2007 Mercury Mountaineer

It happens every time I drive this vehicle. The ignition is lose, so the key jiggles and if their is too much bumping or shaking the key slightly moves and the seat and interior lights come on now I’ve tried Combat the issue with keeping the lights off on the interior and thought maybe I could turn off the seat function still haven’t figured that out yet

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE INTERIOR LIGHTING ILLUMINATED AND THE DRIVER'S SEAT UNINTENTIONALLY MOVED BACKWARDS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURES OCCURRED PERIODICALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 207,000.

INTERMITTENTLY, THE SEAT MOVES TO THE 'EASY EGRESS' POSITION WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION. THE DOME LIGHT COMES ON, AS IT WOULD IF YOU WERE GETTING OUT OF THE CAR. FROM READING THE MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS, I AGREE THAT IT HAPPENS WHEN BRAKING OR TURNING AND IT HAPPENS AT ALL SPEEDS. THIS STARTED HAPPENING ABOUT ONE MONTH AGO. NO ACCIDENT YET BUT IT'S VERY JARRING AND DANGEROUS.

WHILE DRIVING MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL THIS MORNING MY SEAT ADJUSTED ITSELF A COUPLE OF TIMES SO THAT I HAD A DIFFICULT TIME REACHING THE PEDALS UNTIL I COULD GET IT BACK TO THE PROPER POSITION. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS A "FLUKE". TODAY, WHEN I PICKED MY KIDS UP AND DROVE HOME IT HAPPENED 7 TIMES IN 3 MILES AND ALMOST CAUSED ME TO HIT A PEDESTRIAN. THIS HAPPENED ON A CITY STREET. I WAS UNABLE TO ISOLATE A "TRIGGER" TO THE MOVEMENT. ONE TIME I WAS GOING ABOUT 30 ON A STREET, ANOTHER TIME I WAS SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP SIGN AT A BUSY INTERSECTION.

THE DRIVERS SEAT, WILL, WITHOUT WARNING, WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, AUTOMATICALLY START MOVING BACKWARDS TO IT'S DEFAULT POSITION. SOMETIMES THE INTERIOR LIGHT WILL COME ON SIMULTANEOUSLY. IN A PANIC, SO FAR, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP THE BACKWARD MOVEMENT BY GRABBING THE SEAT POSITION BUTTON AND FORCING IT TO MOVE BACK UP TO THE PRESET POSITION WHERE I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET MY FEET BACK ON THE PEDALS. THIS HAS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE DRIVING FULL SPEED ON INTERSTATES, ON SIDE STREETS AND FRONTAGE ROADS AND EVERYTIME WITHOUT WARNING. ONE TIME, WHILE SITTING AT A STOP SIGN, I COULD NOT CATCH IT QUICKLY ENOUGH AND IT MOVED SO FAR BACK THAT MY FEET COULD NOT REACH ANY OF THE PEDALS! LUCKILY THAT TIME I WAS SITTING STILL. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR THREE YEARS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE DRIVER'S SEAT ADJUSTED ON ITS OWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE REPAIR WAS NOT MADE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000. UPDATED 09/29/16*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE PISTON TYPE HOOD HOLDING SYSTEM FAILED. THE HOODCAME CRASHING DOWN.UPDATED 08/09/2017*JS

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED THE SEAT MOVES ALL THE WAY BACK AND THE INTERIOR LIGHTS COME ON. THIS ALSO HAPPENS WHEN YOU BRAKE OR GO OVER A BUMP. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS TO SOMEONE OF MY SIZE BECAUSE WHEN THE SEAT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK I CAN NO LONGER TOUCH THE PEDALS. THIS IS HAPPENING VERY OFTEN AND I HAVE GOOGLED IT AND I CAN SEE THAT A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO OWN THIS YEAR MAKE AND MODEL ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THEIR VEHICLE. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO SEVERAL MECHANICS AND FORD DEALERS AND NOBODY SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT.

I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE AND THE DRIVER'S SEAT MOVED BACK, AND THE DOME LIGHT CAME ON. THIS REALLY SCARED ME! THANK GOD I WASN'T ON THE HIGHWAY TRAVELING AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED WITH OTHER VEHICLES WHEN THIS OCCURRED. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS APPROXIMATELY 3 MONTHS AGO (THE SEAT MOVES BACK, I MOVE THE SEAT UP & IT GOES BACK AGAIN, I MOVE IT UP AGAIN...UNTIL IT FINALLY STOPS). THIS CONTINUES TO HAPPEN PERIODICALLY EVERY SINCE. *TR