1997 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER Complaints

I HAVE A 1997 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER. IN WHICH JUST RECENTLY MY SEATBELT(DRIVER) DOES NOT HOLD. IT KEEPS ON SLIDING OUT. THERE IS NO TENSION IN THE BUCKLE. I TOOK IT IN TO FORD TO GET IT REPAIRED IN WHICH I HAVE TO PAY $87.24. THEY SAID THAT THE MILEAGE HAS A LOT TO DO WITH IT.I LOOKED UP SOME RECALLS ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON THE NAVIGATORS AND THE EXPEDITIONS ON THE 1997-2000 MODELS AND ALSO ON THE 2000 MOUNTAINEERS . WHICH INCLUDES FORD EXPLOYERS F-150,ECT. I FEEL THAT THERE IN NO DIFFERENCE IN THE SEATBELTS ON THESE VEHICLES. SAFETY COMES FIRST. INFACT THE DAY IT HAPPENED I CALLED FORD ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. AND THEY GAVE ME AN APPOINTMENT ONE WEEK LATER. IN WHICH I THINK THAT A SEATBELT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND THEY SHOULD HAVE SEEN ME THAT DAY. PLEASE HELP ME.

LEFT FRONT TIRE DETACHED FROM TRUCK WITH LUGS: NUTS STILL BOLTED TO TIRE RIM WHILE BEING DRIVEN 35-40 MPH. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 55MPH VEHICLE WOULD DECELERATE, CAUSING CAR TO GO INTO A SKID.*AK

I NEEDED MY BRAKES (ALL 4) DONE, AND NOTICED WHEN I STEPPED ON MY EMERGENCY BRAKE THE SUV WOULD NOT STOP AND BARELY SLOWED, AFTER GETTING IT BACK FROM DEALER WHICH I INFORMED OF TH E BRAKE, I TESTED THE E BRAKE AGIAIN AND ALL THOUGH IT NOW GRABBED THE CAR WOULD STILL MOVE FORWARD IN DRIVE WITH NO APPLIED PREASUR TO THE GAS. I TOOK IT BACK AND TOLD THEM THE E BRAKE STILL DID NOT WORK RIGHT , THAT IT WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION(KEEPING THE SUV FROM MOVING AT 1100 RPMS). THIS IS WHAT WAS TOLD TO ME ALL MERCURY MOUNTAINEERS AND FORD EXPLORERS HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND IT CAN'T BE HELPED, HE TOLD ME HE COULD BRING OUT A BRAND NEW ONE AND IT WOULD DO THE SAME. I ASKED WHAT ABOUT INSPECTION- IT WON'T PASS HE SAID BRING IT TO THEM FOR INSPECTION AND THEY WOULD PASS IT . "NOT GOOD!" WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS? IF IT IS TRUE ALL SUVS EXPLORERS AND MOUNTAINEERS ARE LIKE THIS THEY SHOULD BE RECALLED DON'T YOU THINK.?

CAR ACCELERATES INVOLUNTARILY AT STOP LIGHTS AND IN PARKING SITUATION AFTER 20+ MILES OF DRIVING HAVE BEEN PERFORMED. SOMETIMES, VEHICLE WILL NOT GO BELOW 2,800 RPM DURING A COAST AND WILL NOT DISENGAGE THROTTLE. THE PEDAL IS FINE, AND THE CABLE IS FINE. IS NOW IN SECOND DEALERSHIP IN UNDER TWO MONTHS AND SAME PROBLEM CANNOT BE CORRECTED.*AK

IF DRIVING THROUGH A PUDDLE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL SPLASHES WATER ONTO SERPETINE BELT, RESULTING IN TEMPORARY LOSS OF POWER STEERING CONTROL/ ALTERNATOR CHARGE, AND AIR CONDITIONING. VEHICLE HAS BEEN CHECKED BY DEALER, WHO ADVISED CONSUMER THAT SINCE THERE WAS NO RECALL IT WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM.*AK

ABS SYSTEM FAILED AT 72,000 MILES AROUND THE SAME TIME THAT THE BRAKES WERE REPLACED. *MJ

CONSUMER STATES THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT WAS ON AND END OF GEAR SELECTOR DOES NOT LIGHT UP, DEALER FOUND BLOWN FUSE CAUSING INTERNAL SHIFT LEVER SHORT, REPLACED SHIFT LEVER ASSEMBLY AND RE-ROUTED WIRING. *YD

THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD HAS FAILED MORE THAN ONCE; THEREFORE, LEAKING A CONSIDERABLE AMOUUNT OF CARBON MONOXIDE WHICH CAUSES PASSENGERS AND DRIVER TO BECOME SLEEPY.*AK

GAS PEDAL KEEPS STICKING, AND IT IS TOO HARD TO STOP VEHICLE DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE. *AK