1999 MERCURY MARQUIS Problems & Recalls

DRIVING IN THE RAIN HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT TRIED HIGH BEANS CAME ON WENT OUT, ALSO, WIPERS. I PULL LEAVER HELD IN RESET WIPERS WITH OTHER HAND. THEN I PULL DOWN LEVER TO SIGNAL TOO GET OFF ROAD NOCKING HIGH BEANS OFF AGAIN. I ALMOST HIT GARD RAIL,THE LCD RECALL SHOULD BE FOR ALL CARS NOT JUST SOME MY...

Mileage: 111,000

DRIVING IN THE RAIN HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT TRIED HIGH BEANS CAME ON WENT OUT, ALSO, WIPERS. I PULL LEAVER HELD IN RESET WIPERS WITH OTHER HAND. THEN I PULL DOWN LEVER TO SIGNAL TOO GET OFF ROAD NOCKING HIGH BEANS OFF AGAIN. I ALMOST HIT GARD RAIL,THE LCD RECALL SHOULD BE FOR ALL CARS NOT JUST SOME MY...

Mileage: 111,000

DRIVING IN THE RAIN HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT TRIED HIGH BEANS CAME ON WENT OUT, ALSO, WIPERS. I PULL LEAVER HELD IN RESET WIPERS WITH OTHER HAND. THEN I PULL DOWN LEVER TO SIGNAL TOO GET OFF ROAD NOCKING HIGH BEANS OFF AGAIN. I ALMOST HIT GARD RAIL,THE LCD RECALL SHOULD BE FOR ALL CARS NOT JUST SOME MY...

Mileage: 111,000

TL - THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD GRAND MARQUIS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE CHANGING THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE THE FACTORY ISSUED JACK FAILED TO SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE AND BENT. THE EQUIPMENT WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE INSPECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILU...

JULY 15,2005, I TOOK MY GRAND MARQUIS L999, TO GLADES FORD BECAUSE IT WAS STALLING AS IF IT WAS GOING TO CUT OFF. I WAS TOLD, SPARK PLUG #8 AND THE COIL WAS BAD. IT WAS REPAIRED AT A COST OF $337.94 . AUGUST 2005 HAD SAME PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE MANIFOLD. HAD THIS REPAIRED LL.22.05,COST $9...

Mileage: 79,105

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FITTING THAT CONNECTS THE HEATER LINE TO THE INTAKE MANIFOLD FRACTURED AND DETACHED. AS A RESULT OF THE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE OVER HEATED. THE CONTACT SAW STEAM COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD AND PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDE...

Mileage: 111,000

DT KEYLESS ENTRY PAD CAUGHT ON FIRE,VEHICLE WAS IN GARAGE COULD SPELL SMOKE, HAD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY. CONTACTED THE DEALER SAID THERE IS NO RECALL, CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER SAID THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING CAUSE THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. WATER CAN GET DOWN IN THE SWITCH AND COM...

Mileage: 52,000

THED OUTER TIE ROD ON THE RIGHT FRONT TURNING WHEEL FELL OFF WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. THE TIEROD ENDS NEED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE NOTE THAT A WARNING LETTER WAS SENT OUT FOR THIS PROBLEM ON MY 1998 F150 BUT NONE ON THIS VRHICLE. IT WAS RELATED TO CORROSION. I WILL SAVE THE OLD PART. IF T...

Mileage: 54,000

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCES SUDDEN ACCELERATION AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE OWNER HAS TO STOMP ON THE BRAKE SEVERAL TIMES IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. OWNER WILL NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER. *NM

TIE ROD ON VEHICLE BROKE WHILE DRIVING. *MR THE COMPONENTS RUSTED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. *SC *JB

Mileage: 41,285

WHILE DRIVING THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD FAILED ALONG WITH THE AIR CONDITIONING AND INTERIOR DOME LIGHT. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT AN ELECTRICAL SHORT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC, CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLES ENGINE SEIZED. CONSUMER WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED. TOOK TO DEALER AND THE DEALER SAID THE IDLER COOLING VALVES FAILED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

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 PROBL...

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 PROBL...

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

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

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

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

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

IDLER ARM BOLT CAME OUT CAUSING VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE LEFT WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN LOSS OF CONTROL. CONSUMER RECOMMENDED USING CASTLE NUT BOLT WITH CARTER PIN TO KEEP FROM FALLING OFF. *AK

DRIVING ABOUT 5-10 MPH, THE VEHICLE HAD A LOW FRONTAL IMPACT IN WHICH THE OTHER VEHICLE HAD NO DAMAGES. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AND THE PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN INJURIES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK

THE INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR LOCATION INTERFERES WITH THE DRIVER'S VISIBILITY WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. OCCUPANT SAID IT SHOULD BE MOVED UPWARDS. PELASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN JERK TO THE LEFT WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. WHICH ALMOST CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO RUN ANOTHER VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD ON THE RIGHT LANE. REASON UNKNOWN. VEHICLE HAVE BEEN INSPECTED AND SOME REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE, AND CODITION STILL OCCURS. *AK