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2012 Mercury Mariner Hybrid Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Mar 5, 2016
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Mar 5, 2016

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2012 Mercury Mariner Hybrid. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Brakes
Filed Mar 5, 2016

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, I HIT THE BRAKES AND THEY STOPPED WORKING. ON THE DASHBOARD IT SAID THAT BRAKES NEEDED TO BE SERVICED. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO STOP BY PUTTING MOST OF MY WEIGHT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. I PULLED TO THE SIDE AND INSPECTED THE CAR, NOTHING WAS WRONG. I PROCEEDED TO RESTART THE CAR AND THE BRAKES APPEARED TO BE WORKING FINE. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY VERIFIED THAT AN ISSUE HAD OCCURRED, HOWEVER THEY DID NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX THE ISSUE AND CONTACTED FORD. AFTER 4 DAYS THEY CLAIM THAT A TUBE WAS DEFECTIVE AND THAT THE BRAKES ARE FIXED. NO CAR SHOULD HAVE A FAILURE THAT CAUSES SOMEONE THE INABILITY TO STOP, THIS IS POOR ENGINEERING. ALL CARS SHOULD HAVE A FAIL SAFE THAT ALLOWS TO THE CAR TO STOP IN EVENT OF CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. WHAT MAKES THE INCIDENT ODD IS THAT RESTARTING THE CAR FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR ME, ALLOWING ME TO DRIVE IT TO A DEALERSHIP.

NHTSA ID
10840035
Incident
Feb 5, 2016
Mileage
98,000 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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