10.0
really awful- Typical Repair Cost:
- No data
- Average Mileage:
- 133,000 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 2 complaints
Most common solutions:
- not sure (1 reports)
- replace column shifter (1 reports)
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Gear shift lever falls off when putting vehicle in gear from park to reverse at Advance Auto. Went to Advance, Midlothian Youngstown, Ohio auto to exchange a battery terminal just purchased for a better one after calling stores 800 #.
I exchange part and get in my 02 Mountaineer, start and as I place in reverse and lever just falls off. I called AAA
They towed vehicle, I went in last week to try and fix it and it was tampered with only a spring was present where the part was to be placed on some kind of nipple.
No help from Ford dealership in Columbiana. Only shown a Very Poor diagram, and was told part was discontinued. Questions were answered with no solution. Extremely Dissatisfied with some of the personnel as I was leaving premises. Not treated as customer, nor Ford product owner, but as a hapless individual who has one their defective products and should be considered expendable and shunned.
Update from Sep 8, 2014: 18003923673 ford Detroit calling Ford on this safety issue. the metal they are using is to soft as the last three Fords had similar problems. The casting of transmission parts , the metal is too soft and becomes dangerously defective.
- Ron S., Struthers, OH, US
Snapped loose while trying to shift from Park to Reverse. Still stuck there. Keys stayed in the car. No help what so ever from Ford-Lincoln. To make matter worse, it cannot be towed, since it is in a low ceiling Parking Ramp.
- Christopher M., Phoenix, AZ, US