NHTSA Complaint #10532112 — 2009 MERCURY MARINER

WAS DRIVING DOWN COUNTRY ROAD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN FELT THEN ENGINE WHAT I THOUGHT WAS KICK OUT OF GEAR. HAD NO ACCELERATION AT ALL. PULLED OFF ROAD AND THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING IN A ROUGH IDLE, BUT STILL COULD NOT GIVE IT GAS. ONCE PLACED IN PARK THE IDLE LEVELED OUT AND STILL NO ACCELERATION. THE WRENCH SYMBOL WAS ON. I STOPPED THE ENGINE AND WAITED 10 MINUTES THEN RESTARTED ENGINE AND EVERYTHING WAS OK. FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS. I TOOK INTO THE FORD DEALER ONLY TO BE TOLD THERE WAS NO CODE AND THEY COULD DO NOTHING WITHOUT IT. PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN STEADILY WORST. AND NOW IT IS AT POINT WHERE WIFE CAN NOT DRIVE HER CAR! I AM DRIVING IT AND FINALLY YESTERDAY THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I RAN IT TO AUTOZONE WHERE THEY CONFIRMED THE DREADED P2112 CODE. I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALER TODAY FIGURING ALRIGHT LESS THAN 5 YEARS OLD AND 42,000 MILES I WOULD FINALLY GET IT FIXED. NO GO! ALTHOUGH FOR $106 THEY DID CONFIRM WHAT AUTOZONE ALREADY TOLD ME THAT THE THROTTLE-BODY WAS SHOT AND WOULD COST ANOTHER $430 TO FIX.I PROMPTLY CALLED FORD CUSTOMER CARE LINE AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD CONTACT THE SERVICE MANAGER AT MY FORD DEALERSHIP TO WORK OUT A PAYMENT PLAN FOR ME TO GET IT FIXED STILL AT MY COST. THIS IS CRAZY THAT I PAYED OVER 26,000 FOR A VEHICLE THAT I STILL OWE 11,000 ON AND UNDER 5 YEARS OLD WITH 42,000 MILES AND THIS IS MY 3RD MAJOR PROBLEM WITH IT.. HAVE ALREADY HAD THE ENGINE PULLED APART ONCE TO BE FIXED AND ONE OF THE DRIVE SHAFTS HAD TO BE FULLY REPLACED. THIS IS UNFORTUNATE BUT WILL BE THE LAST FORD I EVER OWN!!! *TR