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2009 Mercury Mariner fuel/propulsion system problems

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

15
Fuel/propulsion System complaints
5%
share of all complaints
80,500 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Charcoal canister and purge valve defective stuck at open. Check engine light, dropped fuel economy. Forced vehicle to shut off engine and no power, stop on freeway at full speed.

    filed Dec 6, 2023

  • On october 18, 2018 I received the power steering assist failure error on my instrument panel when turning on my vehicle. I had driven it earlier in the day without issue. Previously I had the occasional warning noise and quick flash of an error (too quick for me to read all the way) and would have…

    filed Jan 5, 2019

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

Fuel/propulsion System problems in other Mariner years

YearReportsShare
2011 Mariner2225%
2010 Mariner5721%
2008 Mariner82%
2006 Mariner46%
2005 Mariner34%
Mariner fuel/propulsion system 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.