Consumer Complaint Detail

MERCURY / MOUNTAINEER / 2002

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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005006416 Incident Date: Jan, 20 2005
Consumer's City: JOPLIN Consumer's State: MO
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: MOUNTAINEER Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 4M2ZU86WX2Z Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 07 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I own a 2007 mercury mountaineer with 46,000 miles. without warning the transmission started not shifting from gear to gear. the computer indicated "check transmission" and the overdrive off light began to flicker. i promptly stopped the vehicle and called for a roll back to have it taken to a transmissin shop.($80 tow fee) the shop diagnosed the problem as 3rd gear wrong ratio. the shop owner said that he thought it was a broken sprag. he replaced the transmission with a ford factory remanufactured unit at the cost of $2813.00. i have since heard that there is a problem with the transmissions in the 2002 ford model suv's as well as in the mercury's. is there anything being done to hold the manufacture liable for the expenses incurred? *ak