1993 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS Complaints

HAND LEVER BROKE OFF INSIDE STEERING COLUMN CAUSING CAR TO ROLL BACKWARDS OUT OF GARAGE.

VEHICLE CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN THE SAME SPEED AS CONSUMER WAS CRUISING AT AFTER AFTER REMOVING FOOT FROM GAS PEDAL, IN SHORT, WHILE VEHICLE BEGINS TO LURCH. PUTTING GEAR SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL CAN HEAR ENGINE RACING.

HAD TURNED WINDSHIELD WIPERS OFF. DID NOT DISAPPEAR. DIVIDED THE WINDSHIELD. TURNED SIGNAL WAS ON, WIPERS JUMPED AS THEY IF WERE ON. WHEN VEHICLE STARTED, IT WOULD GET WORSE. TOOK TO DEALER & TOLD ENTIRE WINDSHIELD WIPER ASSEMBLY NEEDED REPLACING. *AK

DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45-50 MPH SMELLED SMOKE/BURNING, LIGHTS WENT COMPLETELY OUT. STEERING COUPLING BOLTS WERE LOOSE, VEHICLE LOST CONTROL, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. *AK

FAILED TORQUE CONVERTER CAUSED VEHICLE TO VIBRATE. AFTER TORQUE CONVERTER WAS REPAIRED ALL VEHICLE LIGHTING CEASED, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR, AND THE SPEEDOMETER WAS ERRATIC. SPEEDOMETER READ 75-80 MPH WHEN VEHICLE WAS ACTUALLY GOING 20-25 MPH.

BROKEN SHIFT TUBE ASSY, WHICH SNAPPED IN TWO WHILE PARKING THE CAR, SHIFTED IN PARK, SHIFT HANDLE DISENGAGED COMPLETELY, LEAVING NO TRANSMISSION AND NO POWER, CAR ROLLED, REPLACE SHIFT TUBE.

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 5 MPH THE OUTER TIE ROD BROKE OFF OF VEHICLE. DEALER REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. *AK VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND DEALER FOUND THE LEFT OUTER TIE ROD HAD BROKEN OFF AND THE RIGHT OUTSIDE TIE ROD END WAS ABOUT TO BREAK APART. FLASHERS INOPERABLE, DEALER REPLACED FLASHER ASSEMBLY. *SLC

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION IN WHICH THIS VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, BUT THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY . WHEN VEHICLE REAR ENDED THE OTHER VEHICLE, IT WAS TRAVELING 35MPH UPON THE IMPACT. *AK

DRIVING VEHICLE 30 MPH; WEATHER RAINY; ROAD SLICK; REARENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE GOING UNDETERMINED SPEED; BOTH FRONT SEATS COLLAPSED BACWARDS UPON IMPACT, RESTRICTING DRIVER'S VIEW.

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH TIRES ARE GOING OVER A RIPPLED ROADWAY. DEALER STATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, COMMON PROBLEM REPLACED (1) EVERY WEEK. *AK