Ownership Cost for 2008 Mercury Mariner Hybrid Base
Estimated: $37721 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $2256 | $1083 | $947 | $857 | $767 | $5910 |
| Insurance | $1659 | $1717 | $1778 | $1840 | $1904 | $8898 |
| Fuel | $1219 | $1255 | $1299 | $1351 | $1412 | $6536 |
| Maintenance | $2763 | $1845 | $1054 | $963 | $2291 | $8916 |
| Repairs | $977 | $1138 | $1298 | $1417 | $1627 | $6457 |
| Taxes & Fees | $678 | $678 | $678 | $678 | $678 | $1004 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $9551 | $7116 | $6474 | $6491 | $8089 | $37721 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 2008 | ENGINE | AT ~ 10:10PM TRAVELING AT 68-70 MPH IN FAST, MODERATE FREEWAY TRAFFIC IN THE #3 N/B LANE OF I-5 IN SILVERLAKE AREA, ~ ѕ-MI SOUTH OF THE INTERCHANGE WITH THE SR-2 FREEWAY (~ @ RIVERSIDE DR. OVER-CROSSING) . SUDDENLY / WITH NO WARMING, ENGINE LOST ALL POWER & SHUT DOWN AND I HEARD A `SCREECHING' WARNING TONE, SAW THE RED TRIANGLE OF DOOM WARNING SYMBOL APPEAR IN THE UPPER/RIGHT OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, THE TACHOMETER DROPPED TO `ZERO'? AND THE `TOO-LITTLE-TOO-LATE' WARNING TEXT STOP NOW? TEXT APPEARED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL (HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO THIS IN THE MIDDLE OF A FAST-MOVING FREEWAY?). ONLY THING THAT SAVES US WAS THAT WE HAD SIGNIFICANT SPEED TO COAST OUT OF TRAFFIC - OTHER DRIVERS THANKFULLY GAVE-WAY TO LET US DO SO. FIRST OF THREE SUCH COMPLETE LOSSES OF POWER IN TRAFFIC, ATTEMPTING TO REACH SAFETY. *TR |
| 2008 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | ON-FREEWAY GAS ENGINE/ELECTRIC MOTOR SHUT-DOWN. DRIVING IN MORNING RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES AFTER COLD START IN 60-DEGREE WEATHER, BOTH THE GASOLINE ENGINE AND THE ELECTRIC MOTOR PROPULSION SYSTEMS SHUT-DOWN TOGETHER WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION - "STOP SAFELY NOW" WAS THE `TOO-LITTLE-TOO-LATE' INFO ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. NEITHER POWER MODE WOULD RESTART WITH TRANS IN NEUTRAL (I REFUSED TO TRY CYCLING IGNITION KEY TO OFF, AND RISK STEERING LOCK). FORTUNATE TO COAST ONTO SHOULDER, WHERE I HAD TO MOVE GEAR SELECTOR TO PARK, TURN IGNITION KEY FULL-OFF AND THEN BACK TO START, AT WHICH TIME NORMAL OPERATION RESUMED. TOTAL LOSS OF BOTH POWER SOURCES WHILE IN-USE ON A FREEWAY ї AND UNABLE TO RE-ACTIVATE WITHOUT SHIFTING TRANSMISSION INTO PARK IS ABSOLUTELY INEXCUSABLE AND UNACCEPTABLE! *TR |
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