2009 Mercury Mariner defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2009 Mercury Mariner. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Loss of power steering while driving
  Defect Petition DP15001 · opened Apr 1, 2015 · closed Jun 14, 2018

  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 …

• Electronic Throttle Body Malfunction
  Preliminary Evaluation PE13003 · opened Feb 21, 2013 · closed Feb 28, 2014

  On February 21, 2013, the Office of Defects Investigations (ODI) opened Preliminary Evaluation PE13-003 to investigate allegations of electronic throttle body (ETB) failures resulting in sudden reduction of engine power in model year (MY) 2009-2013 Ford Escape, Fusion, Mariner and Milan vehicles. During this investigat…