Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1992 Mercury Grand Marquis submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 19 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
I PARKED MY 1992 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS ON FRIDAY, 2/5/10, NEXT TO MY HOME. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, WHILE IN THE HOUSE, I HEARD A "POP." WHEN I LOOKED OUTSIDE, THE CAR WAS ON FIRE. I CALLED 911 BUT BY THE TIME THEY ARRIVED, FOUND A FIRE HYDRANT THAT WAS NOT FROZEN, MOST OF MY HOME WAS ON FIRE. THE DESTRUCTION WAS AWFUL. I HAVE NOT BEEN ALLOWED BACK IN THE HOUSE YET. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1992 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE THEN CAUGHT FIRE. HAVERFORD POLICE REPORT NUMBER 200070827M140003 WAS FILED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 63,000. UPDATED 09/25/07 *TR
THE ENGINE DROPPED FROM THE VEHICLE, THE DEALER REFUSED TO LOOK AT THE VEHICLE, WHO STATED THE VEHICLE WAS TOO OLD AND HAD TOO MANY MILES. *JB
WHILE DRIVING, ANOTHER DRIVER SIGNALED CONSUMER INDICATING THERE WAS A FIRE COMING FROM UNDER VEHICLE. CONSUMER IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER, GOT OUT OF VEHICLE AND SECONDS LATER VEHICLE EXPLODED.*AK *YH
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY ABOUT 65 MPH WITH SPEED CONTROL ON, CONSUMER STEPPED ON BRAKE PEDAL TO REDUCE SPEED, ENGINE SHUTDOWN. CONSUMER HAD TO DRIVE TO SIDE OF ROAD. AFTER A FEW MINUTES ENGINE WOULD START WORKING AGAIN. *AK CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY DEALER THAT CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT A FACTOR, HOWEVER THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM.*JB
OIL PAN RUSTED OUT. *AK
TRANSMISSION FAILED.
ENGINE FIRE.
WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR 4 HOURS, A FIRE STARTED IN THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY, NO PRIOR PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE EXPECT FOR SUSPENSION PROBLEMS. FIRE DEPT CANNOT DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE. *AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025
OIL PAN FAILED FROM RUST.
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE THE PULLEY ON THE ATERNATOR FOR THE SERPINTINE DRIVE BELT THAT OPERATES ALL POWER ACCESSORIES WORE CAUSING, COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER AND ALLOWED THE BELT TO COME OFF. *AK THE NUT ON THE ALTERNATOR SHAFT WAS MISSING. BELT DID NOT BREAK BUT PULLEY AND ALTERNATOR SHAFT WORN REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. *YD
RUSTED ENGINE OIL PAN. *AK
ENGINE FIRE.
PROBLEM WITH RIGHT FRONT WINDOW.
TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
VEHICLE STALLED IN TRAFFIC. *AK
THE OXYGEN SENSOR CAUSED THE CAR TO ACCELERATE WENT THROUGH THE GARAGE HAD SOME DAMAGE . TT
TRANSMISSION SLIPPED FROM DRIVE INTO NEUTRAL/SLAMMED BACK INTO DRIVE, RESULTING IN AN INJURY. *AK
MOTOR DISCONTINUED WORKING. TT
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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