There are 4 stored owner reports matching the steering leading-label group for the 2000 Mercury Mountaineer in our NHTSA-sourced dataset. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
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Loaded 4 of 4 matching reports.
Open the full vehicle complaint log (all categories)MY DRIVE TO WORK IS ~ 14 MILES, ON 1/8/2007 WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE (TRAVELING AT A VERY LOW RATE OF SPEED) MY VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING. I ACTUALLY THOUGHT THE VEHICLE STALLED, BUT AFTER COMING TO A STOP I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE WAS STILL RUNNING, THE POWER STEERING CAME BACK, I TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL ALL THE WAY LEFT AND THEN RIGHT A NUMBER OF TIMES. I SEE A SIMILAR COMPLAINT (ODI ID NUMBER: 10038075), THIS HASN'T HAPPENED SINCE. *JB
CONSUMER STATED SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE STEERING COLUMN WHILE DRIVING.MR THE RADIO WAS REPLACED.*JB
CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH AND WAS PROCEEDING INTO THE INTERSECTION WHILE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, ANOTHER VEHICLE VEERED INTO THE RIGHT SIDE OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. VEHICLE FLIPPED TWICE ONTO THE ROAD, AND LANDED UPSIDE DOWN. DAUGHTER HAD TO CRAWL OUT OF DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ON A DIRT ROAD AT 15 MPH, VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER STEERING. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THIS WAS CAUSED BY A BOLT IN THE STEERING SHAFT COMING LOOSE AND FALLING OFF. *AK
Complaints are unverified consumer reports submitted to NHTSA. A high complaint count may reflect vehicle popularity, not defect severity. Data sourced from NHTSA public records.
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