2009 Mercury Mariner

UPON ACCELERATING, VEHICLE STALLED. OCCURRED ON AUG 29 AND AGAIN ON SEPT 4. HAD TO GLIDE TO A STOP ON HIGHWAY SHOULDER, PUT CAR IN PARK, TURN OFF, AND RESTART. I'VE HAD INTERMITTENT ISSUES FOR A WHILE WHERE CAR DOESN'T ACCELERATE WHEN PUSHING ON THE ACCELERATOR, THEN IT LURCHES FORWARD. FORD DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS THROTTLE BODY AND REPAIRED IT. UPON LOOKING ONLINE, THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH CERTAIN ESCAPES AND MARINERS. *JB

I WAS ON A HIGH TRAFFIC FREEWAY COMING HOME FROM A MATERNITY APPOINTMENT (I WAS 7MONTHS PREGNANT AND IT WAS HOT) AND GOING 70MPH MIDDLE LANE. WHEN MY CAR JUST CUT OFF. I WAS STILL MOVING BUT MY DASH WAS OFF CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I PULLED TO THE SIDE. I COULD GET IT STARTED BACK UP BUT IT WENT OFF AGAIN. I FINALLY GOT OFF ON A RAMP. I HAD TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED AND RENT A CAR. BETWEEN THE TOW RENTAL AND WORK ON MY CAR THE TOTAL WAS (EST 1400). THEN A YEAR LATER IT BEGAN EVERY NOW AND THEN STALLING OR SURGING WHILE I WAS DRIVING. IT HAS PROGRESSIVELY WORSEN. NOW IT HAS BEEN WHEN I STOP OR LET OFF THE GAS IT GOES DEAD. RECENTLY WENT TO AN AUTO SHOP AND THEY HOOKED IT TO THE COMPUTER. IT SAID IT WAS MY THROTTLE BODY. IT WAS CLEANED AND ALL WAS FINE FOR A WEEK. AND NOW IT IS DOING IT AGAIN. I FINALLY DID GOOGLE THROTTLE BODY AND MERCURY MARINER.I FOUND OTHER COMPLAINTS. *TR

RECENTLY PURCHASED 2009 MERCURY MARINER (FORD ESCAPE) HAS THREE TIMES SIMPLY QUIT WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED AND THE THROTTLE IS GENTLY PRESSED. LATEST INCIDENT WAS WHILE TRAVELING UPHILL WITH TWO GRANDCHILDREN AND A 18 WHEEL TRUCK ON THE BACK BUMPER. LUCKILY MY WIFE HAD THE PRESENCE OF MIND TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL, RE-START THE ENGINE, AND ACCELERATE AWAY FROM THE TRUCK. NO ERROR CODES HAVE BEEN SET DURING THESE THREE EVENTS. *TR

DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. WAS ABLE TO THE VEHICLES MOMENTUM TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF, WAITING, RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, I WAS ABLE TO RESTORE POWER TO THE ENGINE TO RETURN HOME. TURNING LEFT THROUGH CROSS TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AGAIN. WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY TURN THE VEHICLE OFF THEN ON AGAIN TO RESTORE POWER AND MOVE OUT OF THE WAY OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED AND REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY FOR BEING DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND I WAS REQUIRED TO PAY. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED. 1.5 YEARS AGO THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED AND THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

ABOUT FOUR WEEKS AGO I HAD NOTICED THAT THE GAS PEDAL OF MY CAR WAS ACTING STRANGELY; OCCASIONALLY, AS I WAS TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOPPED POSITION IT WOULDN'T WORK, OR "CATCH," RIGHT AWAY, AND I WOULD HAVE TO PUSH DOWN INCREASINGLY HARD UNTIL IT MOVED. I HAD AN APPOINTMENT AT MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHEN I WAS DRIVING HOME ONE FRIDAY, STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT TO TURN LEFT, AND IT STALLED. I BROUGHT IT IN THE FOLLOWING MONDAY MORNING AND AFTER A COUPLE HOURS THE SERVICE ADVISOR AND TECHNICIAN TOLD ME I NEEDED A NEW THROTTLE BODY. THEY TESTED IT AND SAID THEY COULD SEE IT "STICKING." HOWEVER, AND THIS IS WHERE MY COMPLAINT COMES IN, THEY TOLD ME A NEW PART WOULDN'T COME IN RIGHT AWAY AS IT WAS ON BACKORDER AND THERE WERE 48,000 ORDERS BESIDES MINE! IT HAS SINCE BEEN 3 WEEKS SINCE THAT VISIT WITH NO NEW PART AND NO EXPECTED DATE, AND THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME TODAY WHEN I CALLED THAT THERE WERE CLOSE TO 750,000 ORDERS FOR THIS THROTTLE BODY BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME PART USED IN MANY DIFFERENT VEHICLE MAKE AND MODELS. REGARDLESS, MY CAR IS PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORSE. WHEN I PUSH THE GAS PEDAL I MORE FREQUENTLY GET NO ACTION AND AT TIMES IT NOW ALSO ACCELERATES UNNATURALLY FAST, ALMOST JUMPS, THEN QUICKLY RETURNS TO NORMAL. YESTERDAY THE PEDAL REQUIRED SO MUCH FORCE BEFORE THE CAR MOVED THAT I THOUGHT IT HAD STALLED ON ME AGAIN, ONLY THIS TIME WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT. THE DEALERSHIP HAS TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THE PART COULD COME IN AND CANNOT GIVE ME A LOANER CAR FOR AN UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME, SO UNTIL THEN I AM DRIVING AROUND IN UNRELIABLE VEHICLE, NEVER QUITE SURE HOW IT'S GOING TO ACT. IT INFURIATES ME THAT THERE ARE SO MANY OF THESE PARTS ON BACK ORDER, AND YET A RECALL WAS NEVER ISSUED. HAD THERE BEEN A RECALL WHEN THE OTHER THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAD ISSUES I WOULD NOT HAVE TO SIT AROUND WAITING, WHILE FEELING LIKE I'M PUTTING MY OWN LIFE IN DANGER. *TR

WAS DRIVING DOWN COUNTRY ROAD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN FELT THEN ENGINE WHAT I THOUGHT WAS KICK OUT OF GEAR. HAD NO ACCELERATION AT ALL. PULLED OFF ROAD AND THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING IN A ROUGH IDLE, BUT STILL COULD NOT GIVE IT GAS. ONCE PLACED IN PARK THE IDLE LEVELED OUT AND STILL NO ACCELERATION. THE WRENCH SYMBOL WAS ON. I STOPPED THE ENGINE AND WAITED 10 MINUTES THEN RESTARTED ENGINE AND EVERYTHING WAS OK. FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS. I TOOK INTO THE FORD DEALER ONLY TO BE TOLD THERE WAS NO CODE AND THEY COULD DO NOTHING WITHOUT IT. PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN STEADILY WORST. AND NOW IT IS AT POINT WHERE WIFE CAN NOT DRIVE HER CAR! I AM DRIVING IT AND FINALLY YESTERDAY THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I RAN IT TO AUTOZONE WHERE THEY CONFIRMED THE DREADED P2112 CODE. I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALER TODAY FIGURING ALRIGHT LESS THAN 5 YEARS OLD AND 42,000 MILES I WOULD FINALLY GET IT FIXED. NO GO! ALTHOUGH FOR $106 THEY DID CONFIRM WHAT AUTOZONE ALREADY TOLD ME THAT THE THROTTLE-BODY WAS SHOT AND WOULD COST ANOTHER $430 TO FIX.I PROMPTLY CALLED FORD CUSTOMER CARE LINE AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD CONTACT THE SERVICE MANAGER AT MY FORD DEALERSHIP TO WORK OUT A PAYMENT PLAN FOR ME TO GET IT FIXED STILL AT MY COST. THIS IS CRAZY THAT I PAYED OVER 26,000 FOR A VEHICLE THAT I STILL OWE 11,000 ON AND UNDER 5 YEARS OLD WITH 42,000 MILES AND THIS IS MY 3RD MAJOR PROBLEM WITH IT.. HAVE ALREADY HAD THE ENGINE PULLED APART ONCE TO BE FIXED AND ONE OF THE DRIVE SHAFTS HAD TO BE FULLY REPLACED. THIS IS UNFORTUNATE BUT WILL BE THE LAST FORD I EVER OWN!!! *TR

DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH VEHICLE LOST SPEED. COULD NOT ACCELERATE . CAME TO A STOP POINT HAD TO TURN OFF VEHICLE. TURN BACK ON AND WAS OK. HAPPENED TWICE. WENT FOR A DIAGNOSTIC AND WAS REPORTED A PROBLEM WITH THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM -.STUCK CLOSED. ???? CHECK WITH DEALER $435.00 . CHECK ONLINE AND FOUND OUT THAT MERCURY MARINER IS HAVING THIS PROBLEM BUT NO RECALL ? *TR