2007 Mercury Mariner problems
Owners have filed 40 complaints with NHTSA about the 2007 Mercury Mariner. Drivetrain & axles is the most reported problem area, at 28% of complaints. Next are engine (22%) and electrical system (18%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 40 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Drivetrain & axles 28% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 73,000 miles 37 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 6 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 7 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 4 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 5 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 7 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 37 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 73,000 miles. For drivetrain & axles specifically, the median reported mileage is about 85,000 miles (11 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 1 complaint mentions a crash; 1 injury reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 84% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2007 ranks 7th most-complained-about out of 7 model years of the Mercury Mariner with enough data (22 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Rear-ended a snow plow going 30-35 MPH when I was going 60 MPH and the driver-side airbag failed to deploy resulting in serious injury.
Dt*: the contact stated that the vehicle's gas pedal vibrates frequently when being accelerated. The dealer determined this to be a frequent problem with this model. The vehicle is a 2007 mercury mariner.
This problem occurs on my 2007 mercury mariner hybrid with less than 2,500 miles. When there is a front seat adult passenger the light on the dash intermittently lights to state "pass airbag off". The only other time this light is illuminated is briefly during start up. It is the intermittent nature of this light coming on and going off when there is a passenger that causes anxiety for the driver and passenger. There have only been adult passengers in this vehicle.
The "vehicle speed sensor" failed prematurely, causing the ABS to disable. Item was inspected and repaired by a ford mechanic and he advised this was premature failure not caused by abuse.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 mercury mariner. After driving and parking the vehicle, the contact could not remove the key from the ignition. The contact had to turn the steering wheel and maneuver the key in order to get it to release. The contact stated that the failure recurred several times and was gradually getting worse. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 10,500.