2003 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS Complaints

2003 GRAND MARQUIS HEADLIGHT FAILURE. THE HEADLIGHTS ON THE CAR JUST GO OUT AT INOPPORTUNE TIMES. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS MODEL. WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN A RECALL FOR THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ISSUE. SEVENTY MILES AN HOUR AND LOSING THE HEADLIGHTS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. *TR

I AM HAVING HEADLIGHT FAILURE DUE TO LIGHT CONTROL MODULE(LCM/LIGHT BOX) ISSUES. AS I HAVE FOUND OUT WHILE RESEARCHING THE WEB I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON HAVING THIS PROBLEM THE HEADLIGHTS WILL SWITCH OFF AND ON NO MATTER IF YOUR DRIVING OR NOT. MANY TIMES THEY WILL NOT COME ON AT ALL. I AM FORCED TO STOP ONCE THEY GO OUT AND WAIT UNTIL THEY DECIDE TO SWITCH BACK ON TO CONTINUE WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE PART AND REPAIR WILL BE 900.00 BY A LOCAL DEALER DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A RECALL ISSUED. WHAT EXACTLY NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO GET THIS SAFETY ISSUE REMEDIED? PLEASE TAKE A DEEP LOOK INTO THIS. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING ON A LONG DARK HWY WHEN THIS HAS HAPPEN DO IT TAKE FOR SOMEONE TO BE KILLED !!!! BECAUSE WHEN THE LIGHT GO OUT YOU CAN NOT SEE. *TR

HEADLIGHTS ON 2003 MERCURY GRANMARQUIS WILL GO OFF OR WILL NOT COME ON AT ANY TIME THEY MAY COME ON OR MAY NOT COME ON AT ANY TIME IF THEY GO OFF WHILE THE VECHICLE IS TRAVLING ON THE ROAD THIS COULD BE DISASTERIOUS AND COULD LEAD TO LOSS OF LIFE. THE PRBLEM STARTED ON 12/14/2009 AND CONTINUED UNTIL THE LCM (PROCESSOR-LIGHTING CONTROL MODULE) WAS REPLACED ON 12/30/2009 THE LCM WAS REPLACED BY SPARTON LINCOLN MERCURY, MCDONOUGH GA.30253 THE PART,LABOR AND TO DIAGNOSE IT COST APPROXIMATELY $760.00, DEALER KEPT PART CAR WAS NOT DRIVEN AT NIGHT BECAUSE OF PROBLEM PROBLEM COULD OCCUR AT ANY TIME

THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD OF MY 2003 MERCURY 4.6L V-8 CAME APART AND LET THE COOLANT LEAK OUT ONTO THE ENGINE.THIS CAR WAS BUILT IN CANADA IN MID-2002 THE PROBLEM IS RAMPANT IN MANY YEARS OF THE FORD CO CARS. AND IN 2001 A CLASS ACTION SUIT WAS FILED, IN WHICH FORD WAS DIRECTED TO PAY DAMAGES TO ALL OWNERS (1,800,000 OWNERS) OF THIS TYPE OF ENGINE AND FORD WAS SUPPOSED TO STOP INSTALLING THAT ITEM AS OF THEN. CLEARLY THEY DID NOT STOP AND THAT FAILURE COST ME OVER $1000.00 TO REPAIR. THE REPAIR PART IS NOW PARTLY ALUMINUM AND PART PLASTIC. SEE: HTTP://WWW.CONSUMERAFFAIRS.COM/NEWS04/2005/FORD_MANIFOLD_SUIT.HTML. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR LIKE ALWAYS AN THIS ONE PARTICULAR NIGHT THE HEADLIGHTS JUST SHUT OFF, I PULLED OVER AN CHECKED THE FUSE AN THAT WAS NOT THE PROBLEM SO AFTERWARDS I PULLED OFF AN ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER THE HEADLIGHTS POPPED BACK ON, AN THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW, BUT COME TO FIND OUT IT WAS THE LIGHTING CONTROL MODULE LOCATED UNDERNEATH THE DASHBOARD BENEATH THE STEERING WHEEL WHICH IS A COSTLY ITEM. *TR

SUDDEN ACCELERATION IN A 2003 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. THIS HAPPENED AFTER PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE, IT TOOK OFF AT AN EXCESSIVE RATE OF SPEED CROSSED A STREET AND JUMPED TWO CURBS ABOUT 15 INCHES HIGH WITHIN 5 OR 6 SECONDS. MY THOUGHTS WERE "WHAT IS HAPPENING?" & "BRAKE OR YOU ARE GOING TO DIE" THANK GOD THIS VEHICLE DROWN IN HURRICANE KATRINA. I CALLED YOUR OFC IN 2004 AFTER THIS HAPPENED AND WAS SENT A FORM TO FILL OUT AND RETURN TO YOU WHICH I NEVER DID. HOWEVER, WITH THE TOYOTA RECALL IT DISTURBS ME THAT MY FORD DID THE SAME THING. AN INVESTIGATION NEEDS TO BE MADE AS TO WHY THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING BECAUSE IN MY CASE IT WAS NOT A FLOOR MAT AND NEITHER WAS IT DRIVER'S ERROR. IT IS IMPORTANT TO MYSELF THAT THIS INCIDENT IS REPORTED AND HOPEFULLY SOMEONE WILL TAKE IT SERIOUS AND FIND OUT WHAT THE REAL PROBLEM IS BEFORE MORE LIVES ARE LOST. I CONSIDER MYSELF VERY LUCKY THAT I WAS NOT INJURED AND OTHERS WERE NOT INJURED. MY VEHICLE SUSTAINED $5,000.00 WORTH OF DAMAGE AND AT THE TIME THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. THEY SUPPOSEDLY CHECKED THE CAR BUT COULD FIND NO REASON FOR THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS SUDDENLY TURNED OFF. HE PULLED OVER AND AFTER A MINUTE, THE HEADLIGHTS TURNED BACK ON. THEY CONTINUED TO FLICKER WHILE DRIVING; HOWEVER, THE LIGHTS WOULD NOT COME BACK ON AFTER HE REACHED HIS DESTINATION. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE LIGHTING CONTROL MODULE WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED TO-DATE. HE HAD NOT SPOKEN WITH THE MANUFACTURER TO-DATE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 85,652. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 85,550.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH AT NIGHT WITHOUT A WARNING THE HEADLIGHTS SHUT OFF. ALL OF THE LIGHTS OTHER THAN THE HEADLIGHTS WERE OPERATING NORMALLY. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 10 TIMES. A LOCAL SERVICE GARAGE STATED THAT THE LIGHTING CONTROL MODULE CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE HEADLIGHTS HAVE NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73429 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75276. UPDATED 03/12/10. *LJ UPDATED 09/21/10

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT THE LIGHTS REMAIN OFF VARIES. THE PARKING LIGHTS STAY ON AND THE SIGNAL LIGHTS WORK; HOWEVER, THE HEADLIGHTS REMAIN OFF. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 124,909. UPDATED 03/01/10. *LJ UPDATED 05/13/10.*JB

THIS IS ON MY 2003 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS GS. THE LIGHT PROCESSOR FAILED AND MY HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR 5 TO 10 MINUTES. THEY CONTINUE TO DO THIS UNTIL THE SYSTEM WOULD RESET, TAKING 15 TO 30 SECONDS. THIS ALSO HAPPEN ON MY 1997 FORD CROWN VIC FIRE CHIEFS CAR WHEN I HAD THAT VEHICLE. BOTH VEHICLES NEEDED TO HAVE THE LIGHT PROCESSOR REPLACED COSTING OVER $500.00. MY MECHANIC STATED THAT WHEN HE CALLED THE DEALER THEY STATED THAT THEY ALWAYS KEEP 3 OR 4 IN STOCK BECAUSE THIS IS A PROBLEM. MY QUESTION IS WHY IS THIS NOT A RECALL ITEM??? THE HEADLIGHTS GOING OUT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT NIGHT MUST BE A SAFETY ISSUE? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME IN THIS MATTER. *TR