2010 Mercury Mariner — reported problems
CarFaultIQ holds 310 evidence records for the 2010 Mercury Mariner, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.
What owners report: issue areas
Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 394 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.
- Speed control & accelerator67 (17.0%)
- Fuel system64 (16.2%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2010–2011.
- Engine63 (16.0%)
- Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)61 (15.5%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2005–2008.
- Steering61 (15.5%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2008–2011.
- Electrical system29 (7.4%)
Other / uncategorized: 11 classifications (2.8%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.
These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.
What the records are about, by source
Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.
- Owner complaints (2,592 records, model years 2005–2011) are most frequently classified under: steering, powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and engine.
- Manufacturer communications (297 records, model years 2005–2011) are most frequently classified under: powertrain (transmission & drivetrain), engine and brakes.
"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records
Mileage reported when the issue occurred
- 226reports included a mileage
- 73,181average of those mileages
This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.
Evidence by model year
Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.
- 2005 105 records for 2005
- 2006 94 records for 2006
- 2007 52 records for 2007
- 2008 498 records for 2008
- 2009 350 records for 2009
- 2010 310 records for 2010
- 2011 120 records for 2011
Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.
Reports mentioning outcomes
- 2mention a crash
- 2mention a fire
- 6mention an injury
These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.
Official records held
- Safety recalls NHTSA 3
- Manufacturer communications NHTSA 34
- Investigations NHTSA 3
- Owner complaints NHTSA 270
Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle
These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.
A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.
Where to go next
- Mercury Mariner coverage hub Published problems, year windows and buyer guidance for this model.
- Evidence Explorer — the underlying records Read the individual recalls, investigations, manufacturer communications and complaints these counts come from.
- All model years of the Mercury Mariner Compare how much evidence is held for each year before narrowing to one.
- Browse all vehicle coverage Every make and model CarFaultIQ has published coverage for.