Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 21 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1986 Mercury Grand Marquis. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Showing 1–21 of 21
MY 1986 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS GOES FORWARD WHEN PUTTING THE TRANSMISSION INTO REVERSE. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY CLOSE CALLS WHEN SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT KNOW MY CAR TRIES TO DRIVE IT (CAR WASH PEOPLE, MECHANICS, RELATIVES, ETC.). I BELIEVE THE LINKAGE GOING TO MY DASHBOARD IS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY.*AK
OHIO POLICE REPORT. WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE PRESSURE,THEN BEGAN TO SMOKE. DRIVER PULLED OVER AND VEHICLE ENGULFED INTO FLAMES. CONSUMER STATED THAT MUFFLER HAD BEEN REPLACED AND A NEW ENGINE WAS INSTALLED WITH ONLY 20,000 MILES. *TT
WHILE DRIVING IN LOW SPEED AND MAKING ANY TYPE OF TURN, VEHICLE STALLED. *AK
VEHICLE VIBRATES ON RIGHT FRONT END WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. WHEN BRAKES ARE LET GO, FEELS LIKE THEY ARE GRABBING. HAD STOPPED VEHICLE TO CHECK & NOTICED SMOKE FROM TIRES & THEN FLAMES SHOT OUT. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO MECHANIC & WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS THE ELECTRICAL WIRING HARNESS. *AK
IGNITION SWITCH FAILED.
ENGINE SMOKES UNDER FULL POWER BUT NOT AT ANY OTHER TIME. *AK
WHILE PARKED, AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, CAUSED THE WIRING IN DASH AREA TO SHORT OUT, RESULTING IN A VEHICLE FIRE. *AK
REAR DOOR LEAKS.
THE IGNITION SWTICH HAS CAUGHT ON FIRE TWICE, FIRST TIME IN AUGUST OF 1991, SECOND TIME ON OCT, 4TH. *AK
CAR WAS PARKED FOR FOUR DAYS AND CAUSED A VEHICLE FIRE DUE TO A SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. *AK
IGNITION SWITCH SMOKES WHEN CRUISE CONTROL IS IN USE. *SD
IGNITION SWITCH SHORTED OUT, CAUSING FIRE. *DSH
IGNITION HEATS UP, CAUSING KEY TO BECOME HOT. *DSH
WHEN STARTING THE CAR A FIRE STARTED IN THE IGNITION SWITCH AND BURNED ALL THE WIRING IN THE CAR. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE IT WAS PARKED. SOURCE UNKNOWN. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
WHILE PARKED VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, BURNING IN THE IGNITION AREA, VEHICLRE TOTALED. *AK
VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE CAUSED BY THE IGNITION SWITCH. PLEASE DECRIBE. *AK
OWNER HEARD (2) POPPING NOISES AND DROVE FIVE MINUTES. AFTER PARKING OVER NIGHT VEHICLE HAD BURNED UNTIL SMOLDERED W/STEERING COLUMN MELTED AND CRACKED WINDOW.
FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS LOCK UP. RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. TT
SOMETIME WHEN STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN CAR STALLED . TT
GENERAL TIRE BLEW OUT, ALSO ANOTHER TIRE FELL APART AND ONE TIRE HAD A BROKEN WIRE BELT WHICH CAUSED TIRE TO THUMP BADLY. *SKD
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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