Animal companions - including mounts - all key off of effective druid level. Each class that gives you one stacks with all others, once you get the feature providing it, factoring in level penalties. The limit on the effective druid level is your HD.
It's fuzzy if you start out as a druid with a whatever that isn't a horse, wolf, dog, or pony, and then take cavalier levels or what have you. But Paladin/Cavalier definitely stacks.
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Per the FAQ HERE it is pretty cut and dry. If the classes granting animal companions have the same companion on their lists then their levels stack. If they do not, despite what LazarX said, then you have would two companions with separate levels calculated seperately (though remember you can only bring ONE of them into battle with you in PFS, this is probably what LazarX meant to say).
In the case of choosing a Bonded Weapon instead of a Bonded Mount then no, your paladin levels would not stack with anything since you have given up your mount class feature in lieu of a Bonded Weapon.
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If I have a paladin 9/Cavalier 1...
Do their levels stack for my Mounts total level?
Yes, assuming both classes are granting you a mount (some archetypes trade away this ability).
If I choose bonded weapon, can I still get a Mount from the Cavalier?
Yes.
Does the mount use my total levels or just my Cavalier levels?
It would be a level 1 mount, in this case.
Do I only get 1 mount of my choice(Paladin or Cavalier) or do I technically get 2, 1 from each class?
It would serve you best to just go with 1. In PFS you may only have one critter out during combat. Having any more than that bogs down gameplay.
How does my ACs levels calculate then?
Either as a 10th level mount or two mounts at 1st and 9th level.