Table 1 shows eleven common steering related problems of the 2009 Mercury Mariner. The number one most common problem is related to the steering (111 problems). The second most common problem is related to the power steering failed (14 problems).
Vehicle notification stating power steering assist fault. Power steering locked up on highway going 60 mph while a child was in vehicle and vehicle was extremely hard to get off the highway. Parkway Ford of pampa, TX would not honor recall as VIN was not pulling up a recall. Read details...
Past 30 days while driving heard warning chime lasting about 2 seconds. No message visible on dashboard. On 12/18 while parking car warning chime and message "power steering assist failure. " steering assist completely failed. Read details...
Power steering assist is unreliable. It would stop working intermittently a few days ago and now it doesnt work except for the first start of the day and I've had it looked at shop here in town it threw a code that a local Ford dealership told me was the steering column needed replacing. Read details...