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2009 Mercury Mariner fuel system, gasoline problems

15 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the fuel system, gasoline on the 2009 Mercury Mariner5% of all complaints for this model year.

15
Fuel System, Gasoline complaints
5%
share of all complaints
70,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Tl* the contact owns a 2009 mercury mariner. The contact stated that he could smell a strong, abnormal gas odor upon exiting the vehicle. The contact stated that the odor was the strongest when the gas tank was full. The contact took the vehicle to an independent mechanic who informed him that…

    filed Mar 3, 2021

  • Driving home from work the car went into "limp mode", pulled over to side of road, called for tow and had car taken to shop for diagnostics and repair. Shop determined it was faulty throttle body ( there were over 700,000 orders for replacements on website at this time)part was on backorder---came…

    filed Feb 7, 2014

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Fuel System, Gasoline problems in other Mariner years

YearReportsShare
2011 Mariner78%
2010 Mariner73%
2008 Mariner20%
2006 Mariner23%
2005 Mariner34%
Mariner fuel system, gasoline problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.