| Issue ID | 908529 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10449239 |
| Manufacurer | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| Brand | MERCURY |
| Model | MARINER HYBRID |
| Model Year | 2007 |
| File date | 28/10/11 |
| Component | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | I own a 2007 mercury mariner hybrid and i was traveling from virginia where i previously lived to new york for a job interview. While traveling on the new jersey turnpike at a speed of around 73 miles per hour a light came on in my vehicle that stated "stop vehicle safely." i was traveling in the furthest left hand lane of 4 at the time and within about 2 or 3 seconds of this light coming on i lost gas engine power to my vehicle. I was honestly scared for my life because the only portion of my vehicle that was working is the electric engine that allows the vehicle to go around 25 miles per hour. I was able to safely pull my vehicle off of the road while nearly getting hit by 3 or 4 cars/tractor trailers. I contacted ford/mercury roadside assistance and they were going to come out, but them the vehicle ran fine. On my return trip the vehicle did this another 3 or 4 times. Immediately when i got back to virginia i took it to beach ford and they found that the coolant pump for the hybrid system had gone bad and needed to be replaced. I questioned why the gas engine would shut done and beach ford and ford corporate both told me the same thing, this was a safety precaution set into the vehicles computer. I explained that this is not safe at all and losing power at highway speeds and causing accidents is not a safety precaution at all it is dangerous. I did not receive any further explainations from ford except for the same thing over and over again. I have a 15 month old son and this is not safe, i am very concerned about this happening again with him in the vehicle. I am very surprised this safety precaution would pass government standards. I am looking for you to look into this and get back to me because ford should not be producing vehicles that can cause accidents because of a coolant pump going bad. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 68120 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | COLONIE, NY |
| VIN pattern | XXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
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| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
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| Vehicle speed | 75 |
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