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2004 Mercury MOUNTAINEER Structure Body Tailgate Hinge And Attachments Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1006441
Internal NHTSA #	10537460
Manufacurer	Ford Motor Company
Brand	MERCURY
Model	MOUNTAINEER
Model Year	2004
File date	08/08/13
Component	STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Rear glass tail gate hatch hinge - the hinge pin was coming out through the pot metal casting. Every time i opened it wore a bit more. Hinge was twisted - glass hung down out of position. I was afraid it would fail on the road and injure a car behind me. I bought a new dealer hinge and installed it myself. Parts and service people at dealer neglected to tell me to disconnect the gas cylinders. With tailgate closed gas cylinders are not visible. I removed the bad hinge in preparation to install new. It was a wrestling match as the cylinder was trying to force the glass out and down which twisted the other hinge. Now that other hinges pin is breaking through the pot metal. It took two of us to wrestle the cylinder and get the new hinge in place. To be safe i'm just not going to use the hatch.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	141500
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	MINNEAPOLIS, MN
VIN pattern	4M2ZU86K54UXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	6
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Vehicle speed	0
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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2004 Mercury MOUNTAINEER Structure Body Tailgate Hinge And Attachments Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2004 Mercury MOUNTAINEER Structure Body Tailgate Hinge And Attachments Problems, Complaints and Defects

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