2005 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS Complaints

DRIVING DOWN A ROADSIDE AND LIGHTS SUDDENLY WENT OFF, BUT I WAS ABLE TO USE HIGH BEAMS. CHECK IT OUT THE NEXT DAY AND WERE WORKING FINE. PROBLEM CAME UP A YEAR LATER, AGAIN, IT RESOLVED ITSELF. *JS HAPPENED A THIRD TIME RECENTLY AND IT STILL OUT.

HIGH AND LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS FAILED WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED ON DARK 2 LANE HIGHWAY IN UPSTATE NY. FUMBLED WITH LIGHT CONTROLS UNTIL BY RANDOM CHANCE DISCOVERED THAT BY HOLDING "FLASH TO PASS" STALK BACK, HIGH BEAMS COULD BE ACTIVATED. MADE IT HOME STEERING WITH THE RIGHT HAND AND HOLDING FLASH TO PASS WITH LEFT, BLINDING ONCOMING DRIVERS WITH THE HIGH BEAMS ALL THE WAY. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM IN THE LIGHTING CONTROL MODULE (LCM) THAT CAN SOMETIMES BE CURED BY KICKING THE LCM, WHICH IS LOCATED UNDER THE DASHBOARD ABOVE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. HARD TO DO AT NIGHT, ON A DARK ROAD, AT HIGH SPEED, IN TRAFFIC, WHILE HOLDING THE FLASH TO PASS STALK WITH THE LEFT HAND AND STEERING WITH THE RIGHT HAND. THIS INTERMITTENT LIGHT FAILURE OCCURRED AGAIN THE WEEK OF MAY 25, 2014. THIS VEHICLE SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN AT NIGHT AND SHOULD BE RECALLED IMMEDIATELY BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *TR

SUDDEN ACCELERATION. THE CAR DID THIS AFTER STARTING IT IN THE DRIVEWAY. UPON PLACING THE CAR IN DRIVE THE CAR ACCELERATED BURNING RUBBER IN THE DRIVEWAY. HAD TO STAND ON BRAKES AND TURN IGNITION OFF TO STOP CAR. THE SECOND INCIDENCE HAPPENED WHILE BRAKING FOR A RED LIGHT, I HAD TO SHIFT CAR INTO NEUTRAL TO STOP CAR. UNSURE OF MILEAGE IN THIS INSTANCE. MOST RECENTLY WHILE IN SOUTH CAROLINA I WAS SITTING AT A RED LIGHT WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND I HAD TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL TO AVOID REAR ENDING CAR IN FRONT OF ME. (MILEAGE 60,000). *TR

LOST HEADLIGHTS. LIGHTING CONTROL MODULE FAILED. IT WAS DARK AND I WAS OUT OF STATE, APPROXIMATELY 325 MILES FROM HOME. I STAYED IN VA AND RETURNED HOME IN NY STATE THE NEXT DAY DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS. I TRAVELED THROUGH A MANDATORY "HEADLIGHT ONE ZONE" ON ROUTE 15 IN MARYLAND. I TRAVELED THROUGH CONSTRUCTION ZONES IN PA ON I81, WHERE HEADLIGHTS ARE REQUIRED TO BE ON. APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS EARLIER I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM FORD(CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 14N01) NOTIFYING ME THAT THIS FAILED PART WAS NOW PART OF AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. PROBLEM IS THAT THE PART IS NOT AVAILABLE AND FORD MOTOR CO. CANNOT TELL ME WHEN IT WILL BE AVAILABLE. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A SAFETY RECALL. IMAGINE AN UNSUSPECTING DRIVER, DRIVING AT NIGHT ON A TWO LANE COUNTRY ROAD WHEN THIS PART FAILS. IF THIS DRIVER IS GOING AROUND A CORNER, THE CAR WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY LEAVE THE ROAD AND CRASH. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE HEAD LIGHTS WENT OUT RANDOMLY. WE TRIED TO TURN THE SWITCH THE OTHER WAY AND BACK AND FORTH BUT THAT DID NOT WORK. THE ONLY TIME THE LIGHT WORK IS IF YOU HOLD THE HIGH BEAM SWITCH TOWARDS YOUR BODY MAKING IT VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. SOMETIMES THEY COME ON WHEN YOU FIRST TURN THE CAR ON AND THEN TURN OFF AGAIN WITHIN MINUTES. *TR

STARTED CAR AND THE AIR BAG STARTED FLASHING THEN STAYED ON. THIS SAME PROBLEM REOCCURS EVERY TIME I START THE CAR. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTICE FOR A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PART COULD NOT BE REPLACED IF HE WAS NOT EXPERIENCING A FAILURE BUT FELT THAT IT SHOULD BE REPLACED BEFORE A FAILURE OCCURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. UPDATED 7/22/14*CN

AT ABOUT 8 PM, I WAS DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE INTERSTATE. I TURNED THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH ON AND OFF, BUT THE HEADLIGHTS DID NOT COME BACK ON. AFTER A FEW MINUTES, THE HEADLIGHTS JUST CAME BACK ON. I TURNED ON MY BLINKER TO GET BACK ON THE INTERSTATE AND THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OFF AGAIN. MY HUSBAND AND I SWAPPED SEATS AND HE TOOK OVER THE DRIVING. THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON AND HE PULLED ONTO THE INTERSTATE. THE LIGHTS WENT OFF AGAIN AND AS LONG AS HE PULLED THE BLINKER TOWARDS HIM, THEN WE HAD BRIGHT LIGHTS. WHENEVER HE RELEASED THE BLINKER, THE LIGHTS WENT OUT. AFTER DRIVING FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES WITH THE BRIGHT LIGHTS ON, THE DIM HEADLIGHTS CAME BACK ON AND STAYED ON FOR THE NEXT HOUR AS WE DROVE HOME. HE WAS TOLD AT A FORD DEALERSHIP THAT IT WAS THE LIGHT SWITCH, SO HE REPLACED THE SWITCH. THE NEXT NIGHT THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OFF AGAIN. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON AND STAYED ON UNTIL WE GOT HOME ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER. WE HAVE NOT DRIVEN THE CAR AT NIGHT SINCE THEN. WE HAVE SINCE LEARNED VIA THIS SITE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE LIGHT CONTROL MODULE. THE SERVICE MAN IN THE FORD PARTS DEPARTMENT SAID IT WAS HIS EXPERIENCE THAT WHEN THIS HAPPENED IT WAS THE LIGHT SWITCH. SO WE SPENT $137 ON A PART THAT WE DID NOT NEED. *TR

THE LIGHTS WERE ON IN NORMAL MODE WHEN I HEARD A CLICK AND THEY SUDDENLY CUT OUT. I WAS DRIVING SLOWLY IN TOWN AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER; I DISCOVERED THAT I COULD HOLD THE TURN SIGNAL CONTROL SIGNAL FOR THE PASSING BRIGHTS AND GET LIGHT; OTHERWISE NO LIGHTING WOULD TURN ON REGARDLESS OF ATTEMPTS TO CHANGE THE LIGHTING MODE AND RESTARTING THE CAR. EVENTUALLY THE LIGHTS CAME BACK DAYS LATER, BUT HAVE CONTINUED TO CUT OUT INTERMITTENTLY EVER SINCE. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD AS THERE IS NO PREDICTING THE FAILURE, AND THE BRIGHTS ARE NOT GOOD TO HAVE TO HOLD TO USE. *JS

MY HEAD LIGHTS STARTED GIVING ME THIS PROBLEMS ON APRIL 1 2014 THEY WON'T STAY ON SO I HAVE TO HOLD MY HIGH BEAM SWITCH SO I CAN DRIVE USING MY HIGH BEAMS SOMETIMES MY HEADLIGHTS DO CONE ON BUT VERY RARELY I HAVE READ BLOGS AND I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS PROBLEMS. *TR