On 1/1/2016 I was driving on 495 w in queens, ny heading back to manhattan where I live. Out of nowhere the car began jerking, a wrench light on the dash panel came on (which I never saw before) and I could tell the car was decelerating. I tried hitting the accelerator again, the car would jerk, the engine was revving but was barely moving. I knew I had to pull over and luckily I was able to navigate to the shoulder of the road. This was an extremely dangerous situation. I am a confident driver, however, a less confident or timid driver most likely would have panicked and gotten into a potentially serious collision.
2009 Mercury Mariner engine complaints
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While driving down the road anywhere from 20-55 MPH, the car seems to stall out and the accelerator no longer works. You have to pull over and shut the vehicle off and it will start again. Sometimes the same problem will occur again within seconds, minutes, or days later.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 mercury mariner. The contact stated that while driving at 45 MPH, the throttle body failed and there was a sudden loss of acceleration. The contact applied force to the accelerator pedal and it did not respond. The contact was not included in the federal safety agency action number: pe13003 (engine). The vehicle was taken to the dealer but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 61,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 mercury mariner. While driving approximately 55 MPH, the vehicle began to shutter, the engine stalled, and the service sensor light illuminated. Five minutes later, the engine was restarted and the failure recurred after approximately fifteen minutes. The failure occurred on multiple occasions. The cause of the failure was not diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 79,000.
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.
Check engine light came on while driving 55 MPH on the freeway on 8/11/14. No signs of malfunction initially. Later the check engine light went off on 8/13/14. Took mariner to firestone auto care to diagnose check engine light. They told me it was p0022 - vct solenoids, but the engine was still running fine. They reset the computer and told me the next time the check engine light comes on to take it into a dealership. So the check engine light comes back on by 8/17/14. Started noticing shuttering between 50-60 MPH on 8/22/14. Took car into dealership on 8/27/14. Was told that the vct solenoids needed to be replaced at approx. $620 and this car only has 29k miles on it and of course is out of warranty. There is a service bulletin on replacing the vct solenoids but of course no recall has been issued. A recall should be issued and I should receive reimbursement for this repair for something that is obviously a widespread problem with mariners and escapes from 2009-2011.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 mercury mariner. The contact stated that while driving approximately 70 MPH, the vehicle decreased in speed to 20 MPH independently without warning. The vehicle was able to restart. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for diagnostic testing and the throttle body was replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 72,000.
Car suddenly went into limp home mode.
I was driving at 45mph when all of a sudden, the car stop running. I had to pull over and cut the car off. I started the car again and it went about one mile before it cut off again. Then a wrench symbol came on the left side dash board. I drove the car home and it cut off on me three times before I could get it home. I look in my car book to see what the wrench symbol means and it says that it is the throttle control/powertrain.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 mercury mariner. The contact stated that while driving 70 MPH, there was a sudden loss of engine power without warning. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the throttle body needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 50,000.
While I was driving on hwy doing 75mph my mercury mariner 2009 it suddenly loss power and (while engine was running) I could not accelerate. "tool" light came on. I could not do anything to regain speed (accelerator was disable) and the only fix was to shut down the engine and re-start. Vehicle will start and work normally I took to the mechanics the next day he said that no codes came up.
While driving the auto just stopped and the check engine light came on and stayed on. I turned the auto off and restarted. It did this three times before I arrived back home. Took it to have a diagnostic test on the engine and code p2111 - throttle actuator stock open was the results. This is the second time this happened. The first time was 2 or 3 months ago but the check engine light did not come one.
The vehicle suddenly looses power and accelerator is unresponsive. This first occurred with approximately 33,000 miles while still in warranty and dealer replaced throttle body. Vehicle was fine until november of 2013 with about 80,000 miles. This is very dangerous because vehicle goes down to idle speed and with no power, it's very hard sometimes to get to the shoulder of the road with only coast control of vehicle. This should be a recall issue as I'm aware of the many others having same problem. I'm making this complaint to try and have this issue resolved before something tragic happens and also to document this safety issue.
While driving, the vehicle started losing power and the wrench light came on; stopped and had a hard time cranking but was able to go on. 2nd time pulling onto a busy street, same incident, able to get to center lan and recrank this time surging forward but gained control and went on, very unnerving situation, scared to drive long distances.
When pulling up to a stop sign the car just stopped next time coming off interstate to stop the vehicle kinda of lunged the next tine it just tried to stall had to put in neutral and keep foot on gas to keep it running.
Car lost power and stopped while driving. Engine light came on then went off.
10/12/13 - traveling on highway with the cruise control set at 70mph the engine just shut off. I coasted to the side of the road, put it in park, waited a minute or two, then started the car. It ran without incident for 20 minutes until I reached home. 10/15/13 traveling on highway 60mph the engine just shut off. I shifted into neutral and tried to start it, but it would not respond. I coasted across two lanes of traffic to the side of the road, put it in park, waited a minute or two, then started the car. It ran without incident for 20 minutes until I reached home. 10/17/13 ford dealership could not find anything wrong with the vehicle. Nothing in the codes. Replaced the relay switch 10/18/13 traveling on market street in youngstown, ohio at a speed of 30mph the engine shut off. I coasted in to the center turn lane, put it in park, waited a minute and started the car. The vehicle is riding more rough and sputters now and then. Drove for 10 minutes in city traffic without incident 10/18/13 while driving 45mph in rural area the engine shut off. I pulled to the side of the road, put the car in park and started the engine. This was the first time I notice a yellow wrench light on in the lower left portion of my dashboard. Car rides rough and sputters a bit. After all these multiple incidents in a short period of time I refuse to drive the car. It is not safe to drive and is not dependable. The engine shuts off without warning at all speeds, but on the highway without warning is unacceptable.
Turned the vehicle on, drove to end of street wrench aka check engine light appeared just at the same time I came to a stop vehicle started to shack and idle rough and then rpms stared going out of normal range with out a stable position. And then vehicle died twice while making it back to house where I hooked up my obd2 code reader and stated the it was a p2111 code and stated:"throttle actuator control system stuck open" .
Car went into "limp mode" twice within a 3 mile span while doing approx 50mph on a country road. Both times, stopping and restarting the engine allowed normal operation. 5 days prior, the car also stalled twice. Once while pressing the gas from a complete stop, the other while pressing the gas just before coming to a complete stop (traffic signal went from red to green). This is happening less than 10 days after I had vct solenoids replaced that were causing the check engine light to come on.
Throttle body stuck open
The vehicle has stalled while in motion 6 times now, while stopped 3 times. Stalled once while driving upwards of 40 MPH. I had to stop in the middle of the street, put emergency blinkers on, and restart the car. Vehicle seems to spontaneously falter in acceleration and loses power. Turning off ignition and restarting engine fixes the problem but it will then reoccur at an unknown time. Some incidences have been in the same day, others have been up to a week apart.
2009 mercury mariner. I had just pulled into the store parking lot the car was in park but running. When all of a sudden it cut off lights on dash board came on...I was able to restart the car on the way home every stop light I stopped at the car would cut off...took to auto repair shop they diagnosed it but nothing came up on machine. Car ran fine for the rest of the day. On the way to work that monday the car stop in the middle of the road I was able to coast over the wrench icon lite came on. Cut the car off started it back up and drove to work....now the car is doing it every 5-10 miles stopping wont let me accelerate and the wrench icon is coming on....this is very dangerous......this needs to be recalled. If everyone is having the same problem......
Engine died while driving with engine and wrench light coming on. Took to dealer and found dtc code p2111 when troubleshooting. Dealer found internal fault with throttle body. Replaced throttle body and have not had problem since.
While driving 65 MPH in metro dc rush hour traffic, the vehicle suddenly lost power (engine still running but no acceleration). I had to cross over 4 lanes of traffic to reach the shoulder (very dangerous). I turned the vehicle off and restarted (sounded like it was "flooded"). I took the vehicle to the dealer for evaluation today, but came across many common complaints online regarding this exact issue and also learned that the federal safety agency was conducting an investigation. I just wanted to add my case to this issue. This could be a very serious and dangerous problem as it happens at high speeds and the vehicle slows rapidly.
This actually first occurred on friday. I was traveling on the thruway at about 65mph when the car felt almost like it downshifted and then I totally lost acceleration and the wrench light appeared on the dash. I limped to the side of the road and the car jerked and sputtered before I shut it off. After a few minutes I restarted the vehicle and it sounded like it was flooded at first then it turned over normally. I was an hour from home and made it back without further incident. I took it to the dealer the next morning and it did not show any codes. They suggested I replace the purge valve, and as I had a busy week of work related travel scheduled I went ahead and had them do it for $120. Better safe than sorry. Right? Today I get an hour from home and it happens again. I call my dealer and they suggest I find the closest ford dealer and take it there immediately. Closest ford dealer couldn't take me for 2 weeks!! I was an hour from my destination, so I decided to chance it. I drove about 20 minutes and it happened again. Same exact scenario. I started it again, got back on the road and drove 10 minutes and again, except this time the engine light also came on. I called roadside assistance and was towed to a garage. I am 2 1/2 hours from home and driving a rental. Garage will diagnose and hopefully fix tomorrow. Service tech said if he had to diagnose without a code he would say throttle body! It also sounds like this is not covered by my 5 year/60k warranty either. With all of the similar stories I have read online ford needs to be forced to do a recall and reimburse us all for our expenses.
The first sign of a problem with my 2009 mercury mariner (39,000 miles) was three days ago when it stalled at a stop light. Today was a bit more dramatic. At 70 MPH in heavy traffic the vehicle RPM suddenly dropped down to 900 and the accelerator was none responsive. Fortunately, I was able to coast across several lanes onto the shoulder of the road. As I slowed to a stop the vehicle began surging and bucking. I noticed the wrench light was on. Then I turned off the vehicle. It restarted fine a few minutes later and ran normally (no warning lights) over to the ford dealership. After listening to my story, the ford service man told me that he was nearly certain the throttle body needed replacement. He went on to say that he was quite familiar with the issue since for years he's been dealing with - on average - three of these cases per week. That's one service man at one dealership. Do the math! I asked if there was a recall or if ford would give me a break on the repair. He said "no", but agreed that the throttle body should not fail after only 39,000 miles. He also said it would be a waste of time filing a complaint to ford customer service. So, I took the vehicle to my local mechanic to have it checked out. They found no error codes registered and for their test drive it ran fine. I don't know what to do next. By the way, there was an earlier recall for our vehicle. In september 2010, they reprogrammed the powertrain control module and replaced the plm, whatever that means.
2009 mercury mariner with about 90,000 miles. Was on the freeway driving about 65-70 MPH when suddenly the power to car cut off - was not able to accelerate vehicle; drove to right side of the road. Car was still on, but gas pedal would not work, wrench light was on, car idling very roughly. Turned car off. Turned car back on, wrench light was off, drove another 30 minutes to destination without incident. In the two hour drive home, the car cut off five more times. I heard a bell alert audio sound a few times, but the only light that came on was the wrench just as the power cut off. The very last time it happened, the engine light came on, and stayed on even after restarting the car. I feel very thankful to have got home alive and without getting into an accident. Dealer recommends a 90m service package ($547), a diagnostic test ($104), and possibly a throttle body and/or sensor ($300-ish).
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.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 mercury mariner. The contact stated that while driving various speeds, the vehicle stalled on several occasions with the illumination of the check engine light. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was notified. The approximate failure mileage was 75,000.
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