1999 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER Complaints

VEHICLE STALLS IN REVERSE/ SITTTING AT STOP LIGHTS / STOP SIGNS AND GOING UP HILLS. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AS A WARNING INDICATING SOMETHING WAS WRONG. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM TO FIND A REMEDY. *AK

WHILE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE ENGINE BUCKED AND MISFIRED AS THOUGH IT WAS GOING TO DIE. SUDDENLY, THE ENGINE REVVED TO THE POINT THAT WITH BOTH OF MY FEET ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE CAR CREPT AHEAD AND TAPPED THE CAR AHEAD OF ME. JUST AS QUICKLY AS THE ENGINE SURGED, IT DROPPED BACK IN REVS TO NORMAL IDLE. ON MY WAY HOME FROM THE SCENE, IT OCCURED AGAIN, EXCEPT THIS TIME I HAD MY HAND ON THE AUTO GEAR CHANGE, MOVED IT QIUCKLY TO NEUTRAL, AND TURNED OFF THE IGNITION. I MADE IT HOME WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT, CALLED THE DEALER ON MONDAY , AND HAD THEM TOW THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AS I DID NOT FEEL THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. AFTER HAVING THE CAR FOR TWO DAYS NOW, THEY CLAIM THAT THEY CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG. I TOLD THEM THAT I WOULD NOT ACCEPT THE CAR BACK WITHOUT A SPECIFIC REASON FOR THIS SUDDEN ACCELERATION. THEY SAY THERE IS NOTHNING WRONG THAT THEY CAN FIND, BUT I WILL NOT DRIVE THIS VEHICLE UNTIL A FIX IS LOCATED AND REPAIRED. *AK

THE REAR END MAKES A NOISE WHILE DRIVING, ALSO DURING RIGHT TURNS, TRIED TO GET IT REPAIRED TWICE BEFORE!*AK

THE FIRESTONE RECALL FIASCO IS FAR FROM OVER. THE FACT THAT IT IS QUIET IN NO WAY MINIMIZES THE ONGOING SERIOUSNESS OF DEFECTIVE DESIGN AND WORKMANSHIP ON BOTH FIRESTONE'S AND FORD MOTOR COMPANY'S PARTS. I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE STATING THAT AN ADJUST. *AK

CONSUMER TOOK FIRESTONE TIRES INTO DEALER TO GET THEM CHECKED AND THEY NOTICED TIRES HAD SOME SPLITS. CONSUMER REPLACED TIRES. WHILE DRIVING HOME ON HIGHWAY, LEFT REAR WHEEL HAD SOME SEPARATION. FIRST SET OF TIRES WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. P235 75 R15, MADE IN CANADA.*AK DOT# VNHL IPY. *SLC

CONSUMER HAD NOTICED THAT TREAD WAS SEPARATING ON ALL FOUR TIRES. TOOK VEHICLE TO TIRE RETAILER AND WAS INSPECTED. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT TIRES WERE BAD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. DOT, W2HL10Y518, P235/75R15, WITH 2,000 MILES.*AK THE TIRES ARE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT, CONSUMER REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPLACEMENT TIRES. *SLC

THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN RECALLED 5 TIMES SINCE PURCHASE, THE MOST RECENT IS FOR THE PCM (00S45), THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS VEHICLE WAS POORLY PUT TOGETHER AND THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD PROVIDE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THE VEHICLE. NLM

THE ORIGINAL FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES ON THE VEHICLE SHOWED SIGNS OF TREAD FAILURE, THE TIRES WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, THE FIRESTONE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE TIRES WITH IDENTICAL TIRES WITH THE SAME FLAWS, CONSUMER REQUEST THAT THE SCOPE BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL TIRES IN THE RECALL. *MJS

MY JOB REQUIRES ME TO BE ON THE ROAD IN ALL THE SOUTHERN STATES 6 DAYS A WEEK, IN HOT INTERSTATE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ALL FOUR OF MY TIRES WERE MANUFACTURED IN THE WILSON NC PLANT, WHICH HAS BEEN PROVEN BY NUMEROUS INVESTIGATIONS THAT THESE TIRES HAVE CAUSED MANY FATAL ACCIDENTS BY TIRE TREAD SEPARATION. I MUST TELL YOU THAT I FEEL VERY "UNSAFE" AND UNEASY EVERY TIME I GET IN MY AUTOMOBILE. THIS IS A VERY UNEASY FEELING. I WOULD LIKE TO REPLACE ALL OF THE TIRES AND THE SPARE, WITH ANOTHER TIRE FROM ANOTHER MANUFACTURER. I FEEL THIS COST SHOULD BE COVERED BY FIRESTONE, SINCE THEY MADE THE FAULTY TIRES IN THE FIRST PLACE.*AK (TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES, P23575R15, DOT VDHL1P1323 WERE SHOWING SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION, ALL 4 TIRES WERE CRACKED AROUND THE SIDEWALLS, FIRESTONE DENIED REFUND REQUEST BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR TIRE IS NOT ON RECALL. *SLC