Tl*the contact owns a 2000 mercury mountaineer. When the contact purchased the vehicle, the rear wiper was not working at all. The failure was noticed while driving 35 MPH. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the arm, motor, and wiring were replaced. Afterwards, the front wipers would not receive wiper fluid. The dealer corrected the failure and the wipers worked for approximately 3-4 weeks. Currently, the front wipers are the only ones that function. The contact spoke with the manufacturer and they stated that the failure was not a safety issue and were no longer involved with the federal safety agency campaign id number 00v072000 (electrical system:fuses and circuit breakers). The current and failure mileages were 126,000.
2000 Mercury Mountaineer electrical complaints
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Smoke coming from turn signal when being used. Happens only when you are turning left. Back windshield wiper works for a few weeks then needs motor to be replaced. Stereo lights quite working will come on only if you are driving in the rain.
2000 mercury mountaineer 2wd. Caught fire in a parking lot within a few minutes of turning off the ignition. Sparks fell from under the engine compartment and then caught fire. Fire dept. Responded to fire.
Lcd display on stereo/clock only works occasionally most of the time there is not a time display available. And we have various gauges that will not work and then will work for a brief time and then again stop working.
October 18, 2005 u. S. Department of transportation the federal safety agency office of defects investigation nvs-210, 400 7th street sw washington, dc 20590 dear department of transportation: I am writing because of a safety concern with mercury 2000 mountaineer. My mountaineer, VIN #[xxx], has a problem with the airbag safety system. I believe this problem is caused by a design deficiency. The airbag warning light on my instrument panel flashes several times and then comes on steady. I took it in for repair and the service representative at the ford dealer told me the wiring harness was bad. They said that tests showed that the harness was corroded. Since the harness runs under the carpet on the floor, water and salt had probably entered the harness and corroded it. They said that my airbag system was unreliable. I believe it is unreasonable and dangerous to install a critical safety system component in a known location of corrosives and moisture, unless that component is designed to protect against those hazards. It appears that the airbag wiring harness is not so designed. As these vehicles age, this could become more and more of a problem. The repair is expensive, I was quoted $970. The trade in value of my vehicle is about $8600. As these vehicles age they will have less and less value and the cost of repair will become a larger and larger percentage of vehicle value. I believe you should query ford motor company and find out how prevalent this problem is and see if the frequency of the problem is increasing. It should continue to be monitored as these vehicles age. Perhaps mercury should act to replace these harnesses before they become inoperative. [xxx] *nm updated 07/18/2012 *js information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6)
Consumer lost use of all accessories ie. Lights, mirrors, power door locks, wipers power windows etc. The consumer had gem module and wiper motor replaced. *ts
This has to be worst car I have ever owned. The radio display goes on when it wants, it makes terrible noises, rides terrible and it depreciates terrible. I will never buy another ford product again. This is a terrible car. Anyone that wants to buy one should not, it looks like a classy SUV but it is a big piece of junk.
No power switch, wipers, windows, automatic door locks, etc... *ph recall#00v072000. The consumer covered the cost of the wiper motor module.
Engaging the left turn signal causes smoke to be emitted from the emergency flasher switch housing on top of the steering column.
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