2008 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS Complaints

BRAKE AND GAS PEDAL TO CLOSE TOGETHER WHEN APPLYING BRAKES ALSO HIT GAS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES ALMOST REQUIRES A CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO AVOID THIS PROBLEM. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE NY THRUWAY WHEN I NOTICED THE FRONT OF MY HOOD WAS VIBRATING I HAD ALREADY TRAVELED FOR OVER 200 MILES I NEVER OPENED OR RELEASED THE HOOD IT CAME LOOSE BY ITSELF,THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE, I HAD TO PULL OVER IN THE BREAK DOWN LANE TO CLOSE IT THE HOOD HAD NOT BEEN OPENED FOR SERVICE PRIOR TO THIS OCCASION. *TR

THE VEHICLE ACCELERATEDS WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. BECAUSE THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE GAS PEDAL HEIGHT IS NEARLY THE SAME HEIGHT AND WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL YOU CAN ALSO DEPRESS THE GAS PEDAL CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ON A TWO LANE ROAD, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT REAR ENDED THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS INJURED. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELT DID NOT TIGHTEN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 17,000. REMAILED 12/10/08. *LJ

UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION OF 2008 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS, WHILE MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE, SLOWING THE VEHICLE. THIS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE PAST 3 DAYS. SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED OCT. 31, 2008. EACH INCIDENT NEARLY CAUSED MY VEHICLE TO STRIKE ANOTHER VEHICLE. *TR

2008 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS LS HAD AN ELECTRICAL OUTAGE. *NJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRUNK LID WOULD NOT OPEN USING THE REMOTE CONTROL OR BY PUSHING THE BUTTON. ALL OF THE LIGHTS WENT OUT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT AS WELL. *JB

AVIS RENTAL CAR (CAR # 5102064) FROM DENVER INT'L AIRPORT. (CAR REGISTERED # AYH296 OK) INCIDENT LOCATION: LAKEWOOD, CO 80401. PARKING LOT OF PRIVATE OFFICE. I COINCIDENTLY BACKED OUT OF PARKING SLOT AS OFFICE WORKER BACKED OUT OF HERS. REAR BUMPERS TAPPED--NON-EVENT. ON SHIFT (AUTO. TRANSMISSION) INTO DRIVE TO MOVE FORWARD OUT OF THE WAY, THE CAR ROCKETED UNEXPECTEDLY SEEMINGLY AT FULL-THROTTLE, TIRES SCREECHING. I SLAMMED ON THE BREAKS. (5 YARDS BETWEEN ACCELERATING AND BREAKING TIRE MARKS.) IN THOSE 5 YARDS THE RENTAL CAR STRUCK THE FRONT END OF THE OFFICE'S SUV (2000 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER), LIFTING AND SHOVING IT FROM ITS PARKING PLACE OVER A CONCRETE TIRE BARRIER AND ONTO A GRASSED LANDSCAPE AREA. SUV MAY BE "TOTALED." FRONT AND HOOD OF RENTAL CAR ('08 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS) BASHED IN. DRIVER AND PASSENGERS, BELTED, OK. LAKELAND, CO POLICE WERE TELEPHONED FROM THE OFFICE. PERSONNEL WAITED 2 HOURS, BUT THEY NEVER CAME TO THE SITE. *TR

WE WERE INVOLVED IN AN AUTOMOBILE CRASH ON JUNE 22, 2008. WE BELIEVE IT WAS DUE TO A DEFECT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY REPORTED. WE WERE ENTERING A PARKING LOT WHEN WE COULD NOT STOP THE CAR FROM SPEEDING UP. WE EVENTUALLY HIT THE SIDE OF A BUILDING BEFORE WE GOT STOPPED. WE OWN A MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS 2008. I AM AFRAID WE WILL BE KILLED OR KILL SOMEONE ELSE. MY HUSBAND COULD NOT GET THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN, THE BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK. *TR

THE FIRST TIME I CHANGED THE OIL IN MY 2008 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS WHEN I STARTED THE ENGINE THERE WAS A LOUD MECHANICAL NOISE FOR A FEW SECONDS. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND TOLD HIM TO CHANGE THE OIL AND LISTEN FOR THE NOISE WHICH THEY HEARD AND WAS TOLD ALL 2008 GRAND MARQUIS DO THIS .ALSO I NOTICE THE ENGINE IS NOISY IN THE MORNING WHEN I START IT. I THINK FORD HAS A PROBLEM WITH THESE ENGINES IF THEY ALL DO IT. *TR

UPDATE ON ODI NUMBER 10208094. ON THE DAY THE MERCURY THAT I OWN WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER TO SOLVE THE SAFETY PROBLEM, AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED WITHIN 10 MILES OF MY HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS A LATE MODEL LINCOLN TOWN CAR. ONE PERSON WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE HOSPITAL AND THE DRIVER DIED A FEW DAYS LATER. THE FOLLOWING IS A QUOTE FROM THE NEXT DAY BREVARD COUNTY FLORIDA LOCAL NEWSPAPER (FLORIDA TODAY). ?THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE AT THE INTERSECTION OF WICKHAM ROAD AND LAKE ANDREW DRIVE WAS BEGINNING TO HUM WITH THE RUSH OF FRIDAY EVENING TRAFFIC WHEN A LIGHT BLUE SEDAN HIT THE CURB AND CRASHED THROUGH SOME BUSHES INTO A RETENTION POND.? ?SOME SAID THE CAR MADE A NOISE LIKE A ROARING FREIGHT TRAIN AS IT PLUNGED INTO THE WATER. A FEW SAID IT SHOT OFF LIKE A ROCKET.? END OF QUOTE. IT IS TIME SOME ONE PAYS ATTENTION TO THE SERIOUSNESS THIS SAFETY PROBLEM. IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE WITH THE MERCURY THAT I HAVE TO PRESS THE BRAKE AND GAS PEDAL AT THE SAME TIME. AND EVEN IF YOU DID THE GAS PEDAL WOULD ONLY SLIGHTLY BE DEPRESSED. I HAVE SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND FOUND NUMEROUS SIMILAR INCIDENTS WITH FORD MOTOR COMPANY VEHICLES. FORD MOTOR COMPANY SHOULD TELL THEIR DEALERS TO STOP THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENTS FROM GIVING THEIR CUSTOMERS BULL CRAP AND DO THE SENSIBLE THING OF FINDING OUT WHAT IS REALLY WRONG. *TR