Owner-reported complaints naming the airbag system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1991 Mercury Grand Marquis submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
POWER WINDOW ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DOES NOT GO DOWN AT ALL.THE CAR KEEPS KILLING THE BATTERY AND I'VE ALREADY SPENT MONEY ON AN ALTERNATOR USED. BRAKE PEDAL SEEMS STIFF AT TIMES AND DOES NOT GRAB WELL AT TIMES. AIR BAG LIGHT HAS BEEN BLINKING EVER SINCE I BOUGHT CAR BECAUSE OF AIR BAG FAILURE. IT WAS DISCONNECTED BY THE GARAGE THAT THE OWNER BEFORE ME HAD BOUGHT IT FROM.
CONSUMER WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG WENT OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. BE ADVISED SHE DIDN'T STRIKE ANY OBJECTS/ A CURB OR TREE. CONSUMER SUSTAINED BURNS TO HER BODY.*AK
AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATES DUE TO FAILURE OF THE CLOCK SPRING. MJS
SEVERAL ACCIDENTS OCCURED, DUE TO SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *YC
THE AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON AND WENT OUT AFTER ABOUT FOUR THOUSAND MILES, AFTER ABOUT ANOTHER TEN THOUSAND MILES AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. THE MECHANIC WAS NOT ABLE TO FIX BECAUSE HE CAN'T GET THE PARTS UNLESS ALL SENSOR PARTS ARE CHANGED.
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON. THE DRIVER RECEIVED BURNS ON HIS FACE AND ARMS FOR THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG. *AK *JB
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG UPON IMPACT, ALSO AIR BAG DID NOT INFLATE. *DH
PURCHASE CAR USED THE AIR BAG LIGHTS COME ON AND STAY ON . TT
UPON FRONTAL IMPACT, AIR BAG DEPLOYED BUT FAILED TO INFLATE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT INFLATE DURING ACCIDENT, ALSO CHEMICALS RELEASED FROM AIR BAG DURING DEPLOYMENT INTO DRIVER'S FACE, RESULTING IN INJURY. *SKD
OTHER: DRIVER'S AIR BAG REPAIRED 4 TIMES. *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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