https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Ford Grand Marquis. en-us Wed, 23 Sep 2026 05:39:55 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis#complaint-544597 Mon, 18 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT DT: CONSUMER HAD A 1994 FORD GRAND MARQUIS. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE ON JULY 8, 2005 INSIDE OF GARAGE. CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN SITTING FOR APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR BEFORE THE FIRE STARTED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENT PRIOR TO THIS. IN MAY, THE BRAKES WERE WORKED ON BECAUSE THEY WERE MUSHY. THE BROWNSVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND INSURANCE COMPANY https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis#complaint-541680 Tue, 28 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT CONTACT STATED CAR GOT BURNT. SHE HEARD THERE WAS A RECALL. SHE NEVER GOT THE RECALL LETTER UNTIL THE CAR BURNT. GOT BURNT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. SHE TALKED TO SOMEONE, NAMED JUANITA HILL,WHO TOLD HER SHE WOULD GIVE $825.00 BECAUSE SHE DID NOT HAVE THE MILEAGE AND BECAUSE SHE HAD BOUGHT THE CAR AT SALVAGE. JUANITA HILL HAS TOLD HER SHE WILL NOT GET THE MONEY UNTIL SHE HAS THE CAR TOWED TO FORD https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis#complaint-535843 Thu, 19 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT CONSUMER STATED THE GAS STORAGE TANK WAS LEAKING, 3 OF THE LATCHES DID NOT WORK. THE CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE SPEED CONTROL. THE EMERGCEY BRAKE WOULD RELEASE ALL THE WAY. WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ON, THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE. THE CONSUMER HAD THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES ON ITS NO MATTER WHAT THE CONSUMER WAS DOING. THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON BUT HAD IT FIXED https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis#complaint-535844 Thu, 19 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT CONSUMER STATED THE GAS STORAGE TANK WAS LEAKING, 3 OF THE LATCHES DID NOT WORK. THE CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE SPEED CONTROL. THE EMERGCEY BRAKE WOULD RELEASE ALL THE WAY. WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ON, THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE. THE CONSUMER HAD THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES ON ITS NO MATTER WHAT THE CONSUMER WAS DOING. THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON BUT HAD IT FIXED https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis#complaint-535845 Thu, 19 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT CONSUMER STATED THE GAS STORAGE TANK WAS LEAKING, 3 OF THE LATCHES DID NOT WORK. THE CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE SPEED CONTROL. THE EMERGCEY BRAKE WOULD RELEASE ALL THE WAY. WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ON, THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE. THE CONSUMER HAD THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES ON ITS NO MATTER WHAT THE CONSUMER WAS DOING. THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON BUT HAD IT FIXED https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis#complaint-532188 Tue, 26 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR TWENTY MINUTES WHEN THE CONSUMER WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A VEHICLE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RUNNING AND WAS PARKED AND LOCKED. *SC *JB https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis#complaint-519844 Thu, 03 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE KEY INSIDE THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. THE CAUSE WAS NOT DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis#complaint-519717 Wed, 02 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIE ROD SNAPPED. THIS CAUSED THE FRONT END TO DROP DOWN. VEHICLE WAS TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis#complaint-507269 Thu, 18 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT THE PLASTIC LENS THAT COVERED THE HEADLIGHTS BECAME DEFECTIVE AND DETERIORATED, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis#complaint-504259 Fri, 29 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO SEE HOW FAST HE WAS GOING. ANY GLARE THAT ENTERED THE VEHICLE, RENDERED THE CONSUMER NOT BEING ABLE TO READ THE DASHBOARD. *JB https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis#complaint-501955 Mon, 18 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT WHILE STOPPED IN TRAFFIC THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. NO IMPACT REPORTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis#complaint-500878 Tue, 12 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT FW; 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS FUEL TANK PROBLEM. *BF THE CONSUMER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE POSSIBLILITY OF THE FUEL TANK RUPTURING FOLLOWING A HIGH ENERGY REAR END COLLISION RESULTING IN SEVERE FIRES. THE CONSUMER WANTED TO KNOW IF POLICE AND CIVILIAN VERSIONS OF THE CROWN VICTORIA SHARE THE SAME FUEL SYSTEM AND REAR SUSPENSION GEOMETRY. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE SOME HELP TRYING TO DECIDE HOW SAFE https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis#complaint-500879 Tue, 12 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT FW; 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS FUEL TANK PROBLEM. *BF THE CONSUMER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE POSSIBLILITY OF THE FUEL TANK RUPTURING FOLLOWING A HIGH ENERGY REAR END COLLISION RESULTING IN SEVERE FIRES. THE CONSUMER WANTED TO KNOW IF POLICE AND CIVILIAN VERSIONS OF THE CROWN VICTORIA SHARE THE SAME FUEL SYSTEM AND REAR SUSPENSION GEOMETRY. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE SOME HELP TRYING TO DECIDE HOW SAFE https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis#complaint-498862 Wed, 29 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM PERTAINED TO THE AIR IDLE, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis#complaint-494707 Tue, 07 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT THE BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WHEN THEY WERE APPLIED. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATED IN SPEED. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND PULLED OVER. THE CONSUMER NOTICED LIQUID LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE ONTO THE GROUND. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE HYDRAULIC REAR BRAKE LINE NEEDED REPLACEMENT DUE TO CORROSION. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL I https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis#complaint-480518 Fri, 18 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED AND SPILLED COOLANT INSIDE THE ENGINE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis#complaint-473151 Wed, 28 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMT WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SEARS AND THE TECHNICIAN DETERMINED THAT FRONT PASSENGER SIDE FRAME BROKE AND COULD NOT FIX IT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO INDICATED IT WOULD COST THE CONSUMER $3862 TO REPAIR IT. *AK THERE WAS A CLUNKING NOISE THAT HAD COME FROM THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL AREA WHEN BRAKING AND GOING OVER BUMPS. https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis#complaint-472476 Fri, 23 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMT WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE OVERHEATED DUE TO INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILURE. COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE ENGINE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis#complaint-460725 Mon, 15 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A WINDOW PROBLEM. DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW WON'T WORK PROPERLY. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis#complaint-441110 Mon, 17 Nov 2003 00:00:00 GMT WHILE DRIVING, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS VERY HIGH BECAUSE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED. THIS CAUSED THE COOLANT TO GO INSIDE THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED IN TRAFFIC. THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM. *SCC *JB https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis#complaint-435642 Thu, 16 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMT ON APRIL 17, 2003, MY 1994 MERCURY GRAND MARQUEE, WHICH WE HAD PURCHASED ABOUT 8 MONTHS PREVIOUS, STARTED ON FIRE IN MY ATTACHED GARAGE AND THEN BROKE THE GAS LINE TO THE WATER HEATER. THE FIRE BROKE OUT AT 2 AM AND THE CAR HAD BEEN SITTING IN THE GARAGE SINCE 5:30 PM THE EVENING BEFORE. MY ADDRESS AT THAT TIME WAS 1345 SUE BARNETT HOUSTON TX 77018. THE HOME WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND OUR CAT https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis#complaint-429148 Mon, 08 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE DRIVER BEGAN TO SMELL SMOKE. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY REPLACED THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD. THE CONSUMER FOUND A SERVICE PROGRAM WHICH WAS ISSUED FOR THE DEFECT AND BELIEVES THE VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPAIRED FREE UNDER THE PROGRAM. *AK *NLM https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis#complaint-428046 Tue, 02 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED, WHICH CAUSED COOLANT TO LEAK OUT.*AK *JB https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis#complaint-423776 Fri, 08 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE AS IF THE WINDOWS WERE OPEN. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE CONSUMER'S CONCERN. *JB COULD HEAR A VERY CLEAR WIND ROAD NOISE COULD BE HEARD AROUND 40 MPH. *SCC *JB https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis#complaint-419748 Wed, 23 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT THE CONSUMER STATED THAT AFTER SLIGHTLY TOUCHING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IT HAD GONE INTO FULL THROTTLE AND RESULTED IN THE DRIVER BACKING INTO A BUILDING. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK THE SEAT BELT FAILED. *SCC https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis#complaint-419749 Wed, 23 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT THE CONSUMER STATED THAT AFTER SLIGHTLY TOUCHING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IT HAD GONE INTO FULL THROTTLE AND RESULTED IN THE DRIVER BACKING INTO A BUILDING. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK THE SEAT BELT FAILED. *SCC https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis#complaint-419750 Wed, 23 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT THE CONSUMER STATED THAT AFTER SLIGHTLY TOUCHING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IT HAD GONE INTO FULL THROTTLE AND RESULTED IN THE DRIVER BACKING INTO A BUILDING. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK THE SEAT BELT FAILED. *SCC https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis#complaint-419618 Tue, 22 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A COOLANT SMELL COMING INTO THE CAB . ALSO HEAVY SMOKE COMIING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. DEALER STATES THERE IS A HAIRLINE CRACK ON THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis#complaint-418775 Thu, 17 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. MANIFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THE TIME OF THIS CALL. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis https://plaincars.com/make/ford-grand-marquis#complaint-414156 Mon, 23 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT 1997 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS CRACKED INTAKE MANIFOLD. *MR THE VEHICLE STALLED IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ALMOST HITTING AN 18 WHEELER AND FORD DENIED RESPONSIBILITY. THE WATER PUMP WAS REPLACED BUT THE STEAM CONTINUED TO ESCAPE AND THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A CRACKED MANIFOLD. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM FOR FORD BECAUSE THEY HAVE USED PLASTIC INTAKE FOR SOME TIME AND THE V