2005 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS Complaints

THIS STARTED OUT WITH LIGHTS AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS CUTTING OFF AND ON WITH NO APPARENT WEARING. ALSO BURNING SMELL. TOOK IT IN GOT THAT FIXED. I WAS INFORMED THIS HAD OCCURRED IN OTHERS SAME EXACT THING. RIGHT AFTER THAT NEXT THING WAS DASH LIGHTS FOR ABS, AIRBAG, AND ANTI SKID STAY ON. I TOOK IT TO 2 PLACES. WAS TOLD IT WAS A MODULE UNIT BY ONE PLACE THE OTHER COULDN'T FIND A REASON. I HAVE NOT HAD IT FIXED SINCE I COULDN'T GET A CLEAR REASON FOR IT, ALSO THE CAR RUNS FINE. THE LIGHTS MUST MEAN SOMETHING. I'M GOING TO SELL IT BUT NEED TO GET AS MUCH A POSSIBLE FOR IT AND THIS WILL TAKE AWAY FROM THE BUYING PRICE. NEED TO FIX BUT WAS TOLD THE MODULE UNIT REPAIR SEEMS STRANGE. PLEASE HELP ANY ADVICE WOULD BE HELPFUL. THANK YOU *TR

2005 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO THE LIGHTING CONTROL MODULE ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED FAILURE OF THE LIGHTING CONTROL MODULE, CAUSE THE HEADLIGHTS TO GO OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THE ONLY WAY TO TURN THEM BACK ON, WAS TO REACH UNDER THE DASHBOARD AND TAP THE AFFECTED MODULE WHICH WORKED SOMETIMES AND SOMETIMES IT DIDN'T. THE PART WAS ORDERED ON NOVEMBER 6, 2014. HOWEVER, THE DEALER HAD NO IDEA WHEN THE SHIP WOULD BE FOR THE PART. *JB

CANNOT SHUT LIGHTS OFF WHEN I SHUT OFF THE CAR. WHEN I TURN THEM ON THE SOMETIMES WORK AND SOMETIMES DON'T. RIDING DOWN THE HWY THEY JUST GO OFF. I HAVE BEEN STOPPED BY THE POLICE. DRIVERS WINDOW WORKS SOMETIMES AND DOES NOR AT OTHER TIMES. BUTTONS FOR THE PASSENGER SEAT ALSO WORKS WHENEVER IT WANTS TO. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT AND TURNING INTO A DARK DRIVEWAY WITH MY LIGHTS FUNCTIONING FINE AND THEY UNEXPECTEDLY WENT OUT. IT WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM AND WOULD HAPPEN WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING WITH THE LIGHTS ON. WE REPLACED THE LIGHT SWITCH AND THOUGHT THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN FIXED; THE LIGHTS SEEMED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED, RECENTLY, I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE TRAVELING AT 73 MPH, PASSING A SEMITRAILER, WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT. TERRIFYING! FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO GET PAST THE SEMI AND PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER, THROW ON MY FLASHERS, AND FIDDLE WITH THE LIGHT SWITCH UNTIL THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON. *TR

MY HEADLIGHTS WILL NOT COME ON AT TIMES OR JUST COME ON FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND THEN THEY GONE. I HAVE GOTTEN SO MANY TICKETS FOR DRIVING WITH MY HIGH BEAMS AND IT'S SEEM LIKE THE MANUFACTURER DON'T CARE AT ALL. *TR

2005 GRAND MARQUIS RECALL NOTICE ON YOUR VEHICLE, IT MAY BE POSSIBLE THAT THE UPPER INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT WAS SERVICED INCORRECTLY DURING PREVIOUS REPAIRS FOR SAFETY RECALL 13S08 OR REGIONAL PROGRAM 13R01. *MW THE CONSUMER ATTACHED RECALL # 14V704000. DOCUMENT IS WRITTEN IN SPANISH. *JB

I WENT TO HAVE MY LIGHTS FIXED DUE TO A TRAFFIC VIOLATION FOR HIGH BEAMS.I TOOK IT TO BE REPAIRED AT MALL OF GEORGIA FORD. MY LOW BEAMS WOULD NOT TURN ON. THEY REPLACED THE WRONG PART WHEN THERE WAS A WARRANTY OUT FOR THE LIGHTING MODULE. THEY REFUSED TO FIX ISSUE AND MY LOW BEAMS CONTINUED NOT TO WORK. IN ORDER TO MAKE THE LIGHTS WORK YOU HAVE TO HOLD DOWN THE HIGH BEAM LEVER . *TR

THE ISSUE DESCRIBED IN PE08066 HAPPENED TO ME LAST NIGHT. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX 50 MPH MY HEADLIGHTS TUNED OFF SPONTANEOUSLY. LUCKILY I HAD OTHER CARS IN FRONT AND BEHIND ME AND COULD STILL SEE THE ROAD BECAUSE OF THEIR LIGHTS. MY TURN SIGNAL FUNCTIONED WHEN I SIGNALED I WAS PULLING OVER, AND IT APPEARED MY SIDE MARKERS WERE STILL ON (YELLOW GLOW OFF CARS AROUND ME). I DO NOT KNOW IF MY TAIL LIGHTS WERE STILL ON. I TURNED MY HEADLIGHT DIAL FROM AUTOMATIC TO MANUAL HEADLIGHTS, AND THERE WAS NO DIFFERENCE. THEN, MY HEADLIGHTS CAME BACK ON SPONTANEOUSLY. THEY WERE OUT FOR A TOTAL FOR 10-15 SECOND. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

STARTED VEHICLE TO MOVE IT IN MY DRIVEWAY. PUT IT IN DRIVE AND THROTTLE STUCK OPEN AND VEHICLE SLAMMED MY GARAGE CORNER. TRIED PUTTING IT IN PARK AND IT WENT INTO REVERSE (BRAKE OVERRIDE DID NOT WORK) INSTEAD AND CROSSED STREET, WENT ACROSS NEIGHBORS LANDSCAPING STONES AND SLAMMED INTO THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR'S FRONT PORCH AT WHICH TIME THE IGNITION SHUT DOWN AND THE CAR CAME TO A STOP. MANY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGES TO ALL THREE HOMES. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS SUDDENLY FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,000.