NHTSA Complaint #10910244 — 2011 MERCURY MARINER

WRENCH LIGHT ON MERCURY MARINER 2011 WITH SLOW (20-40MPH MAX) AND ROUGH RIDE HOME. YESTERDAY WHILE LEAVING WORK, I TURNED RIGHT OUT OF THE PARKING LOT ONTO THE MAIN ROAD. IMMEDIATELY MY MARINER HESITATED, JERKED FORWARD, AND A WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. MY SUV SLOWLY ACCELERATED TO 20MPH AND STRUGGLED TO GET TO 40MPH. IT ROAD ROUGH AND I WASN'T SURE IF IT WOULD STALL OR NOT; HOWEVER, I WAS ABLE TO SLOWLY MAKE IT HOME. I LOOKED UP THE WRENCH LIGHT AND LEARNED I WAS LIKELY HAVING A THROTTLE BODY OR POWERTRAIN PROBLEM. I FOUND ONLINE THAT THE DEALER WOULD FIX IT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WAS ONLY THROUGH JANUARY 2015 AND HAD EXPIRED (BEFORE THE DEALER EVEN SOLD ME THE SUV.) I STARTED THE SUV THIS MORNING TO TAKE TO THE DEALER TO GET FIXED, BUT THE WRENCH LIGHT HAS GONE OFF AND THERE IS NOT PROOF TO SHOW THE DEALER OF THE PROBLEM. I AM LOOKING INTO REPLACING THE THROTTLE BODY AT MY OWN COST AS A PREVENTIVE NATURE. I WISH I WOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THIS BEFORE THE DEALER SOLD ME THE CAR.