NHTSA Complaint #10497586 — 2009 MERCURY MARINER

WITHIN THE FIRST MONTHS OF OWNING THE VEHICLE, IT STALED RANDOMLY. I COULD BE DRIVING OR IDLING AND THE CAR STALLS. IFI PUT IN NEUTRAL OR PARK, IT WAS EASILY RE-STARTED. I HAVE HAD THE DEALER LOOK AT IT SEVERAL TIMES THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. NOTHING SHOWED ON THE COMPUTER.ON MANY OCCASIONS STARTING IN 2010, THE VEHICLE HESITATES WHEN SHIFTING. WHEN I WOULD ACCELERATE AFTER COASTING; W AITING FOR A LIGHT TO TURN GREEN, TRYING TO LEAVE A STOP LIGHT OR SIGN, OR AFTER MAKING A TURN, THERE WAS A LULL WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS UNRESPONSIVE. IT THEN KIND OF LURCHES INTO GEAR. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT'S THE WAY THE 6 SPEED AUTOMATICS WORKED AND I SHOULD ALWAYS COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THIS PAST WEEKEND 2-3-13 WAS THE ICING ON THE CAKE. I TOOK THE CAR DOWN TO THE SHORE TO HAVE A LEISURELY WEEKEND B4 SURGERY. I STARTED THE CAR AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I FOLLOWED WHAT IT SAID IN THE MANUAL AND THE LIGHT DID NOT BLINK 8 TIMES. I PERFORMED THE MIXED CITY AND HIGHWAY DRIVING FOLLOWED BY 8 HOURS OR BEING PARKED, THE LIGHT CAME ON THE NEXT MORNING THE FIRST THING THAT HAPPENED WAS THAT THE RPMS WENT VERY HIGH AND IT LURCHED INTO GEAR. THE CAR STALLED TWICE WHILE I WAS DOING ABOUT 35 MPH. I THREW IT IN NEUTRAL AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP. DRIVING HOME , THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS NOT ON BUT NO DASH LIGHTS, RADIO ETC AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES AND NOTICED THEY CAME ON. THIS HAPPENED TWICE. I HAD THE HEAT ON FLOOR AND FRONT VENTS AT 74 & AT 1 POINT IT FELT LIKE A/C WAS ON. I FILED COMPLAINTS WITH (NHTSA) WITH NO RESPONSE. I SEE MANY OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS I HAVE ON NHTSA THAT ARE UNRESOLVED. I HAVE STAGE 3 CANCER I HAVE BEEN BATTLING FOR 9 YRS THIS SITUATION IS MAKING ME FEEL LIKE THE CAR IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN THE CANCER I AM FIGHTING. I'M PUTTING MYSELF AT RISK BY DRIVING IT. *TR