Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. 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. 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
VEHICLE SHUDDERS WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. THIS IN AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM AND OCCURS MORE FREQUENTLY WHEN THERE IS LOW LOAD ON ENGINE AND WHEN TRANSMISSION IS TRYING TO SELECT GEARS. *TR
CAR JERKING SO THAT I TOOK TO RELIABLE MECHANIC. HE DROVE CAR AND SAID THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. THE MECHANIC SAID THE TRANSMISSION FLUID SMELLED A LITTLE BURNED CONSISTENT WITH SLIPPING OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE MECHANIC'S RECOMMENDATION WAS TO WAIT UNTIL TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED SINCE HE THOUGHT THE ONLY OPTION WAS TO HAVE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. THIS 1995 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS HAS ONLY 34,000 MILES ON IT. I HAD HEARD RECENTLY THAT MANY OF THE MERCURY'S AND FORD'S HAD EARLY TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK
TRANMISSION/TORQUE CONVERTER HAS A SHUDDER WHEN SHIFTING AT ABOUT 50 MPH, I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH REGARDING THIS AND HAVE FOUND 19 TSB'S REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION/TORQUE CONVERTER FROM JAN. 1995 TO JULY OF 2003. THIS IS ON MY 1995 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD/MERCURY AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THE COST OF DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR IS MY RESPONSIBILITY. IT WOULD SEEM TO ME WITH SO MANY TSB'S ON THIS PROBLEM THERE IS A MFG. DEFECT INVOLVED, AND SHOULD BE FIXED BY THE MFG.*AK
WHILE DRIVING OVER 45 MPH CONSUMER FELT TRANSMISSION SHUDDERING AND VIBRATING. THERE WAS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM. CONSUMER HAD NOT INFORMED THE MANUFACTURER OR THE DEALER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.*AK
WHILE ACCELLERATING GRADUALLY AT 35-40 AND 45-55 MILES PER HOUR, THERE IS A LOT OF VIBRATIONS AND JERKING MOTIONS IN THE TRANSMISSION DURING SHIFTINGS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
CONSUMER EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION. AT TIMES COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP. VEHICLE WOULD ESITATE BEFORE IT TAKES OFF. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS. DEALER REPLACED TORQUE CONVERTER AND REPROGRAMMED PCM. *AK
VEHICLE SHUDDERS WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. THIS IN AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM AND OCCURS MORE FREQUENTLY WHEN THERE IS LOW LOAD ON ENGINE AND WHEN TRANSMISSION IS TRYING TO SELECT GERAS. *AK
VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH ENGINE RUNNING AND JUMPED OUT OF GEAR INTO REVERSE AND HIT IMPACT 5:00 POSITION , HITTING A PARKED VEHICLE. *AK
VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON A HILL FACING DOWN HILL ROLLED FORWARD, PARKING PAWL LOCKING GEAR WAS BROKEN. *AK
CAR ROLLED BACKWARDS WITH TRANSMISSION IN PARK, CAUSING ACCIDENT. *DH
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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