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2010 Mercury Mariner Recalls

Recalls on record Updated July 2026

The 2010 Mercury Mariner has 2 NHTSA recall campaigns affecting an estimated 1,070,143 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 393 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the vehicle speed control. Last updated July 5, 2026.

Recall campaigns

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE 16V777000 2016-10-26 329,265 affected
Defect

Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2010-2012 Ford Escape vehicles manufactured February 26, 2009, to April 29, 2012, and 2010-2011 Mercury Mariner vehicles manufactured February 25, 2009, to December 12, 2010. On vehicles with a 3.0L engine, the Fuel Delivery Module (FDM) may crack, causing a…

Consequence

A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source increases the risk of a fire.

Remedy

Ford will notify owners, and dealers will replace the FDM flange with one that has a redesigned fuel supply port, free of charge. Remedy parts are currently unavailable. Interim notices were mailed to owners on December 13, 2016. Owners will receive a second notice when remedy parts become available. Owners may…

STEERING 14V284000 2014-05-29 740,878 affected
Defect

Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2008-2011 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner vehicles manufactured August 18, 2006, through September 11, 2010. The affected vehicles have a steering torque sensor that may not be able to properly detect driver steering input. As a result, the system could…

Consequence

If power steering assist is lost, greater driver effort would be required to steer the vehicle at low speeds, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy

Ford will notify owners, and dealers will update the software for the power steering control module (PSCM) and the instrument cluster module, free of charge. If a vehicle shows a history of a loss of the torque sensor signal or fault codes relating to the PSCM when the vehicle is brought in for the recall remedy,…

Complaints by component

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
66
1crashes2injuries
ENGINE
61
1fires2injuries
STEERING
59
1crashes6injuries
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
57
POWER TRAIN
57
1fires
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
28
1crashes1fires2injuries
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
11
STRUCTURE:BODY
7
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
6
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
6
Total complaints393

What owners report

Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal information removed.

“The contact owns a 2010 mercury mariner. The contact stated that after starting the vehicle, the message "power steering assist failure" was displayed, and the steering wheel became extremely difficult to turn in either direction. The local dealer and manufacturer were notified of the failure, but…”

STEERING · reported 2025-12-19

“Me and my wife purchased a vehicle from a private seller to use for personal commute. A month later we started to notice more issue were occurring with the car then stated from the seller. I took it to an auto body shop to get it inspected and possibly serviced and upon that inspection the clerk…”

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM · reported 2025-09-04

“Me and my wife purchased a vehicle from a private seller to use for personal commute. A month later we started to notice more issue were occurring with the car then stated from the seller. I took it to an auto body shop to get it inspected and possibly serviced and upon that inspection the clerk…”

ENGINE · reported 2025-09-04

“Me and my wife purchased a vehicle from a private seller to use for personal commute. A month later we started to notice more issue were occurring with the car then stated from the seller. I took it to an auto body shop to get it inspected and possibly serviced and upon that inspection the clerk…”

UNKNOWN OR OTHER · reported 2025-09-04

“The passenger side of the subframe has holes and will veer hard right when it brakes”

STRUCTURE:BODY · reported 2025-06-05

“Power steering assist fault went out with no warning. Now steering wheel is locking up while driving. Also when trying to gain speed the vehicle bogs out.”

STEERING · reported 2025-05-01

“The contact owns a 2010 mercury mariner. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 5 mph and attempting to park the vehicle, the power steering became inoperable. The power steering failure message was displayed. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer but was not diagnosed or…”

STEERING · reported 2023-12-21

“Engine light came on after putting fuel in my car it is hapless the codes read emission and fuel issues to replace cap but it is hapless it says it's an issue that needs to be fixed now my engine light won't go off”

FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM · reported 2023-12-01

Defect investigations

Investigation DP15001 Opened 2015-04-01 · closed 2018-06-14

Loss of power steering while driving

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…

Investigation PE11016 Opened 2011-04-27 · closed 2011-08-18

Rear Liftgate Window Glass Breakage

In its response to the agency, Ford acknowledged a higher than normal level of glass breakage incidents in the model year (MY) 2010 to early-build MY 2011 subject vehicles.The incidentsoccurred when the liftgate glass was being opened, or more typically while being closed, but in both cases while the vehicle was…

Investigation PE11016 Opened 2011-04-27 · closed 2011-08-18

Rear Liftgate Window Glass Breakage

In its response to the agency, Ford acknowledged a higher than normal level of glass breakage incidents in the model year (MY) 2010 to early-build MY 2011 subject vehicles.The incidentsoccurred when the liftgate glass was being opened, or more typically while being closed, but in both cases while the vehicle was…

Investigation PE11016 Opened 2011-04-27 · closed 2011-08-18

Rear Liftgate Window Glass Breakage

In its response to the agency, Ford acknowledged a higher than normal level of glass breakage incidents in the model year (MY) 2010 to early-build MY 2011 subject vehicles.The incidentsoccurred when the liftgate glass was being opened, or more typically while being closed, but in both cases while the vehicle was…

Investigation PE11016 Opened 2011-04-27 · closed 2011-08-18

Rear Liftgate Window Glass Breakage

In its response to the agency, Ford acknowledged a higher than normal level of glass breakage incidents in the model year (MY) 2010 to early-build MY 2011 subject vehicles.The incidentsoccurred when the liftgate glass was being opened, or more typically while being closed, but in both cases while the vehicle was…

Investigation PE11016 Opened 2011-04-27 · closed 2011-08-18

Rear Liftgate Window Glass Breakage

In its response to the agency, Ford acknowledged a higher than normal level of glass breakage incidents in the model year (MY) 2010 to early-build MY 2011 subject vehicles.The incidentsoccurred when the liftgate glass was being opened, or more typically while being closed, but in both cases while the vehicle was…

Investigation PE13003 Opened 2013-02-21 · closed 2014-02-28

Electronic Throttle Body Malfunction

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…

Sources & methodology

Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL, FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2010 Mercury Mariner as of July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page contains ads and affiliate links. Full methodology.