2008 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS Complaints

JUST BOUGHT THE 2008 GRAND MARQUIS, FIRST DAY, RADIO DID NOT WORK, (STILL DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY). TOOK THE CAR IN FOR OIL CHANGE 2500 MILES, ALSO ASKED THEM TO CHECK OUT A NOISE THE CAR WAS MAKING. I WAS JUST INFORMED YESTERDAY I NEED A NEW ENGINE. THEY THE DEALER SAID IT WAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE TIMING CHAIN AT FIRST THE REPLACED THAT PART AND STILL HAD THE NOISE. I WILL NEVER OWN A FORD PRODUCT, AND THEY WONDER WHY THEY ARE LOSING MARKET SHARE!!! BY THE WAY, THIS IS MY 9TH GRAND MARQUIS, I JUST TRADED AN 2005 TO GET RID OF IT, IT TOO HAD A NOISE THEY COULD NOT FIX. NOW MY WIFE WILL NOT EVEN DRIVE THIS ONE WHEN WE GET IT BACK FROM THE DEALER. *TR

FALSE ACCELERATION OF 2008 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. ON OCT. 9TH, MY WIFE AND I AND TWO FRIENDS (FROM PA AND DE) WERE IN VEHICLE HEADED FOR DINNER. CRANKED VEHICLE AFTER SETTING FOR APPROXIMATELY 22 HOURS. ENGINE REVVED UP TO AN ESTIMATED 4000 RPM CREATED LOUD RUMBLING SOUND AND VIBRATED VEHICLE. I WAS TOO FRIGHTENED TO LOOK AT TACHOMETER. TURNED SWITCH KEY OFF. MADE 3 ATTEMPTS TO START ENGINE. FINALLY REMOVED KEY FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 15 SECONDS, CAR STARTED AND SEEMED NORMAL. PROBLEM HAS NOT REOCCURRED, HOWEVER MY WIFE WILL NOT DRIVE VEHICLE. FRANKLY ALL FOUR PEOPLE IN CAR HAD A '!@#$% FRIGHTENING. THIS TOOK PLACE IN OAK RIDGE TN. ON OCT. 9, 2007. OCT.10 DROVE VEHICLE TO LINCOLN-MERCURY DEALER IN OAK RIDGE. THEY STATED THAT IF THE ENGINE SERVICE LIGHT DID NOT COME ON, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FIND ANY PROBLEM. ON OCT. 19 VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ISLAND LINCOLN/MERCURY DEALER IN MERRITT ISLAND FL. (VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED THERE.) SERVICE MANAGER DROVE VEHICLE ON TEST DRIVE AND TOLD ME IN A NICE MANNER THAT I MUST HAVE HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKES AND GAS PEDAL AT SAME TIME. NOT TRUE. I HAVE TESTED STARTING THIS VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES WITH ONE FOOT ON BRAKE AND OTHER FOOT ON GAS PEDAL. ENGINE REVS UP NORMALLY, NO RUMBLING WHAT SO EVER. THE RUMBLING CAUSED ME TO BELIEVE THAT SOME CYLINDERS WERE NOT FIRING DURING THIS EVENT. DEALER DID NOT MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO FIND OR DUPLICATE PROBLEM. NAMES OF TELEPHONES NUMBERS OF OTHER PASSENGERS ARE AVAILABLE. *TR

WHEN STEPPING ON BRAKE, MOTOR RACED UP TO 5000 RPM. ( LIKE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ENGAGING. HAD TO GO TO NEUTRAL PUMP THE ACCELERATOR TO BRING RPM DOWN. IN A PARKING LOT WITH BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE IT PUSHED ME 5 FEET BEFORE I COULD GET IT UNDER CONTROL. *JB