2009 MERCURY MARINER Complaints

MESSAGE CAME ON: POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT. DID SEARCH THAT MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT COVERED BUT ITS THE SAME YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL AND PLACE OF MANUFACTURING OF THE RECALL IN 2014. MESSAGE DID NOT COME ON AS RESULT OF ACCIDENT, I WAS JUST DRIVING ON STREET WHEN IT CAME ON.

DRIVING MY 2009 MARINER PREMIER ABOUT 35/45 MPH WHEN WRENCH SYMBOL COMES ON INDICATING THROTTLE CONTROL POWERTRAIN / TRANSMISSION PROBLEM CAR IS NOT ACCELERATING PROPERLY AND TRANSMISSION IS JERKING WHEN I STEP ON THE GAS PEDAL AND THE CAR SHAKES VIBRATES AND FEELS UNDER POWERED. GOT HOME AND PARKED IT. STARTED IT UP AND NOW CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ALSO ON. IS THIS COVERED BY THE RECALL FOR EXTENDED WARRANTY FROM FORD ?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MERCURY MARINER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL HAD BEEN TIGHT AND EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. THE FAILURE WAS PROGRESSING TO WORST. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION AND DIAGNOSIS, WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS A MANUFACTURER RECALL TO ADDRESS THE STEERING AND TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER. THE DEALER (WHALING CITY FORD LINCOLN MAZDA, 475 BROAD ST, NEW LONDON, CT 06320, (844) 489-4929) INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V284000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I PURCHASED MY 2009 MERCURY MARINER IN 2015! RECENTLY, AS I WAS UNAWARE OF THE RECALL WITH FORD A FEW YEARS BACK, I'VE HAD FRONT AND REAR BEARING ISSUES! ALSO MY BALLPOINTS WERE DEFECTED AND MY CONTROL ARMS! MY TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR FAULT STAYS ON! I'VE TAKEN MY 2009 MERCURY MARINER TO STAR TIRE'S BEST ONE AUTO & TIRES AND HAD MY BALLPOINTS, FRONT AND REAR BEARINGS, CONTROL ARMS, AND FRONT WHEEL ALIGNMENT REPAIRED TOTALING IN $780! THREE DAYS LATER ON THE DATE OF 11/11/2017, MY POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT CAME ON! MY 2009 MERCURY MARINER WAS STATIONARY AND WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN!

POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT - THE POWER STEERING FAULTED OUT CAUSING THE AUTO TO GOT MANUAL STEERING IN MIDWATY THRU DRIVING IT. I WAS DRIVING ON A STREET AND GOING THRU ABOUT A TURN.

BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY (IN MOTION, STRAIGHT, UNDER 5MPH)STEERING ASSIST FAULT WARNING DISPLAYED ON DASH. LOSS OF POWER STEERING. NOTICED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE MORE EXSPENSIVE MODELS WHY NOT OURS? SENSOR IN STEERING COLUMN WENT OUT. ONLY A DEALER CAN FIX IT DUE TO COMPUTER NEEDS REPROGRAMMING. DEALER TOLD US IT HAD ALLREADY BEEN FIXED? IT HAD NOT, & WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT. IF OUR CAR WASN'T COVERED UNDER RECALL WHY WOULD THEY SAY THEY HAD FIXED IT? AFTER THEIR INSPECTION WE WERE TOLD IT WAS A THROTTLE SENSOR $1500.00 REPAIR. WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM RECALL PART, BUT SAME EFFECT. COST MOSTLY LABOR, WE ARE TOLD.

MY POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING THE MESSAGE ON MY DASHBOARD INDICATES THAT THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. WHEN THIS HAPPEN I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET AND HAD TO PULL OVER. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR HOME AND IT'S NOW PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY I CAN'T DRIVE MY CAR BECAUSE IT IS VERY HARD TO STEER WITHOUT THE POWER STEERING. I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE PROBLEM

MERCURY MARINER (2009) V6 4WD. HAS STALLED TWICE. 1. WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH. IT STALLED AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART ONCE THE VEHICLE STOPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WE TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALER AND THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. 2. STALLED WHEN SLOWING TO A STOP. THIS WAS AFTER THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED ON 10/13/2017. ONLY DRIVEN ABOUT 500 MILES. BOTH TIMES VEHICLE WAS GOING DOWN A COUNTRY ROAD.

POWER ASSIST STEERING STOPS WORKING WHILE VEHICLE IS MOVING, MOSTLY WHILE TURNING TO PARK OR WHILE TURNING TO BACK UP.

POWER ASSIST STEERING STOPS WHEN TURNING WHILE VEHICLE IS MOVING. ALSO, NO POWER STEERING WHEN VEHICLE TURNED ON AFTER BEING TURNED OFF AND SITTING FOR A WHILE. SEEMS TO HAPPEN WHEN MAKING HARD TURNS ,LIKE BACKING INTO A PARKING SPOT, OR TURNING AROUND.