1995 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS Complaints

TRANMISSION/TORQUE CONVERTER HAS A SHUDDER WHEN SHIFTING AT ABOUT 50 MPH, I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH REGARDING THIS AND HAVE FOUND 19 TSB'S REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION/TORQUE CONVERTER FROM JAN. 1995 TO JULY OF 2003. THIS IS ON MY 1995 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD/MERCURY AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THE COST OF DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR IS MY RESPONSIBILITY. IT WOULD SEEM TO ME WITH SO MANY TSB'S ON THIS PROBLEM THERE IS A MFG. DEFECT INVOLVED, AND SHOULD BE FIXED BY THE MFG.*AK

CONSUMER HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDOWS ON DRIVER SIDE MECHANISM, WINDOWS WON'T WORK PROPERLY. *AK WINDOWS NEITHER WENT UP NOR DOWN AT HALFWAY POINT. CONSUMER ADDED THAT DEALER HAS HUNDREDS OF SUCH FAILURES. *LA

WHILE DRIVING HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED ON/OFF. THIS CAUSED A VISIBILITY PROBLEM DURING NIGHT HOURS. RECALL#95V189000 WAS ISSUED; HOWEVER, DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT REPAIR THIS VEHICLE FREE OF CHARGE BECAUSE THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK *MR

CONSUMER FELT THAT HIS VEHICLE'S REAR SUSPENSION SHOULD BE RECALLED BECAUSE THE NEWER MODELS HAVE BETTER REAR SUSPENSIONS. *LA WHEN THE WIND BLEW, OR THE ROAD WAS UNEVEN ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP THE VEHICLE STRAIGHT, THE PROBLEM ONLY OCCURRED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE DEALER REFUSED TO UPGRADE THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO PAY. WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE OFF THE RUBBER PART OF THE BLADE SAT PARTIALLY ON THE GLASS AND ON THE PLASTIC BELOW THE GLASS, THE RUBBER PART OF THE BLADE HAD TO BE CHANGED FREQUENTLY IN ORDER TO WORK PROPERLY WHEN IT RAINED OR SNOWED. THE TIE ROD BROKE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PARKING LOT. *JB

CAR KEY IGNITION FAILED TO SHUT OFF THE CAR THE KEY MECH. WAS INOPERATIVE THE KEY COULD BE REMOVED WHILE THE KEY WAS REMOVED

I LEFT THE HOUSE AND AT THE END OF THE STREET THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I RETURNED HOME AND CHECK THE CAR OVER AND OBSERVED A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF BRAKE FLUID LEAKING IN THE AREA IN FRONT OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR WHEEL. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION,THE FLUID WAS COMING FROM THE WHEEL WELL WHERE THE BRAKE LINE GOES BETWEEN THE FRAME AND THE BODY OF THE CAR. I COULD NOT SEE EXACTLY WHERE THE LEAK WAS COMING FROM OR THE CAUSE A LEAK. I MADE A TRIP TO THE DEALER TWICE (IN ANOTHER CAR). THEY ADVISED TO GET THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THAT THE CHARGE WOULD BE $84.00 TO LOOK AT THE CAR AND AT THAT TIME I WOULD GET A ESTIMATE TO REPAIR. I WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL OR TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS FOR THIS CAR. THE CAR REMAINS IN THE DRIVEWAY INOPERABLE AT THIS PRESENT TIME.

WHILE DRIVING OVER 45 MPH CONSUMER FELT TRANSMISSION SHUDDERING AND VIBRATING. THERE WAS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM. CONSUMER HAD NOT INFORMED THE MANUFACTURER OR THE DEALER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.*AK

1 OF MY 4 MICHELIN XH4 TIRES HAS THE SIDEWALL SEPARATING AT THE INTERFACE OF THE WHITE TO BLACK WALL. TIRES HAVE APPROXIMATELY 30,000 MILES AND ARE 3 YEARS OLD. *LA

WH/REFERRAL FWD RE FUEL TANK DEFECT TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 01-21-14 RECEIVED FOR A 1995 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS.*MR CONSUMER NOTED THE CENTER FOR AUTO SAFETY IDENTIFIED THIRTY FIRE FATALITIES OUT OF SEVENTY FATAL CRASHES IN THE 1992-2001 FORD CROWN VICTORIA'S, MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS AND LINCOLN TOWN CAR. ALTHOUGH FORD STATED THIS FAILURE WAS PROBLEMS FOR POLICE CRUISERS, MORE FATALITIES WERE CIVILIAN VEHICLES WITH THE SAME GAS TANK ASSEMBLY. THE CONSUMER WENT TO TWO LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIPS WHOM REFUSED TO PERFORM THE SERVICE BULLETIN WORK ON HIS VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH HE WANTED TO PAY. THE CONSUMER WANTED THE WORK DONE TO MAKE HIS VEHICLE SAFER. *PH *JB

FUEL SYSTEM LEAKS BETWEEN THE FILLER PIPE AND THE GAS TANK, CAUSING SEVERE LEAKAGE. *AK EVERY TIME CONSUMER GASES UP THE VEHICLE AND IT SAT PARKED, THERE WAS A LARGE PUDDLE OF GAS ON THE GARAGE FLOOR. CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER FOUND INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET PERTAINING TO 95 GRAND MARQUIS'. THE DEALER STATED THAT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *PH *NLM