NHTSA Safety Recalls
2010 Mercury Mariner Recalls
The 2010 Mercury Mariner has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 26, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2010 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
- 270
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2010 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 2010 Mercury Mariner
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 16V777000
- Reported
- October 26, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 329,265
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2011 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 2008–2009, 2011 Mariner, 1 other model
Suspension: front: wheel bearing
- Campaign
- 15E045000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2009, 2011 Mariner, 2 other models
2010 Mercury Mariner complaints by year
NHTSA has received 270 owner complaints about the 2010 Mercury Mariner, the newest on August 11, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (1%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2010 Mercury Mariner, the component group named most often is the vehicle speed control (24%), followed by the engine (23%) and the steering (23%).
1 of the 2010 Mercury Mariner's 3 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2010 Mercury Mariner owners gave the mileage (225 complaints), the median was 61,100 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Vehicle Speed Control66
- Engine61
- Steering61
- Power Train60
- Fuel/Propulsion System57
- Electrical System29
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 102 | |
| 2014 | 25 | |
| 2015 | 12 | |
| 2016 | 21 | |
| 2017 | 19 | |
| 2018 | 24 | |
| 2019 | 14 | |
| 2020 | 11 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 15 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2010 Mercury Mariner peaked in 2013, when NHTSA received 102. 41% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2010 vehicles, the 2010 Mercury Mariner drew 3.5× the complaints of the median Mercury Mariner year in the same window: 1st highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2010 one of the Mercury Mariner years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 270 complaints about the 2010 Mercury Mariner are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mercury Mariner by model year
Other 2010 Mercury models
Newest record on this page: August 11, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted