2005 Mercury Mariner

I PURCHASED A 2005 MERCURY MARINER IN MARCH OF 2007, THIS VEHICLE HAD 11,000 MILES ON IT. IN JUNE OF 2009, I BEGIN HEARING RATTLING NOISE IN THE ENGINE AND THE GEARS BEGIN OPERATING VERY POORLY. HAD AN AUTO SHOP CHECK OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM COULD BE IN JUNE OF 2009, AND WAS TOLD MY TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPAIR. I STOPPED DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND BEGIN USING A RENTAL CAR UNTIL I COULD PUT THE MONEY TOGETHER FOR THE REPAIR, WHICH I WAS QUOTED OVER $2100.00. I CONTACTED FORD TO INQUIRE ABOUT WHY I'M HAVING THIS PROBLEM AT 40,989 MILES, FORD CLAIMED THEY HAD NO REPORTED CASES OF MY MECHANICAL PROBLEM AND THAT I NEEDED TO GET IT TO THE DEALER TO BE CHECKED OUT. I WAS INFORMED I WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL CHARGES, REPAIRS, TOWING AND RENTAL CAR EXPENSES, SINCE THE 36,000 MILES WARRANTY AND 3 YEARS HAD EXPIRED. I MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR MY CAR TO BE REPAIRED BY THE FIRST AUTO SHOP, AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT, TOTAL COAST, NOT INCLUDING RENTAL CAR CAME TO $2237.50. JULY 16, 2011 I WAS TRAVELING APPROX. 30 MILES AND MY OD OFF LIGHT BEGIN FLASHING, MADE A STOP AT A CONVENIENT STORE, RESTARTED THE CAR AND THE OD OFF LIGHT HAD STOPPED FLASHING. WHILE CONTINUING TO TRAVEL APPROX. ANOTHER 30 MILES, OD OFF LIGHT BEGIN FLASHING AGAIN, APPROX. 20 MINUTES LATER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF OVER HEATING, NO STRANGE SMELLS OF ANY SORT, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO RUN AS NORMAL. ONCE I MADE MY FINAL DESIGNATION, THE VEHICLE APPEARED TO BE FINE AND NORMAL, STILL NO SIGNS OF OVER HEATING OR NO STRANGE SMELLS. WHILE TRAVELING BACK APPROX. 45 MILES, THE OD OFF LIGHT BEGIN FLASHING, NO SIGNS OF OVER HEATING, NO STRANGE SMELLS. APPROX. ANOTHER 30 MILES, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON, I LOCATED A COUPON FOR A FREE SCAN WITH AAMCO, WHICH FOUND THAT MY TRANSMISSION NEED TO BE REPAIRED, THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS DRAINED AND WAS BURNT. TOTAL COST FOR THIS REPAIR, NOT INCLUDING RENTAL CAR IS $2290.00, MILEAGE IS AT 59,900. *TR

2005 MERCURY MARINER. VEHICLE RUNNING JUST FINE, EXCEPT STARTING SLUGGISH. NEEDED NEW BATTERY. I CHANGED IT. RIGHT AWAY IT BEGAN TO SHIFT ROUGH ON 3 SHIFT (AUTOMATIC). READ MANUAL AND IT STATED TO GIVE TIME FOR COMPUTER TO RESET TO DRIVE CONDITIONS. AFTER 3 WEEKS I SET UP APPOINTMENT WITH DEALERSHIP. THEY CHARGED $119.00, AND STATED THAT THEY UPDATED THE COMPUTER, BUT IT STILL DID SAME THING. THEY INFORMED ME THEY CALLED FORD, AND WAS TOLD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION FOR $3500. THE TECHNICIAN DID NOT SEEM CONVINCED OF THAT, AND SAID FLUID WAS FINE AND DID NOT SMELL BURNT. SAID TO DRIVE LONGER. I HAVE WRITTEN TO FORD TO NO AVAIL. THEY ALSO STATED THE REASON IT DID NOT DO IT WITH THE OLD BATTERY WAS DUE TO THE COMPUTER COVERING THE ROUGH SHIFT. I TALKED TO A TRANSMISSION EXPERT. HE JUST COULD NOT SEE THAT BEING POSSIBLE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE FOR ABOUT 50 MILES AND EXITED AT AN OFF RAMP. AT THE END OF THE RAMP, MY 2005 MERCURY MARINER STALLED CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL.. MY MARINER WOULD CRANK, BUT WOULD STALL ONCE ENGAGED INTO FORWARD GEAR. I WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE VEHICLE FROM STALLING BY IDLING AT HIGH RATE IN NEUTRAL ONLY. MY VEHICLE STALLS ONCE PLACED INTO GEAR AND COMING TO A STOP AT PERIODIC TIMES. I LEARNED THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY PRODUCED TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS ON THIS ISSUE, BUT DID NOT NOTIFY ME OR OTHER OWNERS OF THE DEFECT WITH MARINERS FROM '05-'08 EQUIPPED W/ A CD4E AUTOMATIC TRANS AXLE BUILT FROM 8/01/04-2/15/07. I CONTACTED FORD AND DISCOVERED THAT FORD DOES NOT NOTIFY OWNERS OF DEFECTS THROUGH SERVICE BULLETINS. FORD REFUSES TO RECTIFY ISSUE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MERCURY MARINER. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 55 MPH THE VEHICLE HAD SUDDENLY BEGAN TO SURGE FORWARD CAUSING THE CONTACT TO APPLY THE BRAKES IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM ACCELERATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT HAD THE TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER AND THROTTLE SENSOR REPLACED. THE CONTACT NOTICED PRIOR THAT THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK WHENEVER IT WAS DRIVEN UP AN INCLINE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 61000.

THE CAR STOPPED RUNNING AS I EXITED THE INTERSTATE OFF RAMP. THIS WAS IN HIGH TRAFFIC WITH CARS BEHIND ME. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR RESTARTED AND COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. A TOW TRUCK TOOK ME TO A FORD DEALER, WHERE IT WAS STATED THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD FAILED. THE FORD DEALER TOLD ME THAT A NEW "CODE" NUMBER HAD BEEN ISSUED BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY PROBLEMS FOR FORD ESCAPE AND MERCURY MARINER FROM 2003-2008. MY VEHICLE IS A 2005 MERCURY MARINER. I HAD NO PREVIOUS INDICATIONS THAT THIS WOULD FAIL AND WAS TRAVELING OUT OF STATE. THE COST WAS $1800 AND THE DEALER STATED THAT FORD AND MERCURY WERE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO RESOLVE THIS OTHER THAN ISSUE AN INTERNAL NOTICE TO ALL DEALERS. I FEEL A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED AND MY COSTS REFUNDED, THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY AWARE OF THIS ISSUE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE FOR 45 MILES AND EXITED AT AN OFF RAMP. AT THE END OF THE RAMP, MY CAR STALLED ALMOST CAUSING A CRASH. MY CAR WOULD CRANK, BUT WOULD CONTINUE TO STALL ONCE ENGAGED INTO GEAR. I CAN KEEP THE VEHICLE FROM STALLING BY MASHING THE ACCELERATOR, REVVING THE RPM'S. EVER SINCE THEN MY VEHICLE HAS CONTINUED TO STALL ONCE PLACED INTO GEAR AND COMING TO A STOP AT PERIODIC TIMES. I FIND MY VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE, DUE TO IT HAPPENING OUT OF NOWHERE AND AT INTERSECTIONS. I HAD A FRIEND OF MINE IN THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY LOOK AT MY VEHICLE AND INTO THE SITUATION, AND HE HAS FOUND THAT FORD HAS HAD NUMEROUS ISSUES AS FAR BACK AS '07 WITH ESCAPES AND MARINERS FROM '05-'08 EQUIPPED W/ A CD4E AUTOMATIC TRANS AXLE AND BUILT FROM 8/01/04-2/15/07. FORD HAS ENACTED SERVICE PROCEDURES FOR CORRECTING THE PROBLEM DATED 3/01/2007. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MERCURY MARINER. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. SHE WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND HEARD A CLICKING NOISE. SHE WAS ABLE TO SAFELY DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO HER DESTINATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND INSPECTED BY A TECHNICIAN, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE HAD NO OIL PRESSURE. THE FAILURE CAUSED SEVERAL LIFTERS AND THE BEARING ROD TO FAIL. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED THAT NO COMPENSATION WOULD BE PROVIDED BECAUSE HER VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 48,000.