NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Mercury Mariner Recalls
The 2008 Mercury Mariner has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 29, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Mercury Mariner. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 461
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Mercury Mariner, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2008 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 2005–2007 Mariner, 1 other model
Hybrid propulsion system
- Campaign
- 14V526000
- Reported
- September 3, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 70,209
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007 Mariner, 1 other model
Steering: electric power assist system
- Campaign
- 14V284000
- Reported
- May 29, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 740,878
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2011 Mariner, 1 other model
Suspension: front: wheel bearing
- Campaign
- 15E045000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2007, 2009–2011 Mariner, 2 other models
2008 Mercury Mariner complaints by year
NHTSA has received 461 owner complaints about the 2008 Mercury Mariner, the newest on March 4, 2025. Of these, 9 describe a crash (2%); owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Mercury Mariner, the component group named most often is the steering (64%), followed by the power train (14%) and the vehicle speed control (7%).
1 of the 2008 Mercury Mariner's 4 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2008 Mercury Mariner owners gave the mileage (403 complaints), the median was 106,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering297
- Power Train66
- Vehicle Speed Control31
- Service Brakes29
- Electrical System27
- Unknown Or Other19
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 10 | |
| 2010 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 10 | |
| 2012 | 14 | |
| 2013 | 27 | |
| 2014 | 56 | |
| 2015 | 43 | |
| 2016 | 59 | |
| 2017 | 45 | |
| 2018 | 45 | |
| 2019 | 48 | |
| 2020 | 30 | |
| 2021 | 25 | |
| 2022 | 15 | |
| 2023 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 7 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 Mercury Mariner peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 59. 8% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Mercury Mariner drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Mercury Mariner year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 6 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 461 complaints about the 2008 Mercury Mariner are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mercury Mariner by model year
Other 2008 Mercury models
Newest record on this page: March 4, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted