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Best ever
pastkg, 07/14/2010
2005 Mercury Mariner Premier Fwd 4dr SUV (3.0L 6cyl 4A)
7 of 8 people found this review helpful
My Wife and I bought our 05 Mariner used only about a month and a half ago. We couldn't be happier with our purchase! bought it with 47,000 miles on it, and it preforms like new. enormous amount of room for being a small SUV. handles better than our ford focus we replaced for this. We plan to buy another Mariner (2010) when its time to say goodbye to our 05'. This SUV has all the options I could ask for and more! leather, power window, locks, seats, mirrors, heated seats, mirrors, roof mount for garage door opener & glasses, very bright visor light (great for reading & night), auto adjust rear view mirror, auto headlights, etc. This is so far the best vehicle I have ever owned.
Very high build quality and good mileage
Bob, 04/24/2007
2005 Mercury Mariner Convenience AWD 4dr SUV (2.3L 4cyl 4A)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
This Mariner is a very handy size vehicle that has provided better than expected fuel economy (24 mpg on the highway). The all wheel drive works very well in northern Vermont winters. The build quality of the Mariner is exceptional. In almost 2 years of ownership we have not yet had a problem.
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Noisy
Denise, 11/06/2010
2005 Mercury Mariner Premier AWD 4dr SUV (3.0L 6cyl 4A)
6 of 8 people found this review helpful
Just purchased a week ago. So far, a lot of wind noise even @ 45mph, rattling noise on passenger rear side, and it vibrates like crazy @ stoplights. Engine sounds like it's idling too high like it's ready to race. Also the windshield wipers are extremely loud!! Thumps. I took 3 months deciding if I wanted this suv or not. Wish I would have waited longer.
Disappointed with the paint.
hov, 01/13/2006
2005 Mercury Mariner Convenience Fwd 4dr SUV (2.3L 4cyl 4A)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
I really enjoy driving the Mariner. It is fun to drive and handles really well. I was disappointed in the design after I found that the paint below the rear passenger doors (where the body flairs out) was badly chipped after only 2k miles of careful driving. We put on mud flaps and it was re-painted, 2k later, the same result. Ford claims this is a vehicle trait. A very poor trait to have in an otherwise good vehicle. I am curious to see if anyone else has noticed this premature wear.
My mariner
GEORGE SCHOTT, 03/10/2005
2005 Mercury Mariner Premier Fwd 4dr SUV (3.0L 6cyl 4A)
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
The vehicle is very noisy there is a lot or transmission noise and vibration.The instrument cluster is a disaster (information center)95% of the time you can't see it due the reflection the charactors are difficult to read. The compass is useless it is stuck over in the extreme left corner using a little stick figure for information.Seating has almost no lateral support. There is no indication if the transmission is in 4wd or 2wd, is gives you a unsure feeling when you are wet or slipery conditions. So far i am not impressed with the gas mileage best i have done is 18.5 At normal speeds. The overall noise inside the car is excessive my last 2 trucks didn't make this much noise