Extremely hard shifting into reverse. Slipping in 3rd gear when transmission is running for 15 minutes. Over drive light flashes and transmission fails to work while on highway. I have to shift into neutral turn the car off then back on (while at 65mph) then it works fine the rest of the day.
2005 Mercury Mountaineer transmission complaints
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Transmission slipping on a hill causing the vehicle to drift backwards almost causing an accident with the car behind me.
Mercury mountaineer 05 with less then 60,000 miles, I was told that there was wearing in the valve case from automatic transmission which causes transmission to skip and shift hard and pop forward, I need to have it repaired , transmission place states this is a known problem which has a technical advisory about it....what's my recourse.
I was in the park position. I turned my engine on and placed my foot on the brake and take my car out of park, when then gear shaft/stick broke in half. I contacted the dealer and I had them come get the car, they contacted me, and stated "that they have never seen something like this before", that came from the service manager bill amadei, and another person bill in the service department. I have taken a picture of what it looks like. If I was not already in the park position and I went to place my car from the drive to park and this happened, my car could have went right into my house. When I stated this to the dealer, his comment was "yes, I guess that could have happened."
There is a transmission issue with the mountaineer or something that has to do with the car changing gears. My car is only a week old (2005) and it jerks when placed in reverse. Only has 61,000 miles. Other mountaineer owners have complained of having the same problem with their transmission system.
Minimal events lead up to transmission failure. Odd shifting when accelerating occurred the day of the failure and possibly several times overt the tow years, but very infrequently. Failure occurred at 74,000 miles of primarily highway driving with perhaps two reverses a day resulting at most 2,000 reverses for the life of the car. The same day as shifting problems occurred several times on the way home reverse gear would not engage and after several attempts would stay in gear for only a few seconds before going back into neutral. Never would go into reverse again. Failure required replacement of the solenoid shifters and valve bodies. This is the same failure that was a cause for a recall of several previous year's, including 2004.
Rear differential needs replaced. Mechanic said can be dangerous. I see that these ford/mercury's have this problem all the time. Cost too much to fix, yet I have wife and kids in that car.
2005 mercury mountaineer v6 with awd was placed in "park" , engine turned off and key removed from ignition. The car slipped into reverse and rolled down driveway striking mailboxes across street.
Had warped rotors within first 2,000 miles. Ford would only ground rotors but dealer replaced them at no charge. I have also experienced a loud, thumping noise when I am making a sharp turn to left or right at a very low speed. Also, often when putting car in reverse many times there is a large thump and vehicle appears to shift hard. Finally, when stopped on a steep hill, after removing foot from brake, vehicle rolls backwards many times.
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