Ownership Cost for 2008 Mercury Mariner Premier
Estimated: $41975 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $2267 | $1088 | $952 | $862 | $771 | $5940 |
| Insurance | $1661 | $1719 | $1779 | $1842 | $1906 | $8907 |
| Fuel | $2000 | $2060 | $2132 | $2217 | $2317 | $10726 |
| Maintenance | $2763 | $1850 | $1057 | $971 | $2291 | $8932 |
| Repairs | $977 | $1138 | $1298 | $1417 | $1627 | $6457 |
| Taxes & Fees | $683 | $683 | $683 | $683 | $683 | $1012 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $10351 | $7933 | $7317 | $7372 | $9001 | $41975 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 2010 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | A YEAR AGO IN JULY OF 2012 NOT SURE THE APPROXIMATE DATE, I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AND ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERYTHING JUST CUT OFF. I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR AND NOTHING. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP SAME DAY AND THEY HAD IT ALL DAY LONG AND COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSED THE SHORT AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. NOW PRESENT DAY WHICH IS A BOUT A YEAR LATER I TAKE MY CAR IN FOR A SIMPLE SAFETY INSPECTION, WAIT 10 MINUTES FOR THE PORTER TO BRING ME MY CAR TO FIND OUT ITS IDLING AND THE ACCELERATOR IS TO THE FLOOR AND ITS NOT MOVING. THE GENTLEMEN COMES IN AND TELLS ME ITS MY THROTTLE BODY GOING OUT ON THE CAR, HE TOLD ME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE AND THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER. HE SAID A GUY HAS HAD HIS CAR SITTING THERE FOR 10 DAYS AND THE PART HAS YET TO COME IN. THEY TELL ME THIS NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, BUT IRONICALLY ENOUGH MY WARRANTY EXPIRED 4 DAYS AGO MAY 25,2013, WHICH I WASN'T AWARE OF. I WAS AT THE DEALER 2 MONTHS PRIOR GETTING A OIL CHANGE THIS DIDN'T DAWN ON YOU TO TELL ME IT WAS GOING TO EXPIRE. SO I CAME TO YOU WITH THIS PROBLEM A YEAR AGO YOU HAD NO CLUE AND SAID HAVE A GREAT DAY, I'VE BEEN IN EVERY 3 MONTHS OR SO FOR OIL CHANGES SINCE THAT INCIDENT, AND YOU COULDN'T HAVE NOTICED THIS PROBLEM BEFORE MY WARRANTY EXPIRED AWFULLY CONVENIENT. I'M AMAZED WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS AND PROBLEMS I'VE SEEN ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE AND NO RECALL HAS BEEN MADE. THIS IS DANGEROUS. WHAT IT TELLS ME IS THAT FORD DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THEIR CONSUMERS ENOUGH TO TAKE THIS MATTER SERIOUSLY AND CORRECT THIS ERROR. *TR |
| 2008 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. ASCENDING A WINDING GRADE ON OREGON 140 AT 50 MPH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SUDDENLY SHOT UNAIDED TO THE FLOOR PUTTING THE CAR IN PASSING GEAR. WHEN I HIT THE BRAKE PEDAL IT INSTANTLY DISENGAGED THE ACCELERATOR. THE CAR WAS NOT IN CRUISE CONTROL MODE ALTHOUGH IT HAD BEEN EARLIER. I HAD DISENGAGED THE OVERDRIVE FUNCTION THROUGH THE BUTTON ON THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER AND WAS IN STRAIGHT DRIVE GEAR. WE BOUGHT THE CAR IN JANUARY 2009. THIS WAS THE 3RD TIME WE HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS SAME PROBLEM. THIS TIME WAS THE MOST PRONOUNCED AND SERIOUS SINCE THE ACCELERATOR WAS FLOORED. WE WERE PASSING OVER THE CASCADES BETWEEN MEDFORD AND KLAMATH FALLS. TWO OR THREE MILES FURTHER UP THE HIGHWAY WE ENTERED THE SNOW ZONE AND THERE WAS ICE ON THE HIGHWAY. HAD WE BEEN THERE AT THE TIME OF THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION THE CAR COULD HAVE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL. *TR |
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