2001 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS Complaints

WHILE DRIVING 12 MPH THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND AS A RESULT THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE CHEST. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NLM

CONSUMER STATES SHE HAS AN IDLE AIR CONTROL VALVE PROBLEM. SHE STATES THAT SOMETIMES WHEN SHE ATTEMPTS TO START HER VEHICLE, IT ACTS AS IF IT WANTS TO CUT OFF. THEN THERE ARE TIMES WHEN SHE IS DRIVING AND HAS TO STOP, THEN THE VEHICLE CUTS OFF. *PH THE CONSUMER TALKED TO ANOTHER CONSUMER WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND HAD COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED. *SCC *JB

CAR WOULD NOT IDLE AFTER STARTING. THANK GOD IT HAPPENED IN DRIVEWAY. TOWED TO DEALER, AND DEALER REPLACED IAC VALVE, AND CLEANED FUEL SYSTEM. CAR HAD 37974 MILES ON IT. PURCHASED USED ON 07/03/03, WAS CERTIFIED AS USED CAR, 33750 MILES. NOTICED INTERMITTENT TURN SIGNAL FLASHING WHEN PURCHASED. CHANGED BULBS, NO IMPROVEMENT. SHOULDN'T A SAFETY RECALL BE ISSUED INSTEAD OF A TSB ON THE IDLE PROBLEM? *AK

CRUISE CONTROL MOVES GAS PEDAL RAPIDLY DOWN AND BACK UP AT A RATE OF 1 TO 2 OCCILATIONS PER SECOND, AT TIMES CAR CAN BE FELT TO JERK BACK AND FORTH. DEALER HAS MADE MANY ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT THE ISSUE UNDER WARRENTY BUT NOW IS BEING TOLD THAT FORD WILL NO LONGER PAY FOR REPAIRS. I FEEL THIS MAY BE A SAFETY ISSUE AS I DO NOT KNOW WHEN THE CAR MAY ACCELERATE OUT OF CONTROLL.

THE VEHICLE WAS IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AND ONLY THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT. *AK THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON. *SCC *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHIMMIED IN THE FRONT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE THE MECHANIC RE-BALANCED AND ALIGNED THE TIRES. THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTED AFTER BEING TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THIS WAS AN ON GOING PROBLEM SINCE THE BEGINNING OF PURCHASE. THE CONSUMER HAD AN ADJUDICATION TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. *AK THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN BACK TO THE DEALER ON MANY OCCASIONS FOR THE SHIMMY IN THE FRONT. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES AND THE DRIVESHAFT ASSEMBLY. THE VEHICLE DEVELOPED AN OIL LEAK THAT WAS ALSO ONGOING, SO THE DEALER REPLACED THE OIL PAN/OIL PAN GASKET AND THE REAR MAIN CRANK SHAFT SEAL. THE IGNITION COIL ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED AS WELL. WHEN THE WEATHER WAS COLD, THE HOOD WOULD NOT POP OPEN AND THE RIGHT FRONT DOOR DID NOT CLOSE PROPERLY. *SCC *JB

WHEN DRIVING WITH REAR WINDOWS DOWN, AND INITIATING THE CONTROLS TO RETURN THE REAR WINDOWS TO THEIR "CLOSED" POSITION, UPON THE REAR WINDOWS REACHING THE TOP CLOSED POSITION, THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT WINDOW OPENS PARTIALLY OR MAY OPEN FULLY ON IT'S OWN. ALSO WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ROLL ALL WINDOWS UP AT THE SAME TIME, THE CIRCUITRY BECOMES OVERLOADED AND ALL WINDOWS STOP AND WILL NOT MOVE FOR ABOUT 3 TO 5 MINUTES UNTIL THE CIRCUIT TIMER RESETS. *NLM

TURNING SIGNAL STARTED TO FLASHING REALLY FAST, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. NOW OUT OF WARRANTY AND HAPPENING INTERMITTENTLY AGAIN. *NLM

THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT START. THE DEALER STATED THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. *JB

2001 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS TRUNK CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE MORNING. WASN'T USED THAT MORNING. CAUSE OF FIRE UNKNOWN. *JB