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1986 Mercury Marquis Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

Data refreshed

Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Jun 24, 1999
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Feb 2, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1986 Mercury Marquis. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–4 of 4

Fuel system
Filed Jun 24, 1999

WHY ARE THE GAS TANKS ROTTING OUT WHEN YEARS AGO GAS TANKS LASTED A LIFETIME AND MORE. EITHER THE GAS HAS AN ADDATIVE THAT IS DOING IT OR THE MFGS' OF GAS TANKS ARE USING POOR QUALITY MATERIALS. THESE LEAKS START AS PIN HOLES AND THEN GROW SO MILLIONS COULD BE DUMPING GASOLINE ALL OF OUR ROADS THAT IS FINDING ITS WAY INTO OUR AIR AND WATER. THIS PROBLEM IS AS SERIOUS AS THE GAS STATION TANKS OF YEARS AGO AND FOR SOME REASON IT IS GOING BY UNNOTICED. I WOULD LIKE A RESPONSE TO THIS COMPLAINT. MY COMPLAINT HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED TO THE EPA. *AK

NHTSA ID
707861
Incident
Jun 6, 1999
Other / unspecified
Filed Dec 17, 1996

LEFT REAR WHEEL CAME OFF, CAUSING ACCIDENT. (OHIO STATE POLICE REPORT)

NHTSA ID
513003
Incident
Nov 25, 1996
Electrical
Filed Feb 9, 1996

ELECTRICAL SHORT, CONTINUES TO BLOW FUSES. TT

NHTSA ID
978989
Incident
Jan 1, 1996
Driver assistance
Filed Feb 2, 1996

WHILE DRIVING ON ICY PAVEMENT VEHICLE ACCELERATED WIDE OPEN FOR NO APPARENT REASON. HAD TO TURN OFF IGNITION TO STOP VEHICLE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

NHTSA ID
978604
Incident
Jan 18, 1996

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.

Data sources

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