1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS Complaints

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A MAJOR HIGHWAY, THE MANIFOLD CRACKED AND A CLOUD OF SMOKE COME OUT FROM BEHIND MY CAR. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A HOSE. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED TO A REPAIR STATION, I FOUND OUT THAT THE MANIFOLD HAD CRACKED AND THAT IT WAS MADE OUT OF PLASTIC. IT COST OVER $500 TO FIX IT. *LA

CRACKED INTAKE MANIFOLD, CAUSING OVERHEATING AND LOST OF COOLANT WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS 4.6L ENGINE. *JB

1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS, WHICH HAS A PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD, STARTED LEAKING COOLANT OVER THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE. PLASTIC CRACKED IN FRONT SECTION ALLOWING COOLANT LOSS TO SPRAY ALL OVER. VISITED LOCAL DEALER, PALM BEACH LINCOLN-MERCURY WHO ADMITTED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND IS RECALLED ON SOME NEWER MODELS BUT THERE IS NOT RECALL, FREE OR PAID REPLACEMENT ON THIS ITEM. REPAIRS COST IN EXCESS OF $800.00 TO HAVE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD REPLACED. PLEASE COMMENCE INVESTIGATION AS THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS ON NHTSA SITE FOR SAME ITEM. *JB

1996 GRAND MARQUIS LS BURNED ITSELF TO A COMPLETE LOSS,FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE

1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS LS, VIN: [XXX] FRONT TIE ROD SEPARATION FROM WHEEL WHEN FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAL BALL JOINT SNAPS IN HALF. ESTIMATED SPEED AT TIME OF BALL JOINT FAILURE WAS BETWEEN 1-5 MPH IN A PARKING LOT. FIRST NOTICED WHEN BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPACE, HANDLING WAS POOR, TIE ROD SEPARATED COMPLETELY. CAR IS BEING SERVICED BY NYS DOT CERTIFIED C AND D AUTOMOTIVE, STATE ROUTE 104, ONTARIO, NY 14519. THIS VEHICLE WAS IN LATE JUNE, EARLY JULY OF 1999 FOR A REPLACEMENT OF THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE BALL JOINT SEAL DUE TO LOUD NOISES COMING FROM FRONT DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL AREA AND QUIVERING STEERING FEEL. *JB INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE TECHNICIAN SERVICED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED. *AK *SCC *JB

THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED AND LEAKED ANTI FREEZE ALL OVER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THIS RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE OVERHEATING WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. *AK

THE FRAME OF MY 1996 GRAND MARQUIS BECAME SEPERATED DUE TO BAD WELDING. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO FIRESTONE WHERE THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE FRAME CAME APART DUE TO BAD WELDING. CAR WAS THEN TOWED TO FORD WHERE THEY DECLINED TO REPAIR THE CAR OR PAY FOR THE COST. FORD STATED THEY WOULD NOT COVER IT DUE TO MILEAGE AND MUST BE TOWED TO A BODY SHOP.*AK

WHILE DRIVING MANIFOLD CRACKED, CAUSING A FIRE IN THE FUEL TANK. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK WHILE DRIVING THE MANIFOLD CRACKED WHICH CAUSED ANTIFREEZE TO LEAK FROM THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE MANIFOLD WAS A DEFECTIVE PART AND THAT THEY REPLACED MANY OF THEM WITH THE SAME TYPE OF FAILURE. *SCC *NLM

THERE'S A RATTLING NOISE FROM WITHIN THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. CONSUMER IS AFRAID THAT THIS CAN CAUSE THE AIR BAG NOT TO DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT. THE CAUSE OF NOISE IS YET TO BE DETERMINED.*AK