1999 Mercury Grand Marquis Tires & wheels Problems

VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE VIOLENTLY AT ANY SPEED FROM 45-80MPH. TOOK TO A MECHANIC SAID THE FRONT END NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. $800.00 LATER IT STILL DID IT, THEN TOOK BACK SAID THE TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ALTHOUGH WE HAD 80,000 MILE TIRES, AND ONLY HAD 35,000 MILES PUT ON THEM. REPLACED THE TIRES FOR $600.00. STILL SHOOK, TOOK TO A DIFFERENT MECHANIC SAID IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION FAILING. DURING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE FOUND CRACKED INTAKE MANIFOLD, ANTIFREEZE AND OIL IN SPARK PLUGS, CLEANED OUT CHANGED SPARK PLUGS, RAN FINE UNTIL THE MANIFOLD LEAKED MORE COOLANT INTO THE SPARK PLUGS AND NOW WE ARE AT SQUARE ONE. RESEARCHED ONLINE FOUND A BUNCH OF PLACES SAYING IT WAS RECALLED, WHEN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID NO RECALLS. PRICE OF REPLACING THE PART WAS $615.00 IF I HAD ONE ALTERNATOR, OR $650.00 IF I HAD ANOTHER. *TR

NHTSA ID

10428282

Incident

Jun 25, 2010

Mileage

80,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS TOYO SPECTRUM, P/225/60/R16 ON A 1999 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN DRIVING HE WOULD HEAR ROARING COMING FROM THE TIRES. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION HE NOTICED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE ABNORMAL TREAD WEAR. HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE TIRES REPLACED. HOWEVER HE HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE FOR ROUTINE INSPECTION, AND WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 18,000.

NHTSA ID

10285499

Incident

Sep 23, 2009

Mileage

18,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE(SIZE#2256016 ,DOT#W2X01P64900). *NLM

NHTSA ID

10017716

Incident

Apr 24, 2003

CONSUMER STATES, WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE SUDDENLY SKIDDED ON WET PAVEMENT LOSING CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND HITTING THE GUARD RAIL. THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED LEFT WHILE TURNING ONTO THE RAMP REQUIRING ONLY MINOR NEGOTIATION OF A SLIGHT HILLED AND CURVED ROAD, IT PROCEEDED INTO A RIGHT DIAGNONAL TURN INTO THE GUARD RAIL AND WOULD HAVE PLUNGED INTO THE ADJACENT DITCH ABSENT THE RAIL. THE VEHICLE THEN BOUNCED OFF THE RAIL AND RATHER THAN PROCEED STRAIGHT AS THE STEERING WHEEL DIRECTED IT WITH A SLIGHT LEFT TURN OF THE WHEEL, IT TOOK A SHARP LEFT DIAGONALLY PROCEEDING STRAIGHT TOWARDS THE MEDIAN STRIP OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC LESS THAN APPROXIMATELY 1/4 OF A MILE AWAY. *TT

NHTSA ID

564075

PE00 048; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 70MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO SHOULDERS, AND DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING. SO CONSUMER CONTINUED TO GET BACK ON THE ROAD. THEN, A FEW FEET LATER SHE HEARD T SAME NOSE, AND TIRE BLEWOUT. *AK

NHTSA ID

897161

Incident

Sep 30, 2001

GOODYEAR EAGLE LS P225/60R16, DOT PDX0BMER089, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999, MERCURY, GRAND MARQUIS WITH 27000 MILES. WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED CONSUMER NOTICED BOTH FRONT TIRES HAD TREAD SEPARATION, ONE HAS A 2 FOOT STRIP COMING OFF.*AK *NLM

NHTSA ID

896439

Incident

Sep 17, 2001

LEFT REAR GOODYEAR EAGLE TIRE, LS97TBSB - 225/60R16 ON 1999, MERCURY, GRAND MARQUIS. TIRE HAS CRACKED ON SIDEWALL OF TIRE, AND MANUFACTURER IS CONSIDERING DEFECT TO BE ROAD HAZARD. *AK CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE TIRE, TIRE HAS BEEN SENT TO GOODYEAR FOR EXAMINATION. *SLC

NHTSA ID

883262

Incident

Jan 12, 2001

TIRE PHOTOS AVAILABLE AT THESE LINKS: WWW.WATSONLINE.ORG/TIRE1.JPG AND WWW.WATSONLINE.ORG/TIRE2.JPG. WARRANTY CLAIM SUBMITTED TO GOODYEAR ON OR SHORTLY AFTER SEPT. 27, 2000 BY SERVICING DEALER (SIGNATURE LINCOLN/MERCURY, LAFAYETTE LA 70503). NO RESPONSE FROM DEALER OR GOODYEAR TO DATE (JAN 11, 2001), DESPITE NUMEROUS PHONE CALLS. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PHOTOS THE FAILURE OF THE TIRE WAS CATASTROPHIC. THE TIRE WAS LOW MILEAGE AND MAINTAINED PROPERLY. THERE WERE NO ROAD HAZARDS. THERE ARE 5 PASSENGERS WHO CAN ATTEST TO THESE FACTS. A LA STATE TROOPER WHO ARRIVED ON THE SCENE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE INCIDENT (AND CHANGED THE TIRE HIMSELF- NICE MAN!) IDENTIFIED THE DAMAGE AS BEING CONSISTENT WITH FIRESTONE TIRE FAILURES. IN FACT, HE FIRST DEMANDED TO KNOW IF IT WAS A FIRESTONE TIRE. THE TIRE TREAD WAS PRESERVED IN ONE PIECE AND THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF PUNCTURE OR CUT ANYWHERE ON IT. WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE INDEED THAT THIS DID NOT RESULT IN A SERIOUS CRASH AND/OR FATALITY. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED IN THE LEFT LANE OF I-110 IN BATON ROUGE LA IN THE MIDST OF 3-LANE, FAIRLY HEAVY 60 MPH TRAFFIC. BY THE WAY, THE VEHICLE, A MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS, PERFORMED ADMIRABLY. WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP THE VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL AND CROSS ALL LANES TO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT MUCH EFFORT. THE VEHICLE HANDLED EXTREMELY WELL.*AK (TIRESIZE: P225/60R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P225/60R16 )

NHTSA ID

739210

Incident

Sep 23, 2000

THESE TIRES WORE VERY EARLY. THE SPARE WAS USED AS THE FOURTH TIRE AND BLEW OUT, NEARLY KILLING ME, ON I-20/59 IN BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA. THIS SPARE WAS A FULL SIZE MATCH TO THE ORIGINAL GOODYEAR EAGLES AND SHOULD HAVE LASTED MORE THAN 2800 MILES. *AK (TIRESIZE: FULL)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: FULL )

NHTSA ID

736950

Incident

Nov 27, 2000

THESE TIRES WORE VERY EARLY. THE SPARE WAS USED AS THE FOURTH TIRE AND BLEW OUT, NEARLY KILLING ME, ON I-20/59 IN BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA. THIS SPARE WAS A FULL SIZE MATCH TO THE ORIGINAL GOODYEAR EAGLES AND SHOULD HAVE LASTED MORE THAN 2800 MILES (TIRESIZE: FULL)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: FULL )

NHTSA ID

736949

Incident

Nov 27, 2000

3 OUT OF FOUR TIRES HAD THREAD SEPARATION. *AK (TIRESIZE: P225/60TRX)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P225/60TRX )

NHTSA ID

736868

Incident

Nov 17, 2000

MICHELIN ALL SEASON SYMMETRY RADIAL TIRE SIDEWALL ON THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT. RIM HIT THE PAVEMENT AND SHATTERED AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE. VEHICLE FISHTAILED, AND THERE WAS NO CONTROL OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE HIT MEDIAN AND IT ROLLED OVER THREE TIMES BEFORE LANDING ON DRIVER'S SIDE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK

NHTSA ID

839714

Incident

Jun 10, 1999