One problem related to steering column has been reported for the 2008 Mercury Mariner Hybrid. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2008 Mercury Mariner Hybrid based on all problems reported for the 2008 Mariner Hybrid.
Vehicle was being operated at approx 35 mph when system horn sounded then steering column locked up, causing near miss accident. Ford refuses to acknowledge any recalls or reassess recalll under nhts campaign 14v284000 for steering where their fix appears to be to reprogram software. Appears that this was a quick fix that didn't solve the problem.