# 2011 Mercury Mariner - Trouble starting

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-mercury-mariner-trouble-starting/176565>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** mercury\
**Created:** [May 5, 2021, 12:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-mercury-mariner-trouble-starting/176565 "2021-05-05T00:06:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Vinnie21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/50afbb/32.png) [@Vinnie21](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Vinnie21)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 12:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-mercury-mariner-trouble-starting/176565/1 "2021-05-05T00:06:23Z")

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Have to turn the key or jiggle the shit lever to start the car

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**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 12:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-mercury-mariner-trouble-starting/176565/2 "2021-05-05T00:31:55Z")

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A couple of possibilities come to mind. First, do you have a lot of keys on the same ring as the ignition key? The extra weight can mess up the ignition switch. Second, you may have a faulty or misadjusted neutral safety switch, which normally prevents the vehicle from starting in gear.

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**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 7:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-mercury-mariner-trouble-starting/176565/3 "2021-05-05T07:25:27Z")

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Just a guess,  
With the console mounted shift lever, something fell into it and is preventing it from going all the way into park.

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**Author:** ![GorehamJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/gorehamj/32/24103_2.png) [@GorehamJ](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GorehamJ)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2011-mercury-mariner-trouble-starting/176565/4 "2021-05-05T17:11:03Z")

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You have a pretty strong opinion of that lever, eh Vinnie 🙂