2006 Mercury Mariner

TONE RING SNAPPED OFF OF AXLE AND CAUSED THE CAR TO GO INTO 2WD AND APPLY THE ABS BRAKES WHEN NOT ACTUALLY BEING NEEDED WHICH ALMOST ENDED UP IN REAR ENDING A CAR WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. TONE RING DESIGN NEEDS LOOKED IT. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. CORROSION BUILDING UP BETWEEN THE TONE RING AND AXLE SEEMS TO BE WHAT CAUSED THE FORCE OF SNAPPING THIS RING. JUST A POOR DESIGN. *TR

I WAS DRIVING FROM ATLANTA, GA TO COLUMBIA, SC. ABOUT 2 HOURS INTO THE TRIP, THERE WAS A SUDDEN NOISE AND CLICKING SOUND (LATER DISCOVERED TO BE THE TIRE HITTING THE AXLE). WHEN THE CAR WAS EXAMINED AT A MECHANICS, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE TREAD INTERIOR WALL BEGAN TO SEPARATE. THE PART WAS REPLACED. THE OLD PART IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE, THOUGH THERE ARE PHOTOS. *TR

I DROVE FROM ATLANTA, GEORGIA TO EL PASO, TEXAS OVER A TWO DAY PERIOD. I WAS NOT SPEEDING AND THERE WERE NO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PREPARING FOR MY RETURN TRIP, I TOOK MY CAR TO GET AN OIL CHANGE. THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED MY TIRE HAD SEVERE TREAD SEPARATION. THE TIRE HAS NOT YET BEEN REPAIRED OR REPLACED, THOUGH THE CAR IS NOW USING A DONUT TIRE IN ITS PLACE. *TR

MANY TIMES, EITHER AFTER A STOP OR LETTING MY FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDAL AND THEN TRYING TO PUSH THE GAS PEDAL AGAIN, THE PEDAL WOULD NOT MOVE, AND I COULD NO LONGER ACCELARATE AND HAVE BEEN FORCED A FEW TIMES TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD UNTIL I COULD GET IT TO PRESS DOWN. SOMETIMES WAITING FOR 5+ MINUTES FOR IT TO WORK. I HAD SOMEONE LOOK AT IT, IT'S THE THROTTLE BODY. IT GETS BUILD UP IN IT AND CAN'T COMPRESS, SEEMS TO BE WORSE IN THE COOLER WEATHER (VS SUMMER). THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY WITH TRAFFICE AROUND, AND I HAVE HAD MY KIDS IN THE CAR WHEN ITS HAPPENED AND I GET NERVOUS IT'LL HAPPEN IN A SITUATION THAT I CAN'T PREVENT AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH A THROTTLE ON ANY OF MY OTHER CARS, NOR HAVE I KNOWN ANYONE WITH THIS ISSUE. *TR

THE TRUCK SHUTS OFF WHEN I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. IT USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN I'M ATTEMPTING TO STOP AT A YELLOW LIGHT TO AVOID RUNNING THE RED LIGHT. IF THE TRUCK COME FROM A HIGH RATE OF SPEED (45 MPH) TO (0 MPH) IT JUST TURN OFF. I'M AFRAID SOMEONE IS GOING TO RUN INTO THE BACK OF ME WHEN THE LIGHT TURN GREEN BECAUSE THE DRIVER EXPECTS ME TO MOVE WHEN THE LIGHT TURN GREEN. I THINK THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR A VEHICLE TO JUST STOP. IT HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 20 TIMES SINCE 03-29-2014. I WAS TOLD BY TWO MECHANICS THAT IT'S THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON THE FORD ESCAPE FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THE PARTS ARE THE SAME FOR FORD AND MERCURY AND I WANT IT TO BE KNOWN THAT MERCURY VEHICLES ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

EARLY ON ONLY HAPPENED A FEW TIMES DURING WINTER. BUT AS OF RECENTLY IT HAS BECOME VERY DANGEROUS TO THE POINT I'VE PULLED OUT AFTER BEING AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN INTO TRAFFIC AND UNABLE TO GO. GAS PEDAL WILL NOT BUDGE. I'VE HAD A FRIEND FOLLOWING BEHIND ME AT ONE POINT AND THEY ACTUALLY RAN INTO THE BACK OF MY VEHICLE, LUCKILY NO DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THERE CAR AND MINE SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGES TO THE BUMPER. I'VE BEEN HEARING THINGS ABOUT FORD EXTENDING WARRANTY TO TEN YEARS AND 150,000 MILES TO FIX THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM POSSIBLY WITH FAILURE OF DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY SYSTEM. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S MY ISSUE. I DO KNOW I'VE ALMOST BEEN IN SEVEN ACCIDENTS WITHIN THE PAST TWO WEEKS. *TR

STOP AT A RED LIGHT THE FUEL PEDDLE GOT STUCK WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. FINALLY THE MARINER STARTED MOVING THEN HAD TO COME TO A STOP FOR STOP SIGN SAME THING HAPPENED. TOOK IT TO THE SHOP SAID THE "THROTTLE" WAS BROKEN ON THIS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS CAN'T DRIVE IT WITH THE THROTTLE BEING BROKEN. NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH A THROTTLE ON ANY OF MY PASS CARS. TRACER,LS MUSTANG I HAVE THESE CARS OVER THE YEARS. BOUGHT ALL OF MY CARS FROM THE SAME DEALERSHIP.[XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR