1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS Complaints

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE WOULD SHUTTER, DEALER REPLACED FAULTY TORQUE CONVERTER. *SLC

INTAKE MANIFOLD IS PLASTIC AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MELT. CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT THIS COULD EVENTUALLY CAUSE OTHER PROBLEMS TO OCCUR, SUCH AS ENGINE OVER HEATING. *AK THERE ARE STRESS CRACKS WHERE THE ALTERNATOR IS ATTACHED TO PLASTIC MANIFOLD. THE DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE DEFECTIVE PART SHOULD BE UNDER RECALL BUT IT WASN'T. AT FIRST, FORD STATED THEY WOULD PAY FOR THE PART, HOWEVER THEY HAVE NOW DECLINED. THIS IS A SAFTEY HAZARD AS SMOKE EMITS FROM THE ENGINE AREA OBSTRUCTING THE VIEW OF THE DRIVER. *JG

WHILE DRIVING, TREAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT FOR A 1996, MERCURY, GRAND MARQUIS. *AK. MICHELIN TIRE XW4 215/70/15 97S DOT#H1C7-094X

WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING, VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF, RESULTING IN NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES.*AK. CONSUMER STATES ENGINE STALLS FREQUENTLY WHILE TURNING, THE ENGINE CODES ARE ALL NORMAL, THE DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE 3 TIMES WITH NO SUCCESS.*JB

PITMAN ARM HAS BROKEN FIVE TIMES. PART LASTED FOR 2000 MILES AFTER LAST REPLACEMENT.*AK

INTAKE NANIFOLD WAS CRACKED. AND LEAKED COOLANT FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY LEFT BALL JOINT FELL OUT OF VEHICLE. DEALER CONTACTED.*AK CONSUMER ALSO STATED LEFT TIR ROD END AND BALL JOINT FAILED, AND ALSO THE RIGHT SIDE IS IN POOR CONDITION, DEALER REPLACED THE OUTER AND INNER TIE ROD ENDS.

WHIILE DRIVING INTAKE MANIFOLD BURST AT THE SEAMS. TOOK VEHICLE TO FORD DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE INTAKE MANIFOLD ON MY VEHICAL IS THE SAME THAT IS ON ANY 4.6LTR ENGINE THAT FORD HAS PUT INTO PRODUCTION IN THE YEARS PRIOR TO 1998. WHEN FORD WENT TO A CASTED MANIFOLD. I KNOW THEY HAVE HAD SEVERAL FAILURES OF THIS PART. EVEN THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP PARTS MAN SAID THAT THIS PART SHOULD BE RECALLED. THAT TELLS ME THAT THEY HAVE HAD A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF FAILURES OF THIS MANIFOLD. BUT INSTEAD THE CONSUMER HAS TO PUT OUT AROUND 500 DOLLARS, TO REPAIR A DEFECTIVE PART. IS THERE ANY RECOURSE FOR THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM. I NOTICED SEVERAL OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS IN YOUR LISTING OF FAILURES. *AK

THE WATER JACKET ON THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED RIGHT BEHIND THE ALTERNATOR THE DEALERS CARY ATLEAST 6 MANIFOLDS IN STOCK AT ALL TIMES THEY HAD THE PROBLEM ON OTHER VEHICLES AND TOLD ME MINE WASNT ON THE LIST. *AK