2010 Mercury Mariner: sudden loss of power

Filed Aug 27, 2020 · Steering · 185,000 miles · NY

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 mercury mariner. The contact stated that the steering lost power and was difficult to turn. The check engine light illuminated. The contact called the ford lincoln of queens service center dealer, located in queens, new york, (888) 705-7067, and was told that there was no recall. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that there was no recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 185,000.

Filed Feb 14, 2020 · Steering · 110,000 miles · MI

In motion on a street a power steering assist fault warning came on, shortly after lost power steering. Informed by ford it was fixed after recall on sep 22nd 2014, and is no longer valid or covered? Same problem happening again as the first recall

Filed Feb 9, 2020 · Fuel system · 22,078 miles · ID

I was driving down the street at about 30 miles an hour and all of a sudden the car lost power and I felt like I was in low gear. The power surged causing the car to buck and stall, I was on a city street

Filed Dec 17, 2018 · Steering · 105,000 miles · PA

Was slowing to turn in shopping plaza lose power steering almost ran women over cross drive way car would not steer without much force this is dangerous how many must die before ford fixes this do they remember gas tanks ? My next call is to 60 minutes .

Filed Oct 20, 2017 · Steering · 126,000 miles · CO

While driving west on I-80 at night at 75mph in wyoming the vehicle experienced a sudden loss of power steering without notice. A ford dealer says the epas system failed and has to be replaced by the owner for $800. This occurred even after the ford epas pscm recall reprograming was performed in 07/2014.

Filed Sep 30, 2017 · Transmission · 86,000 miles · MI

I was driving my 2010 mercury mariner , when the engine lite came on with a little wrench lite. My car started to lose power and I could not get it to pick up power. I pulled of the road. I turned off my car, I didn't know if it would start again .very scary.I have only 86000 mile on it .

Filed Oct 27, 2016 · Transmission · 75,000 miles · MI

Intermittently loosing power, intermittent wrench light. Power loss happens when going up hill from a stop or even when at a rate of speed on the freeway. Goes completely limp, but does not shut off. Almost rear ended by a semi yesterday morning. The wrench light goes off and stays off for a bit once you shut the car off, making diagnoses very hard. What once was so intermittent it was thought to be a fluke, is happening with more regularity. And I see other complaints but no recall for this issue, so I know I am not the only one having this extremely dangerous issue.

Filed Feb 5, 2016 · Transmission · 52,000 miles · CT

Our 2010 mercury mariner had a clunking and loss of power on two different occasions. The first time we brought it to the ford dealer and he checked codes, etc, only to find nothing. The clunking or loss of power did not came back for a while. Several months later while driving home from work, the clunking sound appeared again, there was an evident loss of power and the orange wrench displayed on the speedometer indicated an issue. I had to work on getting the vehicle up to speed and power again, slowing the traffic in back of me down. The vehile was purchased a year ago, almost to the day and has approximately 52,000 miles on it. I called the ford dealer who made arrangements to bring the vehicle in for a check up. Based on what I'm reading, these are known issues with a throttle? Not certain if there's a recall or not but will certainly find out. Basically, our vehicle is unsafe to drive.

Filed Jan 15, 2015 · Transmission · 74,500 miles · GA

I was driving my 2010 mercury mariner premium fwd to my mothers for christmas '14 when the engine light wrench came on and I felt a loss in power. Luckily I was near a rest stop and I shut off engine and let it sit after running a vehicle health report. Report said: urgent power train malfunction / reduced power. After restarting the vehicle, it seemed fine. This was when I still had about three hours left of driving in my eight hour drive. When I was about an hour away again the light came on and the same power reduction occurred. I took it to be looked at to the local ford dealer near my mothers and was told the valve body needed to be replaced. This was at 74,000 miles. So I did. I had this happen once before (I had 58,000 miles on it) when driving to a shopping center after driving 45 minutes on the highway from home. Only happened when driving long distance. When I got off the exit, it jerked and quickly stopped and I had to pull over. If a car was behind me it could have caused an accident.. I drove it to the dealership and was told that I had a couple recalls (computer updates) and a service extension for the throttle body. Should fix the issue so it won't happen again said the mechanic. Transmission fluid was flushed cause it was burnt also. Had no issues afterwards until my christmas trip. I feel I could have been in an accident and seriously hurt if it had jerked while changing gears on a busy road. I would like to know why there is a throttle body recall but not a valve body recall? If these issues can cause a quick jerk or lost power causing a quick slow-down, seems like there should be a recall for both. It appears I am not the only one with these types of issues after googling the issue. Seems like its time to get these transmissions fixed correctly before someone is killed or seriously injured! Please recall now b4 it's too late!

Filed Dec 3, 2014 · Acceleration · 63,000 miles · OH

Driving from columbus to cincinnati around 1:00 am with my daughter, son and 15 month old granddaughter. The car lost all power leaving us stranded on the side of the road. As I pulled over the car began to shake, almost like there was water in the gas line. I turned the car off, waited a few minutes and then restarted. The car reset itself and luckily we made it the rest of the way home. Not too long after that, I was driving home from work and it did the same thing. Except this time, it would only go about 2 miles before it would quit again. This is a very dangerous issue. No only could I have been in an accident, but being stranded on the side of the expressway in the middle of the night with an infant was terrifying! I had the throttle valve sensor replaced and there has not been any additional instances of power failure.

Filed Oct 2, 2014 · Acceleration, Electrical · 30,000 miles · AR

Coming to a stop at a red stop light and then trying to accelerate from red to green light at an intersection my vehicle went into limp mode, it lost power. It would not accelerate pass 10mph. An engine light came on as a orange wrench light. I drove as I could and made to auto zone. They plug in the hand held car computer and it gave the code p2119. Which stands for throttle body.

Filed Jul 17, 2014 · Engine, Fuel system · 59,800 miles · TX

During normal driving on the highway the engine lost power, the wrench light on the dash lit. The vehicle sputtered and suddenly decreased in speed, making for hazardous driving conditions. I moved to the side of the 4 lane highway and into the breakdown lane. I placed the vehicle in park, the engine idled roughly. I turned off and restarted the car and the symptoms were gone. A week later the same trouble returned. Please press fmc to resolve at no-cost to consumer the obvious and dangerous manufacture defect with a recall on the affected parts/system.