1989 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS Problems & Recalls

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES PER HOUR IN PERFECT WEATHER, MY W/W MICHELIN XZ4 215/70/15M/S BLEW OUT ON MY GRAND MARQUIS FROM THE CENTER/TOP OF THE TIRE(NOT SIDEWALL). THERE WERE NO ROAD HAZARDS. THE TIRE HAS A LARGE GASH, AND EXTENSIVELY SPLAYED STEEL BELTS EXPOSED/TORN. LUCKILY I WAS ON...

DT: THE CONSUMER OWNS A 1989 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. THE ENGINE REVVED UP WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO MOVE FORWARD WHILE HE HAD HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE. THE FIRST TIME THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED IT DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, BUT THE SECOND OCCURRENCE, HE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. *JB *SC

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL A BRAND NEW CRAFT SILVER 651 BATTERY IT STARTED SPARKING. THE RETAIL STORE WAS CONTACTED, AND THEY INDICATED THAT THE BATTERY WILL STOP SPARKING ONCE INSTALLED. CONSUMER INSTALLED THE BATTERY AND IT BLEW UP THE ALTERNATOR. RETAIL STORE DISTRICT MANAGER WAS CONTACTED. HE ...

Mileage: 29,000

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL A BRAND NEW CRAFT SILVER 651 BATTERY IT STARTED SPARKING. THE RETAIL STORE WAS CONTACTED, AND THEY INDICATED THAT THE BATTERY WILL STOP SPARKING ONCE INSTALLED. CONSUMER INSTALLED THE BATTERY AND IT BLEW UP THE ALTERNATOR. RETAIL STORE DISTRICT MANAGER WAS CONTACTED. HE ...

Mileage: 29,000

THE PLASTIC BUSHING KICKBACK WIRING LOCATED ON TOP OF TRANSMISS HAS DETERIOATED AND CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO BECOME DAMAGED, AND WASNOT OPERATIONAL.*AK

Mileage: 86,500

VEHICLE AXLE BROKE CAUSING WHEEL TO COME OFF.*MR WHILE DRIVING THE LEFT REAR AXLE BROKE AND CAUSED THE WHEEL TO COME OFF THE VEHICLE . THE VEHICLE SPUN OFF THE ROAD AND CAME TO REST IN A DITCH. THE WHEEL CROSSED LANES, SMACKED A CONCRETE BARRIER AND BOUNCED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE FORCING...

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED UNWANTED ACCELERATION, AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. *TS *JB

Mileage: 64,000

THE VEHICLE FRAME HAD APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET OF RUST AND CORROSION. THE RUST WAS ALSO NOTICED BY THE BRACKET THAT HOLDS THE TRANSMISSION SUPPORT CROSS MEMBER. THE ENGINE OIL PAN RUSTED OUT WHICH CAUSED AN OIL LEAK. ALSO TWO OF THE TIRES HAD ACQUIRED BULGES. *JG *JB

Mileage: 120,514

THE VEHICLE FRAME HAD APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET OF RUST AND CORROSION. THE RUST WAS ALSO NOTICED BY THE BRACKET THAT HOLDS THE TRANSMISSION SUPPORT CROSS MEMBER. THE ENGINE OIL PAN RUSTED OUT WHICH CAUSED AN OIL LEAK. ALSO TWO OF THE TIRES HAD ACQUIRED BULGES. *JG *JB

Mileage: 120,514

THE VEHICLE FRAME HAD APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET OF RUST AND CORROSION. THE RUST WAS ALSO NOTICED BY THE BRACKET THAT HOLDS THE TRANSMISSION SUPPORT CROSS MEMBER. THE ENGINE OIL PAN RUSTED OUT WHICH CAUSED AN OIL LEAK. ALSO TWO OF THE TIRES HAD ACQUIRED BULGES. *JG *JB

Mileage: 120,514

WHILE DRIVING 70MPH, THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW. THE VEHICLE WAS CONTROLLABLE. PULLED OUT OF WAY OF TRAFFIC. STOPPED VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT TREAD WAS SEPARATING FROM TIRE. CONTACTED TRIPLE AAA AND VEHICLE WAS TOWED.

ON THE 6TH OF JULY WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM OCALA TO BELLEVIEW TRANSMISSION WHICH IS PLASTIC) AND HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A METAL ONE, BUT BY THIS DEFECT IN THE ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER IT CAUSED THE TRANMISSION TO HAVE TO BE REBUILT AT A COST TO ME OF $748.24. I BELIEVE BECAUSE OF THIS DEFECT I SHOU...

STOP LIGHT SWITCH CONNECTOR. CONNECTOR OVERHEATED/MELTED AND LOST STOP LIGHTS. I SAVED THE DEFECTIVE CONNECTOR. *AK

WHILE DRIVING GEARS SUDDENLY BECAME DIFFICULT TO SHIFT. DEALER HAD TO REBUILD TRANSMISSION.*AK WHILE DRIVING A SMALL PART DROPPED OUT FROM THE VEHICLE CAUSEING THE ENGINE TO SURGE AND THE GEARS TO LOCK. THE TRANSMISSION ALSO FAILED AS THE RESULT. *YH

PE00 020; REAR SEAT BELTS WILL NOT HOLD WHEN PUTTING SEATBELTS IN THE RETRACTOR .BUTTON IS DEFACTIVE, IT WILL NOT HOLD. *AK FRONT DRIVERS BUCKLE DOES NOT HOLD JUST POPS OUT. ODOMETER FAILED. *YH

PE00 020; REAR SEAT BELTS WILL NOT HOLD WHEN PUTTING SEATBELTS IN THE RETRACTOR .BUTTON IS DEFACTIVE, IT WILL NOT HOLD. *AK FRONT DRIVERS BUCKLE DOES NOT HOLD JUST POPS OUT. ODOMETER FAILED. *YH

PE00 020; REAR SEAT BELTS WILL NOT HOLD WHEN PUTTING SEATBELTS IN THE RETRACTOR .BUTTON IS DEFACTIVE, IT WILL NOT HOLD. *AK FRONT DRIVERS BUCKLE DOES NOT HOLD JUST POPS OUT. ODOMETER FAILED. *YH

FUEL LINE RUSTED OUT AND LEAKED GASOLINE ONTO PAVEMENT, UNDER DRIVER'S SEAT. THIS EVENT WAS NOT CAUSED BY AN ACCIDENT, AND DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THIS EVENT DID CREATE A FIRE HAZARD, BUT IT WAS CAUGHT IN TIME. MY CAR IS IN THE DEALER'S REPAIR SHOP 13+ DAYS NOW AND STILL AWAITING REPAIR, BECAUSE...

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT WITH THE HEADLIGHTS ON HIGH-BEAM THE LIGHTS START TO GO ON AND OFF REPEATEDLY. I HAVE TO PUT THE HEAD-LIGHTS ON LOW-BEAM AND THEN THEY STAY ON. IF I PUT THEM BACK ON HIGH-BEAM THEY START TO GO ON AND OFF AGAIN. IT SEEMS AS IF THERE IS A SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.

DOOR LATCHES BROKK OFF FROM DOOR PANEL. ALL DOOR LATCHES ARE BROKEN, AND PREVENT DOORS FROM BEING PROPERLY SECURED WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED AND REFUSED TO REPAIR UNLESS COST GOES TO CONSUMER. *AK

OIL LEAK. CANNOT FIND WHERE IT IS COMING FROM. CAR SMOKES AND SMELLS FROM OIL. MECHANIC IS ABSOLUTELY MYSTIFIED. HE CANNOT LOCATE WHERE MOTOR OIL LEAK IS COMING FROM. UNDERCARRIAGE IS WET WITH OIL. *AK

WHILE STOPPING AT AN INTERSECTION, THE VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING WHICH WAS THE RESULTS OF A VEHICLE FIRE. *AK

I HAVE A "STALLING FORD" AND WOULD LIKE TO FORCE A RECALL. FOR SEVERAL WEEKS IN 1997 MY CAR STALLED FOR NO REASON. MECHANIC TRIED MANY THINGS--EVEN KEPT MY CAR TO DRIVE AROUND FOR OVER A WEEK. I WAS WITHOUT A CAR AND SPENT SEVERAL HUNDREDS IN REPAIRS, THOUGH THE REAL PROBLEM WAS NEVER FOUND AS CA...

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION RESULTING IN COLLISION AND INJURIES. MJS

WHILE ENGAGED IN CRUISE CONTROL VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION.

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE ACCELERATION. WHILE PULLING INTO AN INTER SECTION, WAITING ON TRAFFIC LIGHT TO CHANGE, VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE. CONSUMER PRESSED DOWN ON BRAKES TO PREVENT VEHICLE FROM HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO CHANGE GEAR INTO NEUTRAL, AND TAPPIN...

WHILE DRIVING BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. ALSO SAME BRAKING PROBLEM WITH CONSUMER'S 1987 GRAND MARQUIS. *AK *ML

IN ONLY 3 OCCURRENCES WHEN STARTING VEHICLE, IT WOULD LEAP FORWARD UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

GAS TANK HAS TWO HOLES AT THE BOTTOM WHERE SUPPORT STRAPS WERE RUBBING. IT LOOKS LIKE STRAPS WERE NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED. THERE IS NO SIGN OF RUST INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE TANK.

EXHAUST SYSTEM PROBLEMS, SMELLS AS IF IT IS BURNING RUBBER, UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE, PLASTIC ON SYSTEM WAS REMOVED HOWEVER DID NOT RECTIFY.

OIL PAN DESINEGRATING.

VEHICLE STOPPED DEAD ON THE HIGHWAY.

PARKING BRAKE WON'T RELEASE.

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON, CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO DISENGAGE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE TO 85 MPH. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 35MPH, THE COACH ROOF TOP BLEW OFF FOR NO APPARENT REASON. *AK

IGNITION SWITCH SHORTED OUT, CAUSING FIRE IN STEERING COLUMN. MELTED WIRES AND PLASTIC COVERING ON STEERING COLUMN. *AK

IGNITION SWITCH FIRE.

AN ELECTRICAL SHORT CAUSED THE ALTERNATOR TO CATCH 0N FIRE WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE.*AK

ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE ALTERNATOR, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CUT OFF.*AK

HYDRAULIC BRAKES; WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE BRAKES FAILED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE BRAKE LINE WENT OUT AND THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IT HAS BEEN REPLACED, CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT IT WILL GO OUT AGAIN AS THE AIR CONDITION DRIPS ON THE BRAKE LINE CAUSING IT TO DISENAGRATE.*JB

HYDRAULIC BRAKES; WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE BRAKES FAILED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE BRAKE LINE WENT OUT AND THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IT HAS BEEN REPLACED, CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT IT WILL GO OUT AGAIN AS THE AIR CONDITION DRIPS ON THE BRAKE LINE CAUSING IT TO DISENAGRATE.*JB

HYDRAULIC BRAKES; WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE BRAKES FAILED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

UPON STEPPING ON GAS PEDAL, THROTTLE STUCK WIDE OPEN, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE OUT OF CONTROL, RESULTIN GIN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

IDLE SPEED CONTROL MODULE FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE OUT OF CONTROL, RESULTIN GIN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

VEHICLE FIRE ORIGINATED IN THE STEERING COLUMN AREA. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, SMELLED BURNING ODOR, PULLED INTO SERVICE STATION, RIGHT FRONT BRAKE CAUGHT ON FIRE; FRONT CALIPER PISTON HUNG UP, CAUSING BRAKES TO FREEZE. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED, SAW BLACK SMOKE, UNDER THE HOOD FIRE, ELECTRICAL SHORT. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED, SAW BLACK SMOKE, UNDER THE HOOD FIRE, ELECTRICAL SHORT. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS IN FLAMES WHILE SITTING ON A BODY SHOP LOT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

AFTER PARKING THE CAR IN THE GARAGE, NEXT MORNING, NOTICED INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE BURNT COMPLETLY. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND WENT UP IN FLAMES DUE TO THE IGNITON SWITCH. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

IGNITION FIRE, WHILE PARKED.

ELECTRICAL SHORT OR SHOCK IN THE IGNITION SWITCH CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CATCH FIRE AROUND THE STEERING COLUMN. *AK

WHEN DRIVING THE CAR, SOMTIMES CAR ACCELERATES. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CAUSING ACCIDENT. *SD

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AFTER SITTING DUE TO SHORT IN THE STEERING COLUMN OR DASH. *AK

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AFTER SITTING DUE TO SHORT IN THE STEERING COLUMN OR DASH. *AK

TURNED ON IGNITION ENGINE RACED TO FULL THROTTLE IN REVERSE AND LANDED ON ANOTHER VEHICLES WINDSHIELD. *AK

TURNED ON IGNITION ENGINE RACED TO FULL THROTTLE IN REVERSE AND LANDED ON ANOTHER VEHICLES WINDSHIELD. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE . TT

FUEL SYSTEM FAILURE, FUEL TANK HAS DEVELOPED A LEAK. TT

VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE. TT

CONSUMER CAR WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY AND CAUGHT ON FIRE . TT

CAR SPONTANEOUSLY CAUGHT FIRE WHEN KEY WAS TURNED IN IGNITION SWITCH. *SD

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING, STARTED TO PARK AND CAR ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL. *AK

WHEN SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITH GREAT SPEED TT

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 46K MILES, IT DOES NOT ENGAGED IN GEAR. TT

ABS BRAKE SYSTEM CAUSED MASTER CYLINDER AND PADS TO BURN. *TW

BRAKE LINE CRACKED, CAUSING LOSS OF FLUID. TT