NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Mercury Mariner Recalls
The 2009 Mercury Mariner has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 29, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 Mercury Mariner. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 315
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 Mercury Mariner, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2009 Mercury Mariner
Steering: electric power assist system
- Campaign
- 14V284000
- Reported
- May 29, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 740,878
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2008, 2010–2011 Mariner, 1 other model
Suspension: front: wheel bearing
- Campaign
- 15E045000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2008, 2010–2011 Mariner, 2 other models
2009 Mercury Mariner complaints by year
NHTSA has received 315 owner complaints about the 2009 Mercury Mariner, the newest on April 11, 2026. Of these, 9 describe a crash (3%); owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2009 Mercury Mariner, the component group named most often is the steering (53%), followed by the engine (17%) and the power train (14%).
1 of the 2009 Mercury Mariner's 2 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2009 Mercury Mariner owners gave the mileage (251 complaints), the median was 97,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering167
- Engine53
- Power Train44
- Vehicle Speed Control41
- Electrical System22
- Fuel System, Gasoline15
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 64 | |
| 2014 | 23 | |
| 2015 | 19 | |
| 2016 | 30 | |
| 2017 | 26 | |
| 2018 | 27 | |
| 2019 | 20 | |
| 2020 | 19 | |
| 2021 | 17 | |
| 2022 | 18 | |
| 2023 | 12 | |
| 2024 | 12 | |
| 2025 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2009 Mercury Mariner peaked in 2013, when NHTSA received 64. 6% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2009 vehicles, the 2009 Mercury Mariner drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Mercury Mariner year in the same window: 4th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2009 one of the three best-measured Mercury Mariner years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 315 complaints about the 2009 Mercury Mariner are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mercury Mariner by model year
Other 2009 Mercury models
Newest record on this page: April 11, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted