Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. 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. 14 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.
WHEN PUSHING EMERGENCY BRAKE DOWN IT WILL NOT STAY IN THE LOCKED POSITION, AND THIS WILL NOT PROPERLY HOLD VEHICLE. *AK
THE CONSUMER RELEASED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE OPENED UP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE UP 65 MPH, AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE.*AK
VEHICLE INTERMITENTLY BUCKS VIOLENTLY BETWEEN 45-65 MPH, DEALER COULD NOT RECTIFY PROBLEM AND REPLACED TIMING CHAIN, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.
THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN THROUGH 3 TRANSMISSIONS, A WATER PUMP, BRAKES, MUFFLER, TAILPIPE, SHOCKS AND ELECTRICAL DOOR LATCHES. THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. *AK.ET.
ROTORS RUSTED CAUSING DAMAGE TO PADS.
THE CAR IS EQUIPPED W/ ABS AND THEY ARE CHATTERING AND CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK
ON REGULAR ROAD CONDTIONS WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK TO LEFT. ROTORS WERE TURNED (3) TIMES, AND BRAKES CALIPERS WERE REPLACED ON 5/96 AT 32,000 MILES 4/97 AT 38,000 MILES AND 5/97 AT 39,000 MILES. DEALER STATED THE VALVE IN THE MASTER CYLINDER CAUSED BRAKE PROBLEMS. *AK
OWNER HAS NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH EXCESSIVE BRAKE WEAR. WNER NOTES THAT ROTORS ARE WORN OUT FREQUENTLY.THE CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED. DEALERS KEEP CORRECTING PROBLEM. OWNER IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. THESE ARE NONE ABS BRAKES. *AK
WHILE DRIVING DURING ANY WEATHER CONDITION THE ABS BRAKES WILL LOCK UP EVERY SIX MONTHS. *AK FRONT DOOR LOCKS FREEZE IN THE WINTER LEAVING THEM INOPERABLE. CONSUMER STATES SOME WIRES BURNED CAUSING BLACK SMOKE TO FILL UP VEHICLE. BRAKES VERY ROUGH WHEN APPLIED. OIL LEAK. *SLC
DEPRESSED PEDAL, CAUSING BRAKE PADS TO RUB AGAINST BRAKE ROTORS. NOT RESPONDING TO RELEASE. *AK
ROTORS ON BRAKES ARE WARPED. REPLACED THREE TIMES ALREADY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
THE FRONT ROTOR WAS TURN AND NEED TO BE DONE AGAIN NOW. TT
IN SNOW WEATHER THE STEERING IS HARD TO TURN, NO CONTROL, SOMETIME CAN'T STOP CAR, HAVE DISC BRAKE. TT
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