2006 Mercury Mountaineer

MY 2006 MOUNTAINEER HAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. WHILE COMING TO A STOP AT A LIGHT THERE IS A LOUD "POP" OR THUD LIKE NOISE AS IF THE TRANSMISSION IS POPPING INTO PLACE. ALSO TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN GOING FORWARD. IT JERKS ESPECIALLY AT LOW SPEEDS SUCH AS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE. THERE IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. POOR DESIGN OR MANUFACTURING BUT DEFINITELY SOMETHING IS WRONG. YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN STRUCK FROM BEHIND WHEN THE POPPING/THUD NOISE OCCURS AT A LIGHT. VERY UNSETTLING. ALSO CAR LURCHES FORWARD WHEN PULLING OFF FROM A STANDING POSITION SUCH AS AT A LIGHT AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR GOING TO HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF YOU. *TR

I OWN A 2006 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER (V8 AWD). EVERYTIME I STOP THE TRANSMISSION JOLTS FORWARD AS IF WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A REAR-END COLLISION. I HAVE CALLED FORD MOTOR COMPANY TO COMPLAIN AND THEY HAVE AGREED THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM BUT NOT TO THE DEGREE THAT THEY WOULD INITIATE A RECALL. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND SOMEONE IS EVENTUALLY GOING TO GET HURT IF NOT KILLED. *TR

2006 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER. THE TRANSMISSION HAS PROBLEMS. IT PUNCHES IN AND OUT OF GEARS, MAKES A LOUD GRINDING NOISE AND PULLS THE CAR TO THE LEFT. IT HAS PROBLEMS GOING INTO REVERSE. IT DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME BUT I WOULD SAY ABOUT 3 TO 4 TIMES A WEEK. IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE WHEN THE CAR DOES THIS. I AM DRIVING MY 1 YEAR OLD IN THIS CAR AND I HAVE TO CONCENTRATE SO HARD TO MAKE THE CAR GO STRAIGHT AND TO PUT MINIMAL PRESSURE ON THE GAS PEDAL SO IT DOESN'T JERK US TOO HARD. IT IS AT THE DEALERSHIP NOW AND FROM WHAT I HAVE READ ONLINE THEY WILL TRY TO PUT A BANDAID ON THE PROBLEM UNTIL THE WARRANTY RUNS OUT! THIS CAR ONLY HAS 26,000 MILES ON IT! I JUST BOUGHT IT USED ABOUT 8 MONTHS AGO. *TR

BOUGHT THIS MERCURY MOUNTAINEER MARCH 2007. WORSE VEHICLE EVER OWNED. MOST OF THE TIME WHEN STOPPING I GET THAT THUD NOISE. I FEEL LIKE I GOT HIT FROM THE BEHIND. WHEN IN TRAFFIC I WORRY ALOT ALSO. I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK IN 7 TIMES AND PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. DEALERSHIP WILL NOT FIX IT UNTIL I SHOW THEM THE PROBLEM. I TOLD THEM IT DOES NOT HAPPEN EVERYDAY. WITH MY LUCK IT DID NOT HAPPEN WHEN I WAS THERE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER. THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE AND IT IMMEDIATELY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE ENTIRE COMPUTER SYSTEM FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. TWO MONTHS LATER, THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS EMISSION FAILURE. THE CONTACT ALSO BEGAN EXPERIENCING FAILURES WITH THE FRONT PASSENGER WINDOW AND THE FRAME WAS REPLACED. THE ENGINE LIGHT STILL CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE AND THE DEALER STATED THAT IT WAS DUE TO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER, IN ADDITION TO THE TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER DID NOT KNOW HOW TO REPAIR THE FAILURES. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 1,500 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 411.

I BOUGHT MY 2006 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER APRIL 26, 2006. I STARTED HAVING THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS DECEMBER 2006. WHEN YOU PUT ON BREAKS TO STOP YOU HEAR A THUD AND THE VEHICLE WILL ACTUAL THROW YOU FORWARD IN THE SEAT. IT FEELS LIKE YOU MIGHT NOT ACTUALLY STOP WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENS. THIS HAPPENS DAILY. THE FIST TIME I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN AND LEFT IT WITH THEM, THEY DROVE IT AND SAID THEY DID NOT FIND ANYTHING. JANUARY 2007 I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THEM AND THEY DID DIVE IT AND HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CALLED FORD AND FORD TOLD THEM THERE WAS A RECALL ON IT AND THEY NEEDED TO PUT IT ON THE COMPUTER AND DO A RECALIBRATING. THEY DID THIS AND THE PROBLEM WAS GONE FOR A WEEK AND IT RETURNED. I TOOK IT BACK TO THEM AND THEY REPLACED A PART IN THE TRANSMISSION, THIS LASTED A WEEK AND IT STARTED THE SAME THING AGAIN. I AM NOW STILL FUSSING WITH THEM ABOUT GETTING IF FIXED. THEY KEPT IT 5 DAYS LAST WEEK AND DID NOTHING TO IT. I HAD AN APPOINTMENT WITH A FORD REP. LAST WEEK AND THIS PAST WEEK AND HE DID NOT SHOW FOR EITHER APPOINTMENT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT RENTED A 2006 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER. WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN AT APPROXIMATELY 5-10 MPH, THE CONTACT APPLIED TOO MUCH PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE SPED FORWARD. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT DECELERATE OR STOP. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO FOUR PARKED VEHICLES. BOTH PASSENGERS WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT ONLY THE FRONT PASSENGER, WHO WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT, SUFFERED BRUISES AND SORENESS. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THE VIN, POWERTRAIN, ENGINE SIZE, PURCHASE DATE, AND NUMBER OF CYLINDERS WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 6,000.