I had just made a right turn and was proceeding down the block when I heard a sudden "click" and lost power. I couldn't steer and there was no power. I managed to get the car over to the curb and turn off the engine. I restarted it a few minutes later and it started up ok. However, the rsc warning light stayed on even though I had never pressed that button. This is not the first time this has happened. The first time it happened I was told it was a battery problem so I got a new battery. That was less than a year ago and I can't imagine I need a new battery that often - that simply needing a new battery will cause my car to fail! In doing some research I've come across several instances of the same issue necessitating replacement of the throttle body module with trouble codes p2111 and p2112 and, in fact,the north carolina consumers council (nccc) has officially petitioned the national highway safety administration (the federal safety agency) for a defect investigation of alleged throttle body failures in 2005-2012 ford escape vehicles sharing the same or substantially similar part. Luckily I was only on surface streets and not the freeway. It's only a matter of time before this happens on the freeway! Is there going to be a recall?
2008 Mercury Mariner engine complaints
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Driving the truck through a drive thru at a mcdonalds with my 2 year old son in backseat and the power steering stopped working as proceeding thru drive thru, almost hitting the building having no control over truck. Very dangerous problem with this make and model/this is a safety hazard and someone will end up as a casualty if this problem with steering not recalled by ford. I am a 280 guy and could barely steer the truck until I shut it of and restarted it. Also oil leak on engine for most of these v6 mariners and escapes is above oil pan by harmonic balancer,ford refuses to admit they did a horrible job putting together the bottom end of these engines.overall ford needs to reconsider what should be a recall on their vehicles before someone gets seriously injured or killed. I am a ase certified mechanic and have never encountered such problems with a vehicle.
Without warning the gas pedal sticks, will not function. This happens intermittently and seems to disappear when the car warms up, but also has happened when the car is warm. Very dangerous when trying to accelerate or just drive normally. This seems to be a widespread problem with both the ford escape and the mercury mariner. We have been stranded several times. This needs to be fixed by the manufacturer.
I was attempting to exit a parking lot and vehicle stalled and would not accelerate. I coasted back into a parking space, shut off engine and made a few more attempts with the same result each time. I shut vehicle off and waited for roughly twenty minutes and tried again. Vehicle did engage and I was able to exit parking structure however, vehicle stalled in the middle of the road. Fortunately, there was light traffic and I was able to coast back into parking lot. Problem was subsequently diagnosed as bad binding throttle cable. The cable was replaced at my expense. February 24 and 25 of 2014, vehicle stalled while in traffic, lost power and again pedal stuck and vehicle would not engage. Subsequent diagnosis is replacement of throttle body at my expense. This is extremely expensive and potentially dangerous.
While driving my car stalls without warning then it jerks real hard and takes off so I have to ride the brakes after coming to a stop before I can press the gas peddle it takes off so I ride the brakes. While driving again it picks up speed on its own very scare please help.
2008 mercury mariner with 40,000 miles on it has transmission leak caused by a faulty cooling condenser. I have heard of hundreds if not thousands of complaints such as this one in the mariner and the sister car ford escape. This repair is around 800 dollars and apparently there is no sign of a recall. I believe the part was modified in the 2009 models but this does little for me and those like me. New part can easily be defective down the road as well. Not repaired yet but if driven continually can me dangerous to car not to mention persons in vehicle.
2008 mariner just serviced for oil change, safety, and new air filter. Not more than twelve miles, vehicle lost power on freeway. Was able to coast off highway onto off ramp. Vehicle would start, but failed to stay running. Vehicle has gas and towed to south pointe lincoln mercury.
There is an open space in the front grill measuring 30-1/2' long x 4' high x 2-1/2 ' 3-1/2' deep that is 15' from the road, which has no guard or shield to protect it from something like rocks flying off of the road. There is also another gap above this where debris can hit the A/C condenser that is 28' long x 1-1/2' high. Dealer claimed a rock flew off the road an put a hole in the A/C condenser. The vehicle only had 3,000 miles and was a couple months old. Dealer would not replace or repair condenser. Claimed it was not a covered under warranty.
Tl*the contact owns a 2008 mercury mariner. While driving approximately 10 MPH on normal road conditions and proceeding to a stop, the engine stalled unexpectedly. The vehicle restarted after several attempts with a loud noise coming from the transmission. There were no warning indicators illuminated on the instrument panel. In addition, there was excessive oil leakage from the gasket. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer on four occasions, but they were unable to duplicate the failures. The vehicle has not been repaired. The contact was concerned of the safety risk involved. The failure mileage was 1,094 and current mileage was 7,000. Updated 12/1/08 *cn updated 12/05/08.
Tl*the contact owns a 2008 mercury mariner. While driving approximately 10 MPH on normal road conditions, the vehicle came to a complete stop and stalled when attempting to accelerate. The vehicle restarted after several attempts and the transmission made a loud noise. There were no warning indicators illuminating on the instrument panel. In addition, there was an excessive oil leakage coming from the gasket. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer on four occasions, but they could not duplicate the failure. The vehicle has not been repaired. The contact was concerned of the safety risk involved. The failure mileage was 1,094 and current mileage was 7,000.
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