2003 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS Complaints

THE WELD SEPARATED THE STEEL RIM CAUSING AIR LEAKS AND THE WELD WAS LETTING GO WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS INJURIES OR DEATH. FORD DEALER WOULD NOT WARRANTY THIS DUE TO 46,000 MILES. FOR SAFETY DEFECTS, THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN WARRANTED. *NM

2003 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM. *MR THE CONSUMER'S FOOT WOULD MAKE CONTACT WITH THE BRAKE AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AT THE SAME TIME. THE BAKE AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDALS ARE LESS THAN 3 INCHES APART. THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A MINOR PARKING ACCIDENT DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. *SC

THE ENGINE REVVED IN FULL THROTTLE WHEN THE GEAR SHIFTER WAS SHIFTED INTO DRIVE FROM PARK; RESULTING IN A REAR END COLLISION. THIS OCCURRED WHILE IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC IN THE CAR WASH LINE. THE REPAIR SHOP FAILED TO DETERMINED WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURE, BUT THE CONSUMER FEELS DUE THROUGH THEIR OWN RESEARCH THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM/CRUISE CONTROL. *TT

WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT WITH FOOT ON BRAKE, THE VEHICLE KICKED INTO A FAST IDLE. *BF *SC

THE REAR AXLE WAS MAKING A GROWLING NOISE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR AN INSPECTION AND RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE REAR WHEELS COULD FALL OFF IF NOT REPAIRED. *JB

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 1997 MERCURY MARQUIS HOME IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. SUDDENLY STEAM BEGAN POURING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND THE "HOT" LIGHT WENT ON. SHE PULLED TO THE EDGE OF THE ROAD AND CALLED ME. I SENT A TOW TRUCK TO BRING THE CAR TO OUR HOME. I LOOKED AND COULD SEE WATER ALL OVER THE ENGINE AND PERHAPS A HOSE BROKEN. RATHER THAN TOW IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, 20 MILES AWAY, I CALLED A QUALITY GARAGE LOCALLY THAT I HAD DEALT WITH BEFORE. THEY SAID THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED, THE WATER PUMP LEAKING AS A MINIMUM. THE COST TO REPLACE AND FIX EVERYTHING WAS $1075. WHILE CALLING AROUND FOR PARTS, THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AND FORD HAD RECALLED POLICE AND CITY FLEET VEHICLES FOR UPGRADE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. UPON CHECKING WITH THE MERCURY SHOP FOREMAN, HE CONFIRMED THAT STORY. SINCE I HAD A 100,000 MILE WARRANTY THAT HAD EXPIRED ONLY A FEW MONTHS PRIOR, I ASKED WHY FORD WOULD NOT HELP PAY FOR THE DAMAGE. I WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT COVERED. I ASKED WHY, KNOWING THAT THIS PROBLEM EXISTED, WHY THEY HAD NOT FIXED IT UNDER THE WARRANTY. I WAS TOLD THEY NEVER THOUGHT OF IT. LOUSY SERVICE, LOUSY ENGINEERING AND I NOW DRIVE A TOYOTA. *NM

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT SUDDEN ACCELERATION. CONSUMER WAS IN A PARKING LOT AND PUT THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE. DID NOT PRESS THE ACCELERATOR, AND VEHICLE JUMPED THE CURB AND FLATTENED TWO TIRES.CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A BODY SHOP. *AK

THE VEHICLE'S SHIFTER JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE. AS A RESULTED THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS AND WAS INVOLVED IN A MINOR COLLISION. *AK

ENGINE MADE A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES SINCE PURCHASE. DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO SOUND, NOTHING WAS DONE. ANOTHER OUTSIDE MECHANIC TOLD HIM IT SOUNDED LIKE A BEARING. DEALER STATED THAT THE RIGHT CYLINDER HAD TO BE REPLACED, AND THE VEHICLE WAS STILL AT DEALER. *AK

THE REAR END MAKES A THUMBING NOISE WHEN THE VEHICLE SPEED REACHES 40 MPH AND FASTER. TIRES WERE REPLACED,BUT THE NOISE BECAME WORSE. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP, WHO MAINTAINS THAT THERE IS MAJOR PROBLEM, AND THE REAR END HAS TO BE TAKEN APART. THERE IS RECALL 04V328000 FOR THE REAR AXLE FRACTURE THAT CONSUMER FEELS MIGHT BE THE CAUSE OF THE NOISE. *AK