Tire Valve problems of the 2008 Mercury Mariner

Two problems related to tire valve have been reported for the 2008 Mercury Mariner. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2008 Mercury Mariner based on all problems reported for the 2008 Mariner.

1 Tire Valve problem

Failure Date: 09/05/2009

On July 5, 2009 while driving my Mercury Mariner the passenger side rear tire went flat. Cause was a bad valve stem; on September 4, 2009 I had the same problem with the driver side rear tire. The auto tech at wall mart showed me the valve stem was dry rotted and had to be replaced. I also had him replace both valve stems on the front tires, which also showed signs of dry rot.

2 Tire Valve problem

Failure Date: 07/14/2008

In July 2008 , "check tire pressure" light became present. Upon placing air in left-rear tire a crack/ leak in valve stem became present. Valve stem was replaced. In August 2008 same issue occurred with right rear stem. Today, October 26th 2008 the issue occurred with the right front valve stem. All valve stems on my vehicle have now been replaced.


Other Tire related problems of the 2008 Mercury Mariner

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