2008 MERCURY MARINER Complaints

MY POWER STEERING FAILED AND ALTHOUGH FORD RECALLED 900,000 08 MARNINERS MY WASNT ONE OF THEM AND ISNT COVERED.

FORD'S RECALL "CODE 14S19" ON 2005-2008 MARINER HYBRIDS AND ESCAPE HYBRIDS SHOULD COVER ALL OF THESE HYBRIDS BUT IT HAS EXCEPTIONS! FORD HAS ISSUED A RECALL ON *SOME* OF THE 2005-2008 FORD ESCAPE HYBRIDS AND *SOME* OF THE CORRESPONDING MERCURY MARINER HYBRIDS. HOWEVER THEY ARE REFUSING TO ISSUE A RECALL ON MY PARTICULAR 2008 MARINER HYBRID (WHICH IS EXHIBITING THE ELECTRONIC OVERHEATING PROBLEM DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL WHERE THE STOP SAFELY NOW COMES ON AND THERE IS AN IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER). THEY ARE REFUSING TO FIX MY MARINER JUST BECAUSE THE VIN NUMBER DOES NOT MATCH THE PARTICULAR MANUFACTURING LOT COVERED BY THE ORIGINAL FORD RECALL - THOUGH MY SUV DOES FALL IN THE DATE RANGE MENTIONED IN THE RECALL) I AM CERTAIN THIS RECALL SHOULD COVER MORE HYBRID SUV THAN FORD HAS ADMITTED TO, AND SINCE THE MARINERS HAD A VERY LIMITED PRODUCTION RUN, IT IS LESS LIKELY THAT THERE WIL BE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS DUE TO THIS VERY SERIOUS LIFE THREATENING ISSUE - AND I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS INCLUDING ON NHTSA. FORD SHOULD EXPAND THIS RECALL TO INCLUDE ALL DEFECTIVE FORD ESCAPES AND MARINER HYBRIDS BEFORE SERIOUS ACCIDENTS START OCCURRING AS A RESULT OF VEHICLES SHUTTING OFF DURING OPERATION BECAUSE OF EITHER DRIVE ELECTRONICS OVER HEATING DUE TO A BAD COOLANT PUMP, (AND POSSIBLY OTHER CAUSES?). ----RELEVANT RECALL-- NHTSA VEHICLE SAFETY RECALLS RECALL NUMBER 14V526000 RECALL DATE 09/03/2014 COMPONENT HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM FORD CONTACT NUMBER FOR RECALLS 1-866-436-7332. RELEVANT LINKS: HTTPS://WWW.NHTSA.GOV/VEHICLE/2007/MERCURY/MARINER%252520HYBRID

SPEEDOMETER INSTRUMENT CLUSTER GAUGES KEEP GOING OUT AND CAUSING SUV TO NOT START

BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE, ABS FAILURE. HALF OR MORE OF BRAKING POWER DIMINISHES. WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD, VEHICLES TRIES STOPPING ITSELF, CREATING A FRONT END WOBBLE. WHEN HAVING TO USE THE BRAKES, TIRES SKID. CANNOT STOP VEHICLE QUICKLY, VERY DANGEROUS. CONSTANT BRAKE SMELL. BRAKE PADS WEAR OR DISINTEGRATE WITHIN 3 MONTHS. PROBLEM WILL NOT GO AWAY WAS INTERMITTENT AT FIRST, BUT NOW CONSTANT. FORD DEALERSHIP REPORTS PART IS $6200 DOLLARS. THE VEHICLE IS NOT WORTH THAT.

ON 6/8/2019 WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WITH CRUISE SET WITH MY DISABLED SON IN VEHICLE THE CAR PULLED BADLY TO ONE SIDE. I IMMEDIATELY BRAKED AND IT TOOK ALL MY STRENGTH TO GET US OFF THE ROAD. FRONT AXLE HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED 2 YEARS AGO. NOW DEALER IS SAYING TRANSMISSION BLEW AND IS OUT WHICH CAUSED FRONT AXLE TO FAIL WHILE DRIVING. REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP HAVE BEEN DONE. BUILT CAR AND ONLY DRIVER USUALLY CITY MILES. 2008 WITH LESS THAN 60,000 MILES. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY WE ALMOST FLIPPED.

ABS BRAKE LIGHT WARNING CAME ON. BRAKES PRETTY MUCH STOPPED WORKING WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING TO THE LIGHTS. HAD TO DEPRESS THE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO GET BRAKES. VERY UNSAFE. NOW THE BRAKE IS STUCK ON AND THE CAR DOESN'T MOVE. HAVE TALKED TO AND READ ABOUT SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT HAD THE SAME ISSUE. WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN A RECALL YET?

THE ANTI-LOCK BRICK MODULE HAS STOPPED WORKING. THE PART ALONE IS CLOSE TO $1,200 TO PURCHASE. UPON INVESTIGATING THIS PROBLEM WE FIND THAT IT IS VERY COMMON AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FORD BUILT CARS OF THIS VINTAGE HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN A RECALL FOR SUCH A COMMON AND CRITICAL ISSUE?

WHILE DRIVING THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING. THIS PROBLEM WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ADDRESSED BY A PREVIOUS RECALL IN 2004. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN AUGUST 2017 AND EXACTLY ONE YEAR LATER THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH A COPY OF THE RECALL NOTICE AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN ADDRESSED WITH THE PREVIOUS OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. IN RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM, I HAVE ENCOUNTERED INFORMATION THAT THE REOCCURRENCE OF THIS ISSUE IS A PROBLEM AFTER THE SO-CALLED FIX. THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING AND TURNING ON THE HIGHWAY. IN ADDITION, THE CARFAX VEHICLE HISTORY REPORT DOESN'T SHOW THE REPAIR EVER BEING DONE.

TAKATA RECALL WELL DRIVING MY VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION.WHEN I STEP ON THE GAS THE VEHICLE DIDN'T ACCELERATE AS THE RPM WENT UP.I WAS COMING TO A STOP LIGHT ON CITY STREET.AS I MADE THE STOP AT STOP-LIGHT AS THE LIGHT TURN GREEN I STEPPED ON THE HAS AND THE RPMS WENT UP BUT VEHICLE BARELY MOVED.

STEERING STOPS WORKING WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE TO SLAM BRAKES STOP TURN THE CAR OFF AND ON THEN IT WORKS AGAIN FOR A FEW MILES.