2009 Mercury Mariner

NORMAL DRIVING WHEN SUDDENLY THERE WAS NO ACCELERATION & THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON IN THE DASHBOARD. CAR WAS RUNNING BUT THERE WAS NO ACCELERATION & IDLED ROUGHLY. MECHANIC PUT A DIAGNOSTIC ON IT WHICH READ P2112 THROTTLE CONTROL ACTUATOR SYSTEM STUCK CLOSED. BINDING THROTTLE BODY STUCK CLOSED. THERE WAS NO WARNING AND THE INCIDENT WAS VERY SCARY SINCE I COULD NOT GET OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC. THE CAR WOULD GO ABOUT 1MPH UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. WHEN THE CAR WAS LATER SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED, ACCELERATION RETURNED. THIS IS FRIGHTENING AS YOU DO NOT KNOW WHEN IT COULD HAPPEN AND COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MERCURY MARINER. WHILE DRIVING ON AN INCLINE AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DECELERATED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS PRESSED. THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000.

POWER OF VEHICLE DRASTICALLY DECREASED WHILE DRIVING DOWN SECONDARY ROAD. HAD JUST ENOUGH POWER TO PULL OVER TO SIDE OF THE ROAD. PUSHED DOWN ACCELERATOR IN PARK AND NEUTRAL BUT NO POWER. TURNED OFF. RESTARTED AND RESUMED NORMAL DRIVING. SUSPECT ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY. THE FORD DEALERSHIP WILL NOT REPLACE WITHOUT A DIAGNOSTIC FEE BECAUSE THEY STATE IT IS NOT A RECALL, ALTHOUGH AN INTERNAL VEHICLE HEALTH REPORT STATES "THERE ARE RECALLS FOR YOUR 2009 MERCURY MARINER AT THIS TIME" NOTICE # 13N03 ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY EXTENDED COVERAGE I BELIEVE USING THE WORD RECALL CONSTITUTES MISREPRESENTATION WHEN IN FACT FORD MOTOR COMPANY STATES IT IS JUST A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM TO ALLEVIATE THEM FROM COSTS AND ANY WRONG DOING. IT IS A VERY DANGEROUS SAFETY CONCERN.

TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING FROM LEFT HAND HALFSHAFT SEAL ON MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. TOOK INTO SHOP TO HAVE IT DIAGNOSED, FOUND OUT SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE BEARINGS DO TO LOW FLUID. THEN I FIND OUT THERE IS A SERVICE KIT AVAILABLE FOR THIS SEAL ISSUE, HOWEVER WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY NOTICE OF SUCH SERVICE KIT BEING AVAILABLE. I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHO IS GOING TO COVER THE $2500 ITS GOING TO COST TO HAVE MY TRANSMISSION FIXED AS OPPOSED TO A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS IT SHOULD HAVE COST ME HAD I BEEN AWARE OF THIS SERVICE KIT. *TR

UNDER RECALL 14S05 THE ELECTRONIC STEERING ASSIST WAS UPDATED BUT DID NOT FIX THE DEFECT. THE RECALL ONLY GIVES A CHIME AND WARNING THAT STEERING IS GOING TO FAIL. THE CHIME WENT OFF BUT DIDN'T GIVE THE WARNING ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER UNTIL I WENT TO THE DEALER TO SEE WHAT THE CHIME WAS. WHEN I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AT 70 MPH MY STEERING STARTED TO SHAKE AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE IF THIS WERE TO TOTALLY FAIL WHILE TRAVELING AT THAT SPEED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MERCURY MARINER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH THE OIL AND BATTERY WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED ON 2 OTHER OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. ALSO, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AFTER THE ANTI THEFT DEVICE WARNING INDICATOR INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE COMPUTER REPROGRAMMED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000. UPDATED 4/21/15*CN

STARTED MY CAR TO WARM UP AND NOTICED MY STEERING WHEEL VIBRATING AND TWITCHING SIDE TO SIDE . UPON DRIVING IT STILL CONTINUED TO VIBRATE AND MAKE A NOISE. THE VIBRATION AND NOISE HAS BECOME WORSE. CALLED FORD DEALER TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING RECALL. I RECEIVED THE RECALL IN OCTOBER BUT AT THIS TIME MY CAR WAS NOT ACTING UP AND I HAVE BUSY WORK SCHEDULE SO HAD NOT HAD IT LOOKED AT YET. BUT ON DECEMBER 29TH , 2014 I TOOK IT IN. THE MECHANIC TOLLS ME ALL THE RECALL WAS FOR WAS A SOFTWARE UPDATE. SO I FIGURED THAT WOULD FIX THE VIBRATION AND IT DIDN'T . I FEEL JUST BECAUSE MY CAR DON'T THROW A CODE AT THAT TIME I TOOK IT IN FORD WILL NOT REPLACE THE TORQUE SENSOR NOW EVEN THOUGH THE MECHANIC COULD VISIBLE SEE MY STEERING WHEEL VIBRATING AND TWITCHING. SO NOW I GET TO FIX IT MY SELF LIKE MANY OTHER FORD OWNERS. ALL THE SOFTWARE DID FOR WAS IS WARN US OUR POWER STEERING IS OUT. THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE TORQUE SENSORS. IF OUR TORQUE SENSORS WASN'T GOING OUT WE WOULDN'T HAD NEEDED THAT SOFTWARE UP DATE. FORD IS GETTING AWAY WITH THE CHEAP SIMPLE FIX. I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE COMPUTERS THEY USE ON THE CARS BUT THE COMPUTER PROBABLY DON'T THOUGH A CODE UNLESS SOMETHING IS NOT WORKING AT ALL NOT JUST GOING BAD. THE MECHANIC SHOULD BE TRAINED TO DIAGNOSE WITH THEIR EYES AND EARS TOO. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MERCURY MARINER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE WHEEL WAS TURNED TO THE LEFT OR TO THE RIGHT, THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE EMITTING FROM STEERING COLUMN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SOFTWARE NEEDED TO BE UPDATED. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V284000 (STEERING) HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,910.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MERCURY MARINER. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY MALFUNCTIONED AND CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V284000 (STEERING) WAS RECEIVED IN AUGUST OF 2014. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO UPDATED THE SOFTWARE, BUT THE FAILURE PROGRESSED TO THE POINT THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER THE RECALL, ALTHOUGH THE CODES LISTED IN THE RECALL WERE PRESENT. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER WHO ALSO INDICATED THAT THE RECALL REMEDY WAS PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED AND NO FURTHER SERVICE WOULD BE DONE UNDER THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.