1999 MERCURY MARQUIS Complaints

MY MOTHERS CAR WAS OFF & IN PARK & ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ENGINE REVED UP AND THE CAR SHOT THROUGH HER GARGAGE DOOR AND ALMOST THROUGH THE BACK GARAGE WALL WITH MY MOM IN THE CAR. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT HIGH SPEED VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE AND VIBRATE. ROTORS WERE OUT OF ROUND AFTER BRAKES ARE USED UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED THIS WAS HAPPENING IN ALL FORD PRODUCTS. MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. *JG *AK

DRIVER PARKED VEHICLE AND TURNED IT OFF. LATER RETURNING AND TRYING TO START VEHICLE FAILED TO START. IGNITION HAD LOCKED UP STEERING WHEEL, AND WAS UNABLE SHIFT OUT OF PARK. A POLICE PERSON STATED PROBLEM MIGHT BE RELAY SWITCH. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

FROM TIME OF PURCHASE WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THEY SQUEAK.DEALER INSISTS THAT IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF VEHICLE, BRAKE DISTANCE IS NORMAL. *AK *SLC

WHILE PULLUNG OUT OF A PARKING LOT ENGINE STARTED TO REV REALLY SO LOUD THAT PEOPLE IN SIDE THE STORE COULD HEAR IT. THEN, CONSUMER SMELLED RUBBER BURNING FROM TIRES, THEN IT TOOK OFF IN REVERSE. *AK

BOTH FRONT DOOR HINGES ARE NOT DESIGNED PROPERLY, THE DOORS WILL NOT STAY OPEN HALFWAY OF FULL OPEN POSITON WITHOUT MOVING, ON WINDY DAYS THE DOOR IS EASILY BLOWN CLOSED. NLM

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH FUEL SPITTING OUT OF FUEL : TANK: FILLER NECK WHILE REFUELING. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER ON FOUR OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

WHEN PRESSING ON BRAKES, CONSUMER HAS TO PUSH BRAKES HARDER TO GET VEHICLE TO STOP, PEDAL ALMOST GOES TO THE FLOOR. ALSO, BRAKE LINING IS LETTING OUT SOME KIND OF OIL GETTING ON THE HUB CAPS.*AK THE CUSTOMER STATES THE STOPPING DISTANCE IS GREATER NOW THAN WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS NEW. THE PROBLEM REOCCURS FREQUENTLY AND THE CUSTOMER SUSPECTS MANUFACTURER FLAW

I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN GOOD FAITH, THINKING THAT IT WAS NEW. IT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. MY

FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE DOORS DO NOT STAY OPEN ON THEIR OWN, THE HALFWAY LOCKING POINT DOES NOT WORK. DOORS, WHEN OPENED, WILL SWING RIGHT BACK AND SHUT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK