2001 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS Complaints

UNDERSIDE OF CAR COVERED WITH OIL. CONCRETE DRIVEWAY WITH MANY OIL SPOTS. PINON GEAR SEAL WAS LEAKING. REPLACED PINON SEAL.*AK

CAR WOULD START AND DIE. FAILED TO RUN AT IDLE. REPLACED IDLE AIR SENSOR. EVENT OCCURRED AT 55,000 MILES.*AK

THIS MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS LS HAS HAD 4 FAILURES OF COIL PACKS. THESE CAN CAUSE SERVIOUS DAMAGE TO AUTO BY PUTING THE AUTO OUT OF BALANCE OR STRANDING YOU ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS AUTO HAS HAD SEVERAL FAILURES THAT RESULTED IN COSTLY REPAIRS, AND NO RECALL EXISTED WHEN IN FACT THIS IS A VERY VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON ALL MARQUES. RESEARCH SAYS THAT ALL FORDS MADE IN CANADA HAVE SERIOUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS DUE TO INFERIOR PARTS WHICH I PRESUME ARE IMPORTED. I DO HAVE OLD PARTS FOR YOUR INSPECTION FROM ONE OF THE REPLACED COILS. ONE DEALER IN DALLAS REFUSED TO PROVIDE OLD PARTS. I DO HAVE RECEIPTS FOR ALL REPAIRS. *AK

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE ACCELERATED . AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE COLLIDED INTO A CEMENT WALL AT 80 MPH. AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. OCCUPANTS WER BOTH TAKEN TO INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. *AK

2001 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS.. SUDDEN ENGINE ACCELERATION. WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE ENGINE ACCELERATED AT A RAPID RATE AND HAD TO BE PLACED IN NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO RETURN TO NORMAL IDLE. FORTUNATELY DRIVER HAD HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK *MR

WHEN STOPPING OR BRAKING THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED. *AK THE CONSUMER FELT THAT THE DEALER SHOULD REPAIR THE VEHICLE FREE OF CHARGE SINCE THE ORIGINAL DEFECT OCCURRED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. *NM

SPORADICALLY WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED VEHICLE JERKS FORWARD AND STALLS. *AK

CONSISTENT PROBLEM WITH TURN SIGNAL AND AIR-CONDITIONING MALFUNCTION. FUSE BLOWS-NO TURN SIGNAL OR AIR CONDITIONING. POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM AND SAFETY/FIRE HAZARD. CERAME DEALERSHIP IN ST. LOUIS, MO HAS NOT BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP SERVICE HAS REPLACED ONE WIRE AND A SENSOR. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. TAKING VEHICLE BACK TO DEALERSHIP TO RESOLVE 6/23/03.

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING.*MR THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOP SEVERAL TIMES AND THE PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN FIXED. THE CONSUMER HAD A WARRANTY. THE DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, THERE WAS JUST NO WAY TO FIX IT. *CB THE VEHICLE VIBRATED WHILE IN GEAR, WAITING AT A STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. *JB