2008 MERCURY MARINER Complaints

I WAS DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 40 MILES AN HOUR, STOPPED AT STOP LIGHT, AS I PROCEEDED ON THE GREEN LIGHT, THE CAR ACCELERATED AND THEN JOLTED. SUDDENLY, THE WRENCH ICON APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. FROM THAT POINT THE CAR SEEMED TO IDLE, THE CAR WOULD REV RPM'S AND WOULD NOT SHIFT AUTOMATICALLY TO THE NEXT GEAR. I HAD TO START IN 2ND AND SHIFT INTO DRIVE. HAVE HAD THE SENSORS REPLACED, TRANNY FLUID FLUSHED AND REPLACED AND GASKET SEAL AND PAN REPLACED. STILL NOT REPAIRED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCURY MARINER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN ISSUE WITH SHIFTING THE SECOND AND FOURTH GEARS. THE TRANSMISSION WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SERVO ROUTING COVER AND SERVO RING WERE DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. PRIOR TO THIS FAILURE, THE STEERING COLUMN WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 122,834.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCURY MARINER. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE POWER TRAIN LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000.

SPRING OF 2014 IS WHEN THE POWER STEERING HAD BEGAN TO GO OUT RANDOMLY AND IT WOULD COME BACK ON ONCE YOU SHUT THE IGNITION OF AND RESTARTED IT. I CALLED THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT RIGHT AT THAT MOMENT BECAUSE THEY WERE WAITING FOR A RECALL TO BE ESTABLISHED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE SOFTWARE TO FIX IT. JULY OF 2014 A RECALL NOTICE WAS RECEIVED IN THE MAIL. I DIDN'T HAVE THE RECALL PERFORMED UNTIL DECEMBER 4TH 2014 AND WHEN THEY HOOKED THE COMPUTER TO THE MARINER THEY WERE ADVISED TO REPROGRAM IT AND THEN THE RECALL WOULD BE COMPLETE. IT WORKED JUST FINE WITH NO PROBLEMS LIKE BEFORE FOR ONLY MONTH. THEN ON JANUARY 2ND WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING IN THE SNOW AT NIGHT THE POWER STEERING WENT COMPLETELY OUT. WE TAKE IT BACK IN AND WE FIND OUT THAT THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN NOW HAS TO BE REPLACED COSTING US 912.65!! THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY TALKED TO FORD CORPORATION ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD DO BUT THEY RESPONDED THAT SINCE THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED IT WAS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY THE BILL BECAUSE THE STEERING COLUMN WENT OUT ON IT'S OWN (YOU WHO IS READING THIS, I ASSUME, KNOWS THIS IS JUST A LOAD OF CRAP!) NOW ITS NOVEMBER 2015 AND STILL NO NEW NEWS ON HOW THIS INVESTIGATION IS GOING BUT I ENCOURAGE WE GET THE WORD OUT AND HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE WRITE COMPLAINTS!

STEERING TORK SENSOR AND MOTOR IMPROPERLY DETECTS INPUTS, CAUSED LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING WHILE I WAS DRIVING. MARINER HAD BEEN RECALLED IN SUMMER OF 2014, RECALL # 14S05, JUST SOFTWARE WAS UPDATED. SOFTWARE UPDATE ONLY DOES NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM.. THIS FAILURE IS LIFE THREATING. I WOULD LIKE TO FILE A PETITION AND REQUEST A HEARING FOR DETERMINATION FROM NHTSA REGARDING WHETHER FORD ADEQUATELY MET ITS OBLIGATION TO REMEDY RECALL 14S05.

2008 MERCURY MARINER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE MANUFACTURER REFUSAL TO PAY RECALL REPAIRS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, HE LOST POWER STEERING. THE CONSUMER LOST POWER STEERING AGAIN, A MONTH LATER. THE DEALER REPROGRAMMED THE MODULES TO PREVENT SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST. FIVE DAYS LATER, THE DEALER REPLACED THE TORQUE SENSOR. HOWEVER, IT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. RECALL # 14V284000. *JB

MY PARENTS PURCHASED A 2008 MERCURY MARINER THIS LAST SPRING, AND JUST STARTED TO NOTICE THAT THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING IS CUTTING IN AND OUT. WE TOOK IT TO OUR LOCAL GARAGE WHO DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM (ERROR CODE THAT CAME UP WAS B1342-2F) AND RECOMMENDED WE REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN. SINCE THAT IS A LARGE EXPENSE ($800) I DECIDED TO DO SOME RESEARCH AND CALLED THE LOCAL FORD DEALER. THEY LOOKED UP OUR VIN AND TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING AND THAT THE WORK FOR THE RECALL ON THE POWER STEERING WAS ALREADY DONE. (FORD'S RECALL NUMBER FOR THIS IS 14S05) MY QUESTION IS SINCE WE ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURE (MEANING THE FIX DIDN'T SEEM TO LAST) IS THERE ANY RECOURSE FOR US TO HAVE FORD FIX THE PROBLEM NOW? ALSO, HOW LONG ARE THESE 'FIXES' SUPPOSED TO LAST? THE DATE THE RECALL WAS PUBLISHED BY NHTSA IS 2014-06-05, AND WE ARE ONLY IN SEPTEMBER OF 2015. I WAS THINKING THAT A RECALL FIX SHOULD LAST LONGER THAN A LITTLE OVER A YEAR. IS NHTSA IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING THIS ISSUE?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCURY MARINER HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, THE IGNITION SWITCH DID NOT MOVE FROM THE OFF TO ON POSITION WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COOLANT PUMP NEEDED TO BE UPDATED AND REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V526000 (HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 199,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCURY MARINER HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COOLANT PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V526000 (HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCURY MARINER HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STOP SAFETY NOW WARNING MESSAGE ILLUMINATED AND AN UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT WHEN THE DEFROSTER WAS ACTIVATED, THE WARNING LIGHTS NO LONGER ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V526000 (HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM). THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V284000 (STEERING). THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.