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 1995 Mercury Grand Marquis submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 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
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. SEVERAL DEALERS HAVE INFORMED HIM THAT THE PARTS FOR THE REPAIR ARE UNAVAILABLE. HE HAS EXPERIENCED THE FOLLOWING FAILURES WITH HIS VEHICLE: THE SERPENTINE BELT, BRAKE ROTORS, FRONT PASSENGER SIDE STRUT, AND ODOMETER. THE MILEAGE INFORMATION AND RECALL NUMBER WERE UNKNOWN.
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND RESULTED IN A LOSS OF ALL POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED, HOWEVER NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. UPDATED 3/17/2006 - *NM
REAR BRAKE LINE HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SPONGY BRAKES AND EXCESSIVE FLUID LEAKING OUT. PROBLEM CAUSED BY FLOOR PAN STIFFENING RIB CHAFING THE LINE. SECOND PROBLEM WHICH HAS NOT AS YET BEEN CORRECTED IS THAT THE HEADLAMPS ARE COMPLETELY DISCOLORED, YELLOWED MAKING IT DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. TO REPLACE HEADLAMPS IS OVER $400.00. LAST PROBLEM IS THAT THE EXTERIOR CLEAR COAT IS PEELING. *JB
FORD CONSUMER COMPLAINT DIVISION STATED THAT THEY HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE EGR VAL VE . MY MECHANIC STATES THAT HE'S SEEN NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE EGR VALVES ON FORD PRODUCTS. THIS ITEM SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED AT 41,000 MILES. UPON DOING RESEARCH, IT IS APPARART THAT THIS IS A PROBLEMATIC FORD PART. IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE EMISSIONS SYSTEM AS WELL AS HOW THE CAR RUNS. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THIS PROBLEM AS IT IS ANOTHER STATE FROM WHERE I LIVE. *AK
EGR VALVE FAILED. NLM
ENGINE WOULD NOT START
CLOGGED THROTTLE VALVE IN THE ENGINE.
THE OIL COOLING HOSE BUSTED AND SPRAYED OIL ALL OVER THE ENGINE AND CAUSED A LOT OF SMOKE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. 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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