2008 MERCURY MARINER Complaints

STOP SAFELY NOW CHIMES AND DISPLAYED ON DASH FOLLOWED BY NO ACCELERATION UNTIL VEHICLE STALLS AND STOPS.STARTS RIGHT BACK UP BUT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN ESPECIALLY IN LA RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. VERY DANGEROUS! HAD RECALL WORK DONE ON THE MECS 3YRS AGO BUT PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED. THIS HAPPENS WHILE IN MOTION ON THE 110 FREEWAY IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGLELES, CA. COULD BE THE ELECTRIC THROTTLE BODY OR REAR ACTUATOR. OR ANY OTHER COMPONENT THAT WORKS WITH THE ELECTRIC MOTOR AND BATTERY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCURY MARINER. WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY THREE OTHER TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000. *TT*JB CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE WAS NOT FIXED PROPERLY. *JB

THE POWER STEERING BECAME INTERMITTENT WHILE DRIVING IN THE SNOW AND THEN A FULL LOSS OF ALL POWER ASSIST TO THE STEERING. VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER DURING SLOW SPEEDS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCURY MARINER. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS SWITCHING TO THE RIGHT LANE, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME INOPERATIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. TIPTON FORD (3840 NORTH EXPRESSWAY, BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS 78526, (956) 350-5600) WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED IN 2016 PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V284000 (STEERING) DUE TO INTERMITTENT SHAKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. AT THAT TIME, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY MAC HAIK'S SOUTHWAY FORD (7979 INTERSTATE 35 ACCESS ROAD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78224, (210) 922-2222) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE MOTOR MOUNT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED FOR THE RECENT FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 200,600.

"FORD POWER STEERING RECALL 2008 MERCURY MARINER" WHILE DRIVING, "POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT" DISPLAYED ON MY CONSOLE AND EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN LOSS IN POWER STEERING, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. I FOUND A RECALL LISTING IN 2014 #14S05 FOR THIS SAME ISSUE FOR THE SAME YEAR AND MODEL AS MY VEHICLE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY BOTH FORD MOTOR CO. AND MY LOCAL.DEALERSHIO, THAT MY VEHICLE.DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR A RECALL. THERE WAS NO WARNING OF THIS FAILURE, NO ENGINE LIGHTS OR WARNINGS WE'RE ONPRIOR TO OPERATING THE VEHICLE.

NOV 1 2018 MY MERCURY MARINER PREMIER WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY QUIT PULLING NO WARNING LIGHTS NO OTHER WARNING SIGNS IT NEVER SLIPPED GEARS JUST QUIT, I NOTICED AFTER LETTING IT SIT A DAY I TRIED IT AGAIN AND IT WENT NOT EVEN A MILE AND QUIT MOVING THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY MODEL AND YR VEHICLE IN 2015 REGARDING TRANSMISSION ISSUES BUT I WAS NEVER TOLD OF THIS

CAR HAS BEEN ROCK SOLID RELIABLE UP UNTIL 3 WEEKS AGO. DRIVING NORMALLY ON CITY STREETS THE CAR ABRUPTLY SHUT DOWN THE HYBRID AND ICE PROPULSION UNITS. STEERING FROZE UP AND IT WAS LIKE PUTTING THE BRAKES ON IT STRANDED ME IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC CAUSING DELAYS FOR OTHER DRIVERS AND A DANGEROUS OBSTRUCTION. THE CAR HAS NO LIMP MODE TO ALLOW FOR SAFELY GETTING OUT OF TRAFFIC. IT HAD TO BE TOWED. FORD DEALER HAS HAD CAR FOR 3 WEEKS AND ARE STILL UNCERTAIN AS TO WHAT CAUSED THE UNSAFE SHUTDOWN.

THE TAILGATE HINGES ARE BREAKING THAT HOLD THE REAR WINDOW, THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD THE WINDOW WILL FALL OUT AND COULD HIT ANOTHER VEHICLES WINDSHIELD. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE, WHEN YOU GO TO DEALER THEY WANT 320.00 TO REPAIR AND SAY THEY SELL MANY OF THESE BRAKETS IT REALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALL. WE HAVE TWO CARS WITH SAME DEFECT.

TAKATA RECALL THIS CAR HAD A RECALL IN 2014 ABOUT THE POWER STEERING ASSIST WE TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER IN 2016 THEY CHANGED THE PART. I AM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM NOW THE STEERING COULDN'T MOVE WHILE I WAS DRIVING I ALMOST HAD A CAR ACCIDENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD MARINER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY FAILED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION. ALSO, THE MESSAGE "POWER STEERING ASSIST FAIL" WAS DISPLAYED. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE LOCAL DEALER (CAMPBELL FORD, 2801 S. ELEVENTH ST, NILES, MI) AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY SERVICED IN FEBRUARY OF 2015 PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V284000 (STEERING). THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.