2001 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS Complaints

BRAKE PEDAL AND ACELERATOR PEDAL ARE TO CLOSE TOGETHER AND ON THE SAME PLANE.TWICE ,THE CAR DEVELOPED A RUN AWAY CONDITION WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES,I WAS PUSHING ON THE BRAKES AND HITTING THE ACELERATOR AT THE SAME TIME.THE REAR TIRES WERE BURNING RUBBER.HAD TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL TO STOP THE CAR.BROUGHT THIS PROBLEM TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DEALER TO NO AVAIL. JUST DON`T TRUST THIS VEHICLE ANY MORE. NLM

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, VEHICLE SUDDENLY GAVE A JERK AND ENGINE DIED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE. CONSUMER FELT IF THIS HAPPENED ON HIGHWAY SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. *AK THE VEHICLE HAS JERKED SEVERAL MORE TIMES SINCE THEN. THE DEALER CONDUCTED NUMEROUS TESTS BUT COULD NOT LOCATE THE CAUSE. THE ENGINE HAS NOT DIED SINCE THE FIRST INCIDENT. *JG

VEHICLE DEVELOPS MAJOR VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL AT 65+MPH GOING OVER LIGHTLY BUMPY AND HEAVILY BUMPY ROADS.........FEELS LIKE LOSING CONTROL OF VEHICLE......PROBLEM DUPLICATED DURING TEST DRIVE BY SENIOR MAINT MGR AT DEALERSHIP.......EXISTING TSB ON THIS ISSUE.....SERVICE WRITER AT DEALER CLAIMS OTHER THAN BALANCING WHEELS.....FORD HAS NOT COME UP WITH SOLUTION...THEY ARE WORKING ON IT.....VEHICLE NO LONGER DRIVABLE ON FREEWAYS OR AT HIGHWAY SPEED*AK

THREAD SEPARATED AND BLEW OFF LEFT FRONT TIRE. UPON EXAMINATION BY GOODYEAR TIRE DEALERS AND MYSELF IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAD SEPARATED TO THE POINT OF THREAD BLOW OFF IMMINENT. THE TWO REAR TIRES WERE DETERMINED TO BE IN THE MIDDLE STAGES OF THREAD SEPERATION AS THREAD HAD BUBBLES OF SEPERATION BEGGINING TO SHOW AND WOULD FAIL AT UNKNOWN TIME, BUT WOULD FAIL.*AK

AIR CONDITIONER FAN BEHIND GLOVE COMPARTMENT IS LEFT OPEN, AND CONSUMERS SCARF WAS SUCKED INTO FAN, CAUSING IT TO BECOME INOPERABLE. CONTACTED DEALER WHO WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK *SLC

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AND UPON BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY CONSUMERS FOOT SLIPPED OFF GAS PEDAL, COULD NOT FIND BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE. CONSUMER HIT A PARKED VEHICLE.*AK CONSUMERS FOOT BECAME ENGAGED WITH THE LEDGE OF THE GAS PEDAL AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT ON BRAKES WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. *JG

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES TO COME TO A STOP, PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. THIS ALSO HAPPENS DURING EMERGENCY BRAKING. DEALER STATED THIS WAS THE WAY THE VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED.*AK *TT

WHEN SHIFTING VEHICLE INTO REVERSE IT WOULD GO FORWARD A FEW FEET BEFORE GOING BACKWARDS. IF SHIFTING VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL, IT WOULD GO FORWARD INSTEAD. DRIVER'S FOOT WAS NOT ON ACCELERATOR PEDAL. PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP.*AK DEALER PERFORMED TESTS WITH FORD SCAN TOOL AND THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS FOUND/CONCERN COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. *TT

WHILE DRIVING IN SLEET AND SNOW DEFROSTER DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. DEFROSTER CAN BE ON, BUT DOESN'T CLEAR WINDOWS. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING IN SLEET AND SNOW STORM WINDSHIELD WIPERS FROZE AND STOPPED WORKING. WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADES WERER VERY THIN. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK