2005 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS Complaints

DRIVING ALONG AT NIGHT WHEN HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT. TRIED ALL SWITCH POSITIONS WITH NO RESULTS. EVENTUALLY FOUND THAT I COULD GET LIGHTS ON BY PULLING AND HOLDING THE HIGH BEAM LEAVER. THIS PROBLEMS HAPPENS WITHOUT ANY WARNING. I AM NO LONGER DRIVING THIS VEHICLE AT NIGHT UNTIL I GET IT REPAIRED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ALONG WHEN MY TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CAR SPUN INTO TRAFFIC AND HIT A WALL AND GUARD RAIL BUT DID NOT HIT ANY CARS. MY WHOLE FRONT END WAS SMASHED IN AND LONG THE ONE SIDE OF THE CAR SCRAPPED UP. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY!!! INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE HEADLIGHTS WILL SUDDENLY GO OFF AND WON'T COME BACK ON. EVENTUALLY, THE LIGHTS WILL COME BACK ONLY TO GO OFF AGAIN. I SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND FOUND NUMEROUS INSTANCES OF THIS HAPPENING TO THIS MAKE AND MODEL YET, THERE IS NO RECALL. *TR

AT START UP I NOTICED THE AMBER AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON - THEN I RESTARTED THE CAR AND READ AIR BAG LIGHT BLINKING 3 AND 4 TIMES. TOOK THE CAR TO MECHANIC, AFTER TESTING WITH SOME SORT OF COMPUTER HE FOUND OUT THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT PRETENSIONER WAS BAD AND NEEDS REPLACEMENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE HEADLIGHTS SUDDENLY FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR WAS THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 97,000. UPDATED 05/12/14 MA THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A LETTER FROM FORD, STATING THE LCM WOULD BE REPLACED ON MAY 6, 2014. UPDATED 05/15/14

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, THE HEADLIGHTS WILL SUDDENLY GO OUT. TAIL LIGHTS AND OTHER LIGHTS CONTINUE TO WORK. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT MAKES THEM COME BACK ON SOME TIME LATER. I CAN MAKE THE HIGH LIGHTS COME ON BY HOLDING THE HIGH LIGHT, (TURN SIGNAL) LEVER TOWARD ME THIS TOO IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE I AM BLINDING ONCOMING DRIVERS. THIS IS CERTAINLY A SERIOUS SAFTY ISSUE. *TR

I DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY FROM TO WORK. DURING THE WINTER MONTHS, IT IS DARK AT 6 AM. THIS MORNING, AS I USUALLY DO, THE LIGHT SWITCH WAS ON AND IT WAS ON LOW BEAMS. SUDDENLY, THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT. I PULLED OVER AND STOPPED. THE SIDE MARKERS AND THE PARKING LIGHTS WERE ON. I SAT FOR A FEW MINUTES TO DECIDE HOW TO GET HOME WITH NO LIGHTS. THEN THE HEADLIGHTS CAME BACK ON. I TOOK A CHANCE, THEY REMAINED ON, THAT DAY. IT WOULD OCCUR PERIODICALLY THEN DAILY, SOMETIMES TWO (2) TO THREE (3) TIMES ON THE DRIVE TO WORK. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2005 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS AT APPROX 8:00 PM, MY LIGHTS WENT OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND I TRIED TO TURN THE LIGHTS OFF AND ON AGAIN, BUT THEY WOULD NOT COME BACK ON. I WAS ABOUT 1 MILE FROM MY HOME NEAR MY SUBDIVISION ENTRANCE AND I HAD TO DRIVE THE REST OF THE WAY HOME WITHOUT MY LIGHTS. LATER, AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM, I FOUND THAT YOU CAN USE THE FLASH TO PASS HIGH BEAMS IF THIS SHOULD OCCUR. THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED OFTEN AFTER THE INITIAL OUTAGE AND I REPLACED THE LCM. THE REPLACEMENT LCM IS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY YOU DO NOT THINK THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE A RECALL. IT IS DANGEROUS TO THE DRIVER AND OTHER MOTORISTS AS WELL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 13V385000 (STEERING); HOWEVER, THE CONTACT WAS NOT ABLE TO HAVE THE VEHICLE SERVICED BECAUSE THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE AN EXPECTED DATE FOR THE PART TO BE AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THERE ARE NO FAILURES AT THIS TIME. *TR

HEADLIGHTS WENT DARK WITHOUT WARNING AND WOULD NOT WORK REGARDLESS OF SETTING. I COULD ONLY GET HIGH BEAMS IF I HELD THE DIRECTIONAL LEVER UP. VERY SCARY. ALMOST RESULTED IN ACCIDENT!!!!! *TR