2006 Mercury Mariner Steering Problems

“After a short 30 minute visit to our vet, my wife started the vehicle and had no power steering at all. Restart of the vehicle did not resolve the issue, so she carefully drove the vehicle home 10 miles. Luckily it failed while the vehicle was not in motion. Dealer diagnosis indicated a b3377 fault code (eps motor malfunction), and told me the steering rack needed replacement ($2200).”

“The front sub-frame has completely rusted out. We live in a salt zone (michigan). There is also visible corrosion throughout the exterior. We were driving and the front passenger wheel started bowing out and we started vibrating. We got to safety before anything happened.”

“I had the power steering pump and rack replaced at separate times during the warranty period on my 2006 Mercury Mariner. This was between january 2008 and december 2008. Now they are failing once again. Should there be a recall on these items?”

“My vehicle: 2006 Mercury Mariner hybrid SUV. Purchased new in 2006. In hot weather...vehicle engine quits while in motion on freeway at approximately 70 MPH (3 times), and city streets (3 times). Extremely dangerous when engine quits while driving on freeway in traffic. All you can do (while praying!) is coast to a stop and do your best to pull off on to shoulder of road without crashing into other vehicles. We have tried 3 times to get ford motor to repair this problem...all to no avail. The last time we had to pay approximately $1,500. However, ford motor did reimburse us! …”

“Recall for coolant pump on hybrid system could result in hybrid electronic overheating causing a stall like condition recall was addressed by dealership back on 7/20/2015 2nd owner has had vehicle for 9 mnths - have had 3 incidents of vehicle shutting down with dash light advising to pull over for safety and the system shutting down directly after - brakes /steering etc. …”