10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
23,248 miles

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problem #3

Nov 102007

Mountaineer 4WD 8-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 31,503 miles
Accelerator: Speed control car lurched out of control in reverse and forward intermittently.

- Germansville, PA, USA

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problem #2

Jul 162007

Mountaineer 8-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 15,240 miles
This is the second complaint. The 2005 Mercury Mountaineer spontaneously accelerated on the freeway. I was driving at 70 mph and it accelerated to over 80 mph. The gas pedal was pulling itself down.

- San Diego, CA, USA

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problem #1

Jun 282007

Mountaineer 4WD 8-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 23,000 miles
The contact owns a 2005 Mercury Mountaineer. While pulling into a parking spot at 5 mph, the vehicle automatically accelerated to an unknown speed. The contact was depressing the brake pedal at the time of failure. The VIN and engine size were unknown. The current and failure mileages were 23,000.

- San Diego, CA, USA

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