Mercury Mountaineer

Driver sought in fatal hit-run Saturday in Glen Burnie

Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

Anne Arundel County police are searching for the driver of a vehicle that struck and killed a Glen Burnie pedestrian early Saturday and left the scene. Matthew Ryan Burgess, 30, of the 1000 block of Stane Road was found about 2 a.m. in the 100 block of W. Ordnance Road, near Roberts Court, police said. According to authorities, Burgess was in the roadway when a vehicle described as either a 1995-2001...

Cruise Control Fire Recall Expanded To Ford's Largest Ever [Total Recall]

Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009

The Ford cruise control recall now includes 14 million vehicles, making it the company's largest recall ever. The cruise switch in affected vehicles can fail, potentially causing a fire and other problems. List of possibly affected vehicles below. The ongoing recall now includes the 1995-2002 Ford Explorer and Mercury Mountaineer, 1995-2003 Ford Windstar, 1995-1997 and 2001-2003 Ford Ranger, 2000-2003...

• Ford recalls 4.5 million vehicles over fire hazard - Consumer Reports Cars Blog

List of Cars Affected by the Ford Cruise Control Recall

Business Pundit (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009

Image source Starting October 26, Ford will recall 4.5 million cars to fix a leaky cruise control switch that may lead to car fires. Below is a complete list of new recalled cars, as read in the Detroit News: Ford Windstar: 1995-2003 Ford Excursion diesel: 2000-2003 Ford F-Super Duty diesel: 1993-7 and 1999-2003 Ford Explorer: 1995-2002 Mercury Mountaineer: 1995-2002 Ford [...]

Early Morning Chase Leads To Beltway Closure

Get There (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009

A police chase beginning in Maryland early this morning ended in Virginia with Beltway closures and a traffic nightmare for morning commuters. The chase began in Montgomery County and moved onto I-495, taking the American Legion Bridge into Virginia. At some point the Maryland police terminated their pursuit, while Virginia State Police continued the pursuit of the car heading south on I-495. The Virginia...

REPORT: Ford widens cruise control recall by 4.5M vehicles - now biggest in company history

Autoblog (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009

Filed under: Minivan/Van , SUV , Truck , Recalls , Safety , Ford For the past ten years, Ford has been doing a dance with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and consumers over the issue of leaking cruise control switches in certain company vehicles. As of 2008, it had recalled some 9.6 million vehicles to repair a faulty Texas Instruments cruise-control deactivation switch, and now...

Ford Recall (Car List, 2009)

inday stories (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009

Ford Recall (2009).. Ford recalled the largest single recall in its history as 4.5 million vehicles were recalled for a fire hazard from a faulty switch. This is the 8th recall involving a total of 16 million Ford Moto (F, Fortune 500), vehicles concerning the cruise control deactivation switch manufactured by Texas Instruments . According to reports, the faulty switch can cause leakage of hydraulic...

2010 Mercury Mountaineer AWD Premier 4.0L Specifications

garagecar (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009

Engine Standard Engine 4.0L V6 Standard Transmission 5 Speed Automatic Cylinders 6 Horsepower @RPM 210@5100 Fuel Economy Cty/Hwy 13 / 19 Combined Fuel Economy 15 EPA Class Four Wheel Drive SUV Number of Valves 12 Torque @RPM N/A Fuel Type System Gas Engine / Sequential Electronic Fuel Injected, Sequential Port Fuel Injected Sequential, Multi-Port Fuel Injected Turbo (Yes/No) No Overdrive Transmission...

Is This Misleading or What?

Hybrid Car Review (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009

It's stories and quotes like this that prove the point that some have been making about switching from mpg to gallons per mile (gpm). Consumer Reports The Honda Insight hybrid showed the largest drop in fuel economy—over 15 mpg going from 55 to 75 mph ... Vehicles with lower fuel efficiency had the smallest drop . The V8-powered Mercury Mountaineer has a fuel economy of 23.8 mpg at 55 mph and...

Consumer Reports tests fuel efficiency vs. speed; Honda Insight biggest loser

AutoblogGreen (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009

Filed under: Hybrid , MPG , Green Daily 2010 Honda Insight - Click above for high-res image gallery The faster you drive, the more fuel you use. Common sense, right? Absolutely, but it's still helpful to see real-life data, as you'll see by checking out the results of a recent test performed by Consumer Reports . Not all cars perform the same at various speed limits, and as you might expect, America's...

• Consumer Reports tests fuel efficiency vs. speed; Honda Insight biggest loser - Autoblog

Tested: Speed vs fuel economy

Consumer Reports Cars Blog (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009

We all seem to be in a rush these days. Life’s time demands seem to only increase, with the delicate balance of work, family, and recreation pressuring us to maximize every minute. As a result, there is real temptation to edge beyond the speed limit to shave seconds off each mile. But while driving fast may get you there sooner, there are some real downsides, such as diminished safety for yourself...

Fake cop stops real cop and winds up in jail

Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 09/05/2009

David Dabbs apparently thought it was going to be his lucky night. Dabbs flashed the headlights of his Mercury Mountaineer at a female driver who was pulling in front of Richards Middle School on Garfield in Fraser on Thursday night.

Wasted Driver Blames Her Crash On 1 Drink (Or Tropical Weed')

Gothamist (Free subscription) | 08/04/2009

Earlier this morning a 50-year-old Staten Island woman sideswiped four parked cars on her way home from the Dugout Pub on Staten Island. According to the Staten Island Advance , the driver, Dorothy Scrimenti, made it about a half-mile from the bar in her Mercury Mountaineer before crashing to a halt around 2 a.m. Police say she had almost four times the legal amount of booze in her system when she...

Ford dropping the Explorer Sport Trac and Mercury Mountaineer

trymi | 07/31/2009

As sales of the Ford Explorer decline, so does its lineup. In 2010, Ford will drop the Explorer Sport Trac and the Mercury Mountaineer SUV. This move will occur when Ford switches the Explorer from a body-on-frame to a unibody platform. Based on the D3 platform used on the new 2010 Ford Taurus, the unibody 2011 Ford Explorer will go into production in 2010 at the Torrence Avenue plant.

Ford Explorer Sport Trac, Mercury Mountaineer Not Dead Yet

KickingTires (Free subscription) | 07/29/2009

Earlier this week, online stories started popping up declaring that Ford was dropping its Explorer Sport Trac pickup and Mercury Mountaineer SUV. Theoretically, when the next-generation Explorer moves to a crossover platform instead of an SUV platform, these two spinoffs...

Perrycraft Roof Rack for 1997 - 2004 Mercury Mountaineer

Puadkee (Free subscription) | 07/28/2009

Manufacturer: Perrycraft Product Description:DYNASPORT SERIES ROOF RACK, CONTOURED LOOK, EASY INSTALLATION, WITH ADJUSTABLE CROSSBARS, 75 LB LOAD CAPACITY, BLACK POWDER COATED, 42X55', THIS LISTING IS A REFERENCE ONLY, YOU SHOULD MEASURE YOUR VEHICLE FIRST TO INSURE PROPER FIT BEFORE DRILLING HOLES. DOES NOT FIT WITH SUNROOFS! Brand: Perrycraft Product Information and Prices stored: July 28, 2009,...

Ford dropping the Explorer Sport Trac and Mercury Mountaineer

trymi | 07/31/2009

As sales of the Ford Explorer decline, so does its lineup. In 2010, Ford will drop the Explorer Sport Trac and the Mercury Mountaineer SUV. This move will occur when Ford switches the Explorer from a body-on-frame to a unibody platform. Based on the D3 platform used on the new 2010 Ford Taurus, the unibody 2011 Ford Explorer will go into production in 2010 at the Torrence Avenue plant.