Driving to work at steady speed when all of a sudden the car lost acceleration. While I was able to steer to the side of the road, had I been in the middle of a turn or an entry on the highway, it could have resulted in an accident. Pulled over to side of the road. Turned off vehicle and restarted. Drove about 1/3 mile and it did it again. This time when I put the car in park and kept it running it felt like it was trying to jump out of gear and accelerate which was very scary. We determined by calling internet it was the throttle body. Called three ford dealerships where they were all sold out and back-ordered. We found one at the fourth and put it on ourself in 30 minutes. Cost $180 p/n ds7z9e926d.ford needs to do the right thing and recall the affected vehicles as they know it's a problem. They have multiple cars getting this problem fixed daily!!!!!!!
2010 Mercury Mariner fuel system complaints
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I have 2012 mercury mariner and ive had issues with my car going limp. When im driving uphill, my car loses power, the wrench light comes on and I have to pull over (coast over) to the side of the road and turn off my engine and restart my car. The dealer said it was throttle body. Even though my car is under the mileage warranty, it is just over the 3 year warranty. It will cost $436 to repair/replace. My car lost acceleration power without warning and put me in dangerous situations several times.
Vehicle stalled 3 times and had no throttle response. Turn key off and restart vehicle to regain throttle response. Wrench light and engine light came on. Mechanic retrieved memory codes p2111 and p2112. *tr performed electronic throttle body test with ids. Throttle body failed and has a fault. Mechanic replaced throttle body
Lost power while making a left turn vehicle stalled restarted but continued to stall towed to repair shop replaced the throttle body assembly.
Suddenly lost all power. Car did not stall but had no throttle. There was no shoulder on busy route 46 in new jersey. I was fortunate to be able to coast into a wendy's parking lot to avoid a collision from the rear. Emergency repair was performed by a local mechanic. Identified fault code as p2112. Car restarted and I was forced by personal circumstance to drive the car home despite the incident. Very scary since I traveled on nj turnpike by newark airport...elevated highway, 3 lanes, no shoulder, 65mph, 18 wheelers. If car had stalled there, I would have been killed!!!! I want my government to take action to force ford to do the right thing and force a safety recall for the throttle body assembly..
I have no throttle response, engine RPM drop back to an idle, engine runs rough and stalls. No power. Moving to the side of the road, turn engine off and restart and will runs fine, but today this problem recurred every 4 miles. I was only 22 miles from home but that is a lot of stopping along side of the road.
While driving on local interstae (271s) my car began to lose speed and dropped from 60 MPH to 10mph then to a crawl. Luckiy I made it to the shoulder ( I was in the right lane with limited traffic) the car began to sputter and jump. I turned off the ignition. This could have been a serious possible fatal accident if I had been in heavy traffic. No warning was provided. It happened, the wrench symbol popped up as it was happening and there was nothing I could do. I travel daily on the highway to/from work. The traffic is very heavy. Luckily, I was on the road on th weekend during a fairly low populated time frame. I called mercury and and received no assistance . I called my local dealership and received no satisfaction there also. This is a serious incident and has hapened to many ( I can provide website with testimonials.) since this not a powertrain issue and it was past the 3/35,000 coverage, im stuck with the expense $360.00. Wear and tear is one thing but to see a flaw like this occur for many and nothing is done is not acceptable.
Description was mad with complaint no. 10525937 I had entered the wrong type vehicle.
My daughter was traveling in louisiana on business, when for no reason the SUV stopped on the interstate she phoned me in tears on the issue, she was stranded on the interstate for a short while. She got it started again after a few minutes. She drove for another few miles and it did it again. She finally made it to a dealer. The dealer ran a test that cost her 125 dollars only to tell her she had a bad electronic throttle body assembly. They informed her that the part was not available and would be days maybe weeks before they could get one. She than returned to her place of stay , that took about an hour because she could take the interstate and had to stop every few miles to restart the engine. What a huge inconvenience and frightened she would be rear ended. I hope a resolution is in the works for this safety issue.
Stalling. After driving 60 miles, some at freeway speeds, we stopped at a crossroad to cross. Upon crossing it ran rough and stalled just as we crossed the street. Waited two minutes, restarted and drove rest of way home with no problem. Posted speed on road we crossed is 55 MPH. Had it stalled in front of traffic there could have been an accident. We had our two grandchildren in the back seat. This is the 2nd time in 5 weeks. Had the fuel pump and spark plugs changed the first time. Ran fine until yesterday. No check engine light is coming on. Today I ordered an throttle body.
As I was driving about 40 MPH my mariner jerked then lost acceleration. I was able to pull off the roadway safely into a parking lot. After shutting the vehicle off and restarting it I was able to drive a few feet before it happened again. Again shut engine off and restarted. A few days later it happened again and I took it to the dealer who said it was the throttle body and it is on national back order but it is safe to continue driving to vehicle!! As I was driving home a few nights ago this happened again 4 times within 1 mile. Needless to say I will not be driving my vehicle until this is repaired. (and who know how long that will be!). Please recall this part before someone gets seriously hurt or killed!
I was driving along normally when the car lurched and the engine went to idle. I pulled onto a lot and stopped the engine while I looked up what the wrench light meant. When I restarted the car it sounded normal, but when I got back on the road and attempted to accelerate it did the same thing. I pulled off the road again and stopped the engine again for a short time. Upon restarting I pulled back onto the road and could accelerate to about 20 MPH without any problems. I then limped the car to the dealer, about 2 - 3 miles away, and left it. The next day the dealer called and advised me that the throttle body would have to be replaced (150 miles out of warranty) and the last one the did took 2 months to obtain. I have read on the internet that there have been 27,000 complaints like this one. Isn't it about time for a recall!
On multiple occasions I would be driving the car and it would lose all power and the wrench symbol would appear in the instrument panel. I would have to pull over, stop the car and turn it off. It would then start and I could go for an undetermined period of time and it would happen again. This resulted in more than one near miss by other cars traveling on an interstate. I had it repaired by the mercury dealership who had to order the part since they said this was happening so much it was hard to get the throttle body part needed to repair the vehicle.
Car lost power during turn..apparent stall ..accident narrowly averted by surrounding traffic reacting to situation. Diagnosed as faulty throttle body. Also lost power on highway previous week. Vehicle goes into limp mode.part replaced by dealer ..shortage of parts necessitated wait for new part...dealer is apparently aware of this problem but pleads ignorance..that there is a problem...recall should be initiated before some one is seriously hurt.
I was driving on the highway and all of a sudden lost throttle. The vehicle went into limp mode. I had to pull over and power cycle the vehicle. This happened 8 times in 40 miles. Each time the wrench indicator would display on the dash. I checked the error codes and there were several occurrences of p2111 and p2112. This happened to a relative driving my vehicle a couple days ago, and my wife a month ago. The issue seems to be happening more frequently.
While operating vehicle at about 25 MPH, the vehicle slowed to a limp. It didn't stall. After turning vehicle off and restarting it seemed fine for a few minutes then slowed again. Had vehicle towed to my mechanic. Code p2112 was indicated and a new throttle body was installed and re-programmed.
Driving on local street vehicle lost power wrench warning light came on dash. Pulled over to side of road shut off engine. Restarted engine warning light went off. This happened multiple times with the engine check light also coming on. Took to dealer was diagnosed with code p2111 .
The car just died on the motorway and left me in a dangerous situation. The problem is an ineffective throttle body ( code p2111 ).
Vehicle lost power. Turning it off and back on would restore power, but the problem would then happen again. Replaced mass airflow indicator, but problem came back in a few days. Now they say I need a new throttle body but the part is on back order and I have been waiting over a week. I can not use the vehicle until it is repaired.
The car is 3 years old and has only 25,000 miles. I took the car to the local ford dealer about 2 months ago because the "fans" were very loud and the car was jerking when I accelerate. They couldn't find anything. Two days ago (exactly 27 days after my warranty expired) the car stalled out twice. I would press the gas and nothing happened. Took it back to the ford dealer and they said I have a bad throttle body.... The car is still new!!! There has to be a problem with this part!!
My wife was driving down the street in our mercury mariner when it suddenly went from 30 to 0 MPH for no reason. Her foot was on the accelerator when it suddenly slowed to a stop, right in the middle of the road. When she tried to drive it again the powertrain alarm was on so we had it towed to the dealer. Ford mechanics found it to be an internal short in the throttle body and replaced it. Unbelievably, we had to pay $342.47, after ford refused to do the replacement of an integral part of the engine even though the powertrain warranty was still in effect and it was a powertrain alarm. Not only do I believe this repair should have been paid by ford under the warranty, but I believe we were forced to correct a dangerous defect that should have had a recall, as many others have had this same problems with their ford products and it is extremely dangerous for a car to come to a sudden halt for no reason.
Sudden loss of power, engine idles but no propulsion, speedometer instantly drops to zero.
Engine stalled while driving at highway speed, started surging, running very rough and would not go any faster than about 15 MPH. The vehicle was stopped and shut off. After a few minutes the vehicle was started and seemed to run normally. The vehicle ran normally until 10/05/2012 when it stalled and ran very rough again. At this time the vehicle was being driven to the local dealer for a check. While waiting for a call back from the dealer the vehicle was restarted and seem to run normally again. After talking to the service mgr., it was learned that the problem most likely was the throttle body and it would not be under warranty. At this time it was decided to take the vehicle to a local shop that we were very pleased with for past service for other vehicles within our family. The local shop ordered and installed a new throttle body and the vehicle has performed normally.
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