1996 Mercury Grand Marquis Recalls, Problems & Maintenance

“MY INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED WHILE DRIVING TODAY 4/12/2006 RESULTING IN COOLANT SPRAYING AND REDUCING MY VISIBILITY ON A MOUNTAIN ROAD RESULTING IN A NEAR HEAD ON MISS TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH I FOUND OUT THAT THE MANIFOLD HAS A KNOW DEFECT”

“SUDDEN LOSS OF COOLANT DUE TO A FAILURE OF THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD. RE-PLACEMENT PART HAS BEEN REDESIGNED WITH A METAL AREA WHERE FAILURE OCCURRED. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. VEHICLE HAS 86,000 ORIGINAL MILES ON IT.*AK”

“HAD JUST TURNED OFF FREEWAY WHEN WARNING CHIME FOR OVERHEATED ENGINE SOUNDED. STOPPED CAR WITHIN ONE BLOCK & TURNED OFF MOTOR. TOWED TO MECHANIC. TURNS OUT TO BE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CATASTROPHIC FAILURE, COMMON TO FORDS (MINE IS 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS,”

“WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT THE HEAD LIGHTS WERE VERY DIM. IT LOOKED AS IF THERE WERE NO LIGHTS ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER HAD TO DRIVE WITH THE HIGH BEAMS ON TO SEE. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THEY TOLD THE CONSUMER THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF”

“THE HEADLIGHT LENS COVERS ARE PLASTIC.THE HEAT FROM THE HALOGEN BULBS HAS DISCOLORED THE LENS TO SUCH A DEGREE THAT ILLUMINATION OF THE HIGHWAY IS NEGLIGIBLE. SUBSEQUENT UEAR MODELS HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH GLASS HEADLIGHT LENSES, AN OBVIOUS RECOGNITION OF THE”

“PLASTIC HEADLIGHT LENSES HAVE BECOME YELLOWED AND CLOUDY. THIS HAS SEVERELY REDUCED NIGHTTIME VISIBILITY ON UNLIT STREETS, WHICH IS A SAFETY ISSUE. DID SOME INTERNET RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE WITH NUMEROUS EXPENSIVE AFTERMARKET”

“ON 9/17/2003 @ 11:23 PM, MY 1996 GRAND MARQUIS CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD AND WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED WHILE SITTING IDLE IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. THE HENRICO COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED. I HAVE THE FIRE REPORT, WHICH INDICATES THAT NO CAUSE FOR THE FIRE WAS”

“AFTER RECEIVING A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V336000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL), THE CONTACT HAD THE SWITCH DISCONNECTED IN HIS VEHICLE. ON MARCH 8, 2008, HE RECEIVED ANOTHER RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 08V051000 (VEHICLE”

“SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS AND NEITHER HAD ANY AVAILABLE PARTS FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE. THE PURCHASE DATE, POWERTRAIN AND CURRENT MILEAGE WERE UNKNOWN”

“BRAKE FAILURE, REPLACEMENT OF LINE. BRAKE LINE HAD CORRODED. *BF THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT HAD COME ON. THE BRAKE WAS ALMOST ON THE FLOOR IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS LEAKING WHERE THE CORROSION WAS. *SC *JB”

“THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL FELL INTO THE FLOORBOARD AND DID NOT ENGAGE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO AVOID CRASHING INTO THE SECOND VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE ENTIRE”

“2 BRAKE LINE FAILURES METAL BRAKE 1996 GRAND MARQUIS WITHIN A YEAR..THIS IS A MIDWEST CAR BUT SPENT HALF OF ITS WINTER IN AZ..BRAKE LINES SEEM TO RUST MUCH FASTER THAN OTHER VEHICLES WE HAVE OWNED..FAILURE FOUND DRIVING AT SLOW SPEED. TOOK VEHICLE FOR REPAIR”

“WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY LEFT BALL JOINT FELL OUT OF VEHICLE. DEALER CONTACTED.*AK CONSUMER ALSO STATED LEFT TIR ROD END AND BALL JOINT FAILED, AND ALSO THE RIGHT SIDE IS IN POOR CONDITION, DEALER REPLACED THE OUTER AND INNER TIE ROD ENDS”

“STEERING WHEEL FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING..TOTAL LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. MANAGED TO GET TO SIDE OF ROAD WITH LAST BIT OF STEERING. I NOTICED THAT CAR WAS NOT RESPONDING TO TURNING WHEEL. THE WHEEL ACTUALLY FEEL OFF OF THE COLUMN AND ROLLED INTO THE PASSENGER”

“THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STUD ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE LOWER BALL JOINT BROKE AFTER BEING USED FOR 253 MILES. THE PARTS DEALER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE MANUFACTURER WOULD LIKE TO EXAMINE THE BALL JOINT BECAUSE THEY”