2002 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS Complaints

PROBLEMS WITH MY WIFE'S 2002 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS LS NOT CRANKING AT ODD TIMES. I HAVE CRANKED UP THE CAR, AND DRIVEN IT INTO THE GARAGE, THEN GO BACK OUT A COUPLE MINUTE LATER - 15-30 MINUTES - AND THE CAR WOULD NOT CRANK. THE LAST TIME I PULLED THE CAR INTO THE GARAGE ONE EVENING AND WHEN MY WIFE WENT TO GO TO WORK THE NEXT MORNING IT WOULD NOT CRANK. THE DEALER'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT CAN NOT FIND A PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL WENT OUT ABOUT A YEAR AGO, REQUIRING A MODULE BE REPLACED. AFTER THAT WE NOTICED THE FOOT PEDAL ADJUSTMENT DIID NOT WORK AND A LOOSE CONNECTION WAS FOUND TO BE THE PROBLEM. THE STARTING PROBLEMS DID NOT START UNTIL AFTER THE TURN SIGNAL MODULE WAS REPLACED. I HAVE FOUND OTHER INCIDENTS OF PROBLEMS WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH FOR THIS MODEL MERCURY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. IT WAS A WHISPERING AIR SOUND. *AK *MR

THE CONSUMER STATED THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS LOWER THAN NORMAL WHICH CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END WHEN PARKING. THE DEALERSHIP PROVIDED A TEMPORARY FIX BY PUTTING SHIMS UNDER THE FRONT END. WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH IN THE RAIN, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER STEERING. THE CONSUMER HAD TO USE EXCESSIVE FORCE TO STEER. THIS RESULTED IN INJURIES TO THE CONSUMERS ARM. THIS FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE TENSIONER PULLEY FALLING OFF. THE PARTS WERE REPLACED. THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT PLATE FAILED TO LOCK IN THE BUCKLE. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ENTIRE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY. *JB ALSO, FRONT RIMS HAVE EXCESSIVE BRAKE DUST. DEALER INSPECTED BRAKES, BUT WEREN'T ABLE TO DUPLICATE CONCERN OF CONSUMER. *LA

ALL FOUR TIRES WERE REPLACED DUE TO BELT FAILURE WHICH HAD PROTRUDED THROUGH THE TIRES. *AK *JB *NLM

WHILE WAITING AT A STOP ENGINE STARTED TO REV TO A HIGH RATE. DRIVER SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL TO HELP RESOLVE THE PROBLEM, WHICH FAILED. HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH MECHANIC, AND CAUSE OF PROBLEM HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING SUSPENSION IS VERY BOUNCY, WHICH CAUSES VEHICLE TO BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE. *AK

THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING. MICHELIN 97SM+S/MODEL-SYMMETRY. *AK THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO FISHTAIL. *SCC *JB

THIS IS A CONCERN AND I AM WONDERING, IF IT SHOULD IN FACT BE A COMPLAINT. I PURCHASED A 2002 MERCURY MARQUIS ON JUNE 12TH OF 2003. I WAS ASSURED THIS, AS OTHER AUTOS HAD BEEN CHECKED OUT AND IN GOOD ORDER. I AM NOW NOTICING THE IGNITION KEY SOMETIMES DOES NOT TURN WHEN I AM TRYING TO START THE CAR. EQUALLY IMPORTANT, I RAN A CARFAX REPORT AND DISCOVERED ON 11/18/02 THIS CAR HAD 27,262 MILES. WHEN I PURCHASED IT, AND BECAUSE OF THE MILEAGE, WHICH AT THAT TIME WAS 27,279 I WAS ASSURED THIS WAS A GOOD CAR. I FIND NOW, THAT IT WAS NOT THE RETIRED, SENIOR CITIZEN WHO WANTED A NEW AUTO TRADE IN, BUT THIS WAS A RENTAL CAR FROM BURLINGGAME, CA. NOW I AM WONDERING IF I SHOULD BE CONCERNED THIS CAR WAS SITTING FOR 8 MONTHS AND THUS ONLY HAD 17 MILES MORE IN JUNE THAN IN NOVEMBER? OR BE SUSPECT ABOUT THE ODOMETER BEING ROLLED BACK? IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM ACCURATE A 2002 WOULD ONLY HAVE 17 MILES MORE IN 8 MONTHS FROM NOV. 2002 TO JUNE 12, 2003.THANK YOU.

WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKE HIS FOOT ALSO HIT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE SUDDENLY. THE VEHICLE TURN SIGNAL WERE INOPERATIVE AND THE IGNITION KEY WAS HARD TO TURN AT TIMES. *JB *CB *NLM

WHILE DRIVING TWO FRONT TIRES EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION (P225/60R16 ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT) . *TS *TT *NLM