1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS Complaints

REAR BRAKE FAILURE.REAR BRAKE LINES RUSTED AND SPRUNG A LEAK LOSING ALL BRAKE FLUID AND THE BRAKES TO BE ABLE TO STOP. *AK

1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS NEEDED A NEW INTAKE MANIFOLD. *MR THE CONSUMER HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THE PLASTIC MANIFOLD. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. *SC *JB

MY CAR (1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS) DEVELOPED A CRACK IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD LEADING TO COMPLETE LOSS OF COOLANT AND OVERHEATING WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH WYOMING. IT WAS THEN TOWED TO A SMALL TOWN REPAIR SHOP, WHERE THIS PROBLEM WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, AND THAT MANY CARS HAD A RECALL FOR THIS. UNFORTUNATELY, FOR CIVILIAN CARS THERE IS NO RECALL WHICH LED TO A REPAIR COST OF $1132.00. *LA

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH SMOKE CAME FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED. *AK *NM

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH VEHICLE OVERHEATED. DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM PERTAINED TO CRACKS IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING COOLANT. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS REPLACED AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *AK *NM

INTAKE MANIFOLD MADE OF PLASTIC AND IT CRACKS. REPLACEMENT HAS METAL WHERE PLASTIC WAS USED, OBVIOUS A DESIGN DEFECT.*AK

I PURCHASED A PRE-OWNED,LOW MILEAGE 1996 GRAND MARQUIS MERCURY LS[XXX] FROM A LOCAL CAR DEALER IN JANUARY 2000. THE CAR WAS IN IMMACULATE CONDITION WITH ONLY 57800 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. NOVEMBER,2003,WHILE DRIVING THE CAR,I LOST ALL BRAKING.MY LOCAL REPAIR SHOP FIXED THE PROBLEM[BRAKE LINE FAILURE].WHILE AT MY STATE INSPECTION IN MARCH,04,THE BRAKE LINE "BLEW" OUT AGAIN WHILE THE TECHNICIAN WAS TESTING THE BRAKES. I FEEL THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY FACTOR. I VALUE MY LIFE AND I FEEL THERE SHOULD BE A RE-CALL ON THIS PROBLEM. SO FAR,REPAIR BILLS TOTAL OVER $500. THIS IS A GREAT AUTOMOBILE EXCEPT FOR THE BRAKE PROBLEM I AM EXPERIENCING. *AK UPDATED 07/26/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

FLAMES SHOT FROM UNDER THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND THE TRANSMISSION AREA BEFORE THE ENTIRE ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE. *PH VEHICLE SHOWED SYMPTOMS OF HAVING HOSE LEAKING WITH ANTI-FREEZE BEFORE FIRE WENT OFF. ALSO, THE ENGINE AND FIRE WALL WAS BURNED, CONSUMER WASN'T ABLE TO DISTINGUISH THE CAUSE OF FIRE. *LA

LOW ANTIFREEZE LEVEL DURING MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATION REVEALED CRACKED IN PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD. DEALER INDICATES HAS SEEN THIS FAILURE SIGNATURE BEFORE. *JB