW THE BACK PANEL CRACKED IN THE COLD WEATHER THE VEHICLE IS KEPT IN A GARAGE WHEN EXITING THE GARAGE INTO THE WEATHER IT JUST CRACKED JUST UNDER THE MOUNTAINEER EMBLEM ALL THE WAY DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE PANEL AND NOW THE BACK REAR WINDOW RATTLES. *TR

AS I WAS ACCELERATING NOTHING HAPPENED. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE AND THEN IT JERKED JUST AS A CAR WAS APPROACHING, WHICH MADE THE OTHER CAR SWERVE AND IT ALMOST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT. *TR 2002 MERCURY MOUNTAINEERS ARE NOTORIOUS FOR BAD TRANSMISSIONS AND THEY ARE A DANGER. FORD REFUSES TO TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR POORLY BUILT TRANSMISSIONS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING, THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON. I DID NOTHING UNUSUAL, THE PROBLEM JUST OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING. IT WAS VERY HARD TO TAKE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT OCCURRED. I OWN A 2002 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER, 66,000 MILES AND I HAVE A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. I HAVE NO WARRANTY, AND TO FIX IT COSTS $1,500. I WAS TRYING TO FIND THE COST OF A NEW TRANSMISSION AND REALIZED FROM BLOGS ABOUT 02 MOUNTAINEERS AND MOST FORD VEHICLES SEEM TO HAVE A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AT ABOUT 55,000 MILES. I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD INVESTIGATE THIS OCCURRENCE BECAUSE IM NOT THE ONLY CONSUMER WITH THIS PROBLEM. *TR