Model year record
2010 Mercury Mariner Hybrid recalls & problems
The 2010 Mercury Mariner Hybrid has no safety recalls on file with NHTSA, and 9 owner complaints. The most-reported problem area is vehicle speed control (3 complaints).
Safety recalls
No safety recalls have been filed for the 2010 Mercury Mariner Hybrid.
Recall repairs are free at any authorised dealer. A recall listed here may already have been fixed on a particular car: enter its 17-character VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls to see open recalls.
Crash test ratings
2010 Mercury Mariner Hybrid 4-DR. w/SAB
| Frontal crash | Not Rated |
|---|---|
| Side crash | Not Rated |
| Rollover | ★★★★★ |
| Rollover risk | 20.4% |
NHTSA 5-Star Safety Ratings (New Car Assessment Program). Ratings are comparable only between vehicles of similar size and weight, and ratings from 2011 on use tougher tests than earlier years. Photos: NHTSA.
Fuel economy
Mariner Hybrid FWD Hybrid
| City / highway | 34 / 31 mpg |
|---|---|
| Fuel | Regular Gasoline |
2.5 L · 4 cyl · Automatic (variable gear ratios) · Front-Wheel Drive · about $2,100/year to fuel
Mariner Hybrid 4WD Hybrid
| City / highway | 30 / 27 mpg |
|---|---|
| Fuel | Regular Gasoline |
2.5 L · 4 cyl · Automatic (variable gear ratios) · 4-Wheel Drive · about $2,300/year to fuel
EPA estimates from fueleconomy.gov for each engine and transmission sold. Annual cost is the EPA's estimate for 15,000 miles a year at its current fuel and electricity price assumptions. Your results will vary.
What owners report
| Problem area | Complaints | Typical mileage* |
|---|---|---|
| Vehicle speed control | 3 | 54,500 mi |
| Engine | 2 | — |
| Power train | 2 | — |
| Steering | 2 | — |
| Fuel system, gasoline | 1 | — |
| Air bags | 1 | — |
| Unknown or other | 1 | — |
| Service brakes | 1 | — |
| Electronic stability control (esc) | 1 | — |
| Electrical system | 1 | — |
*Median odometer reading when the problem happened, where owners gave one. One complaint can name several problem areas.
Recent owner complaints
- Steering
POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE PSCM) AND CLUSTER MODULE WENT OUT, STEERING IS NOT SAFE, VERY HARD TO STEER
- Power train
CHECK ENGINE WRENCH CAME ON VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOOSE POWER. GAYLORD FORD FOUND NO RECALL BECAUSE THE CAR WAS BUILD AUGUST 2009 IN THE SAME PLANT AS OTHER VEHICLES WITH THE PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE SENSOR FOR POWERTRAIN. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND WOULD ONLY GO 30 MPH. CAR IS A 2010 MILAN HYBRID 133,000 MILES.
- Electronic stability control (esc)
I HAVE BEEN ON THE PHONE WITH FORD. AN EXTREMELY MAD AND RUDE WOMAN DIDN'T OR COULDN'T ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS I HAD. SHE KEPT TELLING ME I GOT MY RECALL BE CAUSE THEY CHECKED MY COMPUTER SYSTEM BUT DIDN'T REPLACE THE RECALLED STEERING MODULE. THE WOMAN ALSO DIDN'T HANG UP SO I WAS UNABLE TO DO THE SURVEY AT THE END OF THE PHONE CALL. SOME PEOPLE ARE DISGUSTING THE WAY THEY TREAT OTHERS.
- Service brakes
BRAKE WARNING LIGHT AND A MESSAGE ON THE DASH SAYING "CHECK BRAKE SYSTEM" INTERMITANTLY OCCUR. BRAKES SEEM TO WORK NORMALLY. RESTARTING THE CAR TEMPORARILY FIXES THE PROBLEM, ONLY TO OCCUR AGAIN IN SEVERAL MILES. THE PROBLEM OCCURS AT ANY TIME, STANDING OR IN MOTION.
- Vehicle speed control
WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, CAR HAD BEEN DRIVING FINE, BUT WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND I PROCEEDED MY CAR SUDDENLY HAD REDUCED POWER AND WOULD NOT DRIVE MORE THAN 40-45 MPH. NO LIGHTS OR ANYTHING CAME ON THE DASH THE FIRST TIME. THE SECOND TIME HOWEVER A YELLOW/ORANGE WRENCH LIGHT APPEARED. I GOT HOME AND PARKED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY BUT THEN THE FOLLOWING DAY THE PROBLEM STILL PROCEEDED AND I THEN LET IT SIT ALL WEEKEND. THE FOLLOWING MONDAY I TURNED IT ON TO TAKE TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND THE CAR DROVE FINE THAT ENTIRE DAY. THE NEXT DAY, TUESDAY, WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK IT HAPPENED AGAIN ONLY I COULDNT GO FASTER THAN 30MPH IN A 55 MPH ZONE. CAR WAS TAKEN BACK TO SHOP AND…
- Air bagsCrash
ON FRIDAY, DEC 13TH, I WAS DRIVING HOME IN CRUISE CONTROL AT 60 MPH. MY BLOOD PRESSURE DROPPED SUDDENLY AND I PASSED OUT AT THE WHEEL. I WOKE UP JUST IN TIME TO CRASH, NO TIME TO REACT. I IMPACTED, HEAD ON, A CREEK BANK AFTER JUMPING OVER THE CREEK. MY AIRBAGS DID NOT INFLATE AND I IMPACTED THE STEERING WHEEL SO HARD I BROKE THE STEERING COLUMN OFF THE DASHBOARD. 3 DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL WITH A COMPRESSED CHEST, IMPAIRED BREATHING, AND MASSIVE BRUISES. I HAD A COLD AT THE TIME AND IT MADE RECOVERY SLOWER. *TR
- Vehicle speed control
WHILE DRIVING AND ATTEMPTING TOP ACCELERATE UP TO SPEED, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW AND HESITATE. IT WOULD NOT PROPERLY ACCELERATE. AFTER GOING A SHORT DISTANCE AT REDUCED SPEED, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE AND HESITATE. I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME (LUCKILY NOT TOO FAR). THE WRENCH SYMBOL ON THE DASH ILLUMINATED DURING THIS EPISODE AS WHEEL. I CHECKED THEOWNERS MANUAL AND THEN CALLED MY LOCAL DEALER WHO RECOMMENDED THE CARE BE TOWED TO DEALER AND NOT DRIVEN. THIS WAS DONE THE NEXT DAYAND AFTER A FULL DAY OF CHECKING THE VEHICLE, THE DEALER ADVISED THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE PROBLEMS WAS. THEY RELEASED THE CARE TO ME. THE NEXT WEEK THE SAME SITUATION HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIME AND FINALLY, WHILE…
- Engine
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MARINER HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE AND PROCEEDED INTO LIMP MODE AND THE WRENCH LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000. *TR
Owner complaints are submitted to NHTSA by the public and are not verified. Shown as filed (NHTSA removes personal details); long reports are shortened.
NHTSA defect investigations
- Pedestrian alert soundsClosedLed to recall 22V063000
NHTSA received a petition on or about July 18, 2022, requesting that Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 141 be applied to all electric and hybrid vehicles operating in the United States. The petition can be reviewed at NHTSA.gov under ODI Number 11486072. FMVSS 141 establishes performance requirements for pedestrian alert sounds for motor vehicles. The standard applies to hybrid and electric vehicles that have a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,536 KG or less or are defined as low-speed vehicles. The standard became fully applicable to all such vehicles manufactured on or after March 1, 2021.On January 27, 2023, NHTSA opened Defect Petition (DP) 22-005 to evaluate the subject matter described in the petition. On June 24, 2023 and as supplemented on June 25, 2023, the petitioner notified NHTSA he was withdrawing his petition. The petitioner indicated that, based on his review…
- Loss of power steering while drivingClosed
On May 27, 2014, amended June 2, 2014, Ford Motor Company (Ford) submitted a Defect Information Report (DIR) to NHTSA describing a safety defect that may result in a sudden loss of power steering assist while driving in approximately 746,067 model year (MY) 2008 through 2011 Ford Escape vehicles equipped with electric power assisted steering (NHTSA 14V-284, Ford 14S05). Ford's DIR described the defect condition as a poor signal to noise ratio [SNR] in the torque sensor within the Electric Power Assisted Steering (EPAS) system [which] does not allow the PSCM to determine the driver's steering input. When the system detects this fault condition, it transitions the EPAS system to the fail-safe/manual steering mode.Ford's DIR indicates that loss of power steering assist while driving would require higher steering effort at lower vehicle speeds, which may result in an increased risk of a…