Mercury Mariner Hev owners have reported 2 service brakes related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 1 most common service brakes problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's brake light on (2 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Brake Light On problems |
The brakes failed and abs and brake lights came on. Had a soft pedal almost to floor before any braking was present. After turning of engine and restarting brakes returned to normal. The first time this happened my wife ran into e repair shop building causing $3000. Oo dollars damage. Our insurance charged her with a at fault accident. We cannot locate the accident report.
I was driving down the freeway in a fully loaded car and traffic was building up yesterday. I saw brake lights ahead and decided to slow proactively. I pressed on the brakes and there was no slowing and I had to push the brakes as hard as I could with the pedal fully depressed to the floor. The car did slow but I almost rear ended the car in front. The yellow abs and the red brake warning lamp lit and the alarm sounded. I was scared to death in heavy traffic and pulled off the next exit. I turned off the car and pumped the brakes and waited 5 minutes. I turned the car on again and everything worked but I was very nervous all the way home. I then googled the article below and am very upset the Ford dealer or Ford itself never alerted me of this known potential malfunction. . . . Andf why has there been no formal recall!??.