# 1998 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER — SUSPENSION:FRONT
> NHTSA complaint `272009` · 2001-01-28 · Ford Motor Company
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** MERCURY
- **Model:** MOUNTAINEER
- **Year:** 1998
- **Manufacturer:** Ford Motor Company
- **Component:** SUSPENSION:FRONT
- **Speed:** 25 mph
## Narrative
FRONT END ALWAYS OUT OF ALIGNMENT WHEN CHECKED EVERY 3,000 MILES.  HAD TO REPALCE TIRES BECAUSE OF UNEVEN TREAD WEAR 2 TIMES.  FIRST TIME REPLACEMENT VEHICLE HAD ONLY  12,000  MILES.    SECOND TIME WE REPLACED TIRES WAS AT  29,680 MILES.  METAL-ON-METAL SOUND OFTEN COMES FROM FRONT END AS WELL.  VEHICLE LOST CONTROL WITHOUT ANY DRIVER PROVOCATION AND CASHED INTO ROAD SIDE RAIL.  REAR-END SPUNOUT AND VEHICLE DID A 360.  NO OTHER VEHICLES PRESENT AND BRAKES NOT APPLIED LEADING TO SPIN-OUT.  LIGHT SNOW WAS FALLING.  DEALER ADMITS TO FRONT END/SUSPENSION PROBLEMS, BUT CLAIMS MANUFACTURER "DOES NOT STAND BEHIND PROBLEMS"  MY FAMILY IS AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE.  *AK
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