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2004 Mercury Mountaineer speed control problems

The 2004 Mercury Mountaineer has 21 speed control complaints filed with NHTSA — 8% of the year's total, and up sharply from the prior model year.

21

Speed Control complaints

8%

Share of year

3

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Speed Control complaints by year

Mountaineer speed control complaints by model year59 complaints1996: 1 complaints1997: 59 complaints1998: 40 complaints1999: 12 complaints2000: 28 complaints2001: 2 complaints2002: 18 complaints2003: 10 complaints2004: 21 complaints2005: 13 complaints2006: 3 complaints2007: 7 complaints2008: 2 complaints2009: 1 complaints2010: 4 complaints
Mountaineer speed control complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: WHILE PREPARING TO BACK UP, BEFORE SHIFTING, VEHICLE JUMPED, AND THEN SUDDENLY ACCELERATED FORWARD, BRAKES WERE APPLIED BUT VEHICLE WOULDN'T STOP AND ENGINE WAS ROARING AS IF THE ACCELERATOR WAS STUCK. VEHICLE WENT AIRBORNE OVER AN EMBANKMENT, THROUGH A LAWN, HIT A…

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Speed Control · May 29, 2006 · crash

Common questions

How many speed control complaints does the 2004 Mercury Mountaineer have?

NHTSA has 21 complaints about the 2004 Mercury Mountaineer speed control — 8% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.