2003 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS Complaints

OCCASIONAL "POPPING" IN RIGHT REAR OF CAR. ON GOING SINCE CAR WAS PURCHASED ON NOV. 26, 2002. REPORTED EACH TIME CAR WAS TAKEN FOR SERVICE. AT SERVICING ON NOV. 11, 2003, TECHNICIANS FOUND "RIGHT REAR UPPER CONTROL ARM MISSING... FOUND RIGHT REAR UPPER CONTROL ARE BOLT OUT." *LA

MY WIFE HIT A SUBURBAN ON ITS DRIVER SIDE. OUR CAR HAD $6000.00 DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END OF OUR 2003 MERCURY MARQUIS WITH ONLY 3000 MILES ON IT. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY ON IMPACT, THERE BY CAUSING FACIAL INJURY AND A BROKEN NOSE. *LA

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED BACK, RIGHT SHOULDER, NECK AND ARM INJURIES FROM THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG . *AK *NLM *NLM *JB

CONSUMER STATED THAT DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF GAS AND BRAKE PEDALS, WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL CONSUMER STEPPED ON GAS PEDAL, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE AND RUN INTO A POST.*AK

WHEN DRIVING 60 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY, CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO THE DRIVER. THE DEALER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *SCC *JB

BRAKE PEDAL AND GAS PEDAL ARE TOO CLOSELY LOCATED. WHEN STEPPING ON BRAKE PEDAL CONSUMER CAN HIT THE GAS PEDAL AT THE SAME TIME. *AK

WHILE DRIVING UNDER RAINING CONDITIONS CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT WORKING. INSTRUMENT LIGHTS PANEL WAS OFF, AND WINDSHIELD WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER REPLACED TWO COMPUTERS IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM , BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. AS A RESULT PASSENGER'A ARM/BACK, AND SHOULDER WERE INJURED. *AK

VEHICLE VIBRATES AT ANY SPEED, GETTING WORSE AS SPEED INCREASES. WHEN HITTING A BUMP THE STEERING WHEEL TWISTS TO THE RIGHT. DEALER TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE, SAID HE FELT THE VIBRATION, AND IT WAS A WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION PROBLEM. VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO DEALER WHERE PURCHASED.DEALER SAID THAT VIBRATION WAS NORMAL FOR THE VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE STALLED AT ANY SPEED, STALLED 25 TIMES. VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXAMINED BY DEALER 4 TIMES. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. VEHICLE HAD BEEN AT DEALER A TOTAL OF 36 DAYS. PRIMARY COMPUTER WAS RESET, THEN REPLACED BY DEALER. THIS DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AK