NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Mercury Mariner Recalls
The 2005 Mercury Mariner has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 29, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Mercury Mariner. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 67
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Mercury Mariner, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2005 Mercury Mariner
Power train: automatic transmission: lever and linkage: floor shift
- Campaign
- 15V606000
- Reported
- September 29, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 57
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2008 Mariner, 1 other model
Seats: front assembly: head restraint
- Campaign
- 06V111000
- Reported
- April 7, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 134,365
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 201, occupant protection in interior impact
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Suspension: front: wheel bearing
- Campaign
- 15E045000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2011 Mariner, 2 other models
2005 Mercury Mariner complaints by year
NHTSA has received 67 owner complaints about the 2005 Mercury Mariner, the newest on December 11, 2021. Of these, 7 describe a crash (10%); owners reported 17 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Mercury Mariner, the component group named most often is the power train (22%), followed by the electrical system (15%) and the vehicle speed control (13%).
1 of the 2005 Mercury Mariner's 3 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2005 Mercury Mariner owners gave the mileage (56 complaints), the median was 59,136 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train15
- Electrical System10
- Vehicle Speed Control9
- Air Bags8
- Engine8
- Engine And Engine Cooling8
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 11 | |
| 2008 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Mercury Mariner peaked in 2007, when NHTSA received 11. 39% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Mercury Mariner drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Mercury Mariner year in the same window: 5th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2005 one of the three best-measured Mercury Mariner years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 67 complaints about the 2005 Mercury Mariner are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
2005 Mercury Mariner crash tests and safety technology
For the 2005 Mercury Mariner, NHTSA lists no electronic stability control, forward collision warning or lane departure warning.
NHTSA puts the chance that the 2005 Mercury Mariner rolls over in a single-vehicle crash at 20.9% (3 stars). That is tied for the highest of the 7 Mariner years NHTSA rated from 2004 on (20.4%–20.9%); the 2008 had the lowest, 20.4%. Of 24 other 2005 SUVs with NHTSA ratings on this site, 14 (58%) had a lower rollover risk; their median was 20.1%. In NHTSA's dynamic maneuvering test the 2005 Mariner 4-door tipped up.
Ratings, rollover risk and technology of the 2005 Mercury Mariner: NHTSA 5-Star Safety Ratings API, retrieved October 28, 2026; NHTSA terms of use. How the tests work
Mercury Mariner by model year
Other 2005 Mercury models
Newest record on this page: December 11, 2021. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted