Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1996 Mercury Grand Marquis.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-02-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The contact owns a 1996 Mercury Grand Marquis. The contact stated while driving approximately 60 MPH the instrument pan… |
| 2023-02-18 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | The contact owns a 1996 Mercury Grand Marquis. The contact stated while driving approximately 70 MPH at night, the head… |
| 2017-07-27 | STEERING | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING AND TURN TO LEFT VEHICLES STEERING WANTS TO LOCK UP |
| 2015-10-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE HEADLIGHTS BECAME VERY DIM AND … |
| 2014-05-31 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | PLASTIC HEADLIGHT LENSES HAVE BECOME YELLOWED AND CLOUDY. THIS HAS SEVERELY REDUCED NIGHTTIME VISIBILITY ON UNLIT STRE… |
| 2014-01-13 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION … |
| 2013-09-17 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | ON 9/17/2003 @ 11:23 PM, MY 1996 GRAND MARQUIS CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD AND WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED WHILE SITTING IDLE … |
| 2012-05-09 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | A CRACK IN MY EXHAUST MANIFOLD BEHIND THE ALTERNATOR CAUSING COOLANT TO SPRAY ALL OVER UNDER MY HOOD AND NOW MY ENGINE … |
| 2011-04-26 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS EQUIPPED WITH A DURALAST BALL JOINT, PART NUMBER FA2101. THE CONTACT … |
| 2011-04-14 | STEERING | No | 0 | THE STEERING WHEEL HAS BECOME VERY LOOSE, AND IT SQUEAKS ALOT. I AM UNABLE TO ADJUST THE STEERING WHEEL HEIGHT ANY MORE… |
| 2010-11-27 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE HOME FROM WORK IN THE EVENING, THE CAR STARTED TO PUTTER, THEN SMOKE CAME POURING OUT FROM UND… |
| 2010-10-13 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE CAR ALL OF A SUDDEN FELT DIFFERENT WHILE DRIVING ONE DAY, KIND OF SLUGGISH AND THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON. THE T… |
| 2010-08-13 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 30 MPH WHEN A VEHICLE ABRUPTLY PULLED IN FRO… |
| 2010-08-10 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS STEAM EMITTING FROM THE ENGINE COMP… |
| 2009-12-24 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | CAR CAUGHT FIRE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR IN THE PAST DROVE ABOUT 2 MILES PARKED AND TURNED CAR OFF AND THE ENGINE … |
| 2009-10-21 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. WHILE PARKED IN THE RESIDENCE CARPORT, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. … |
| 2009-09-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE CAR STARTED NORMAL AT WORK AND DROVE 20 MINUTES TO HOME. PLACED CAR IN PARK, AND ATTEMPTED TO TURN IGNITION TO OFF,… |
| 2009-04-28 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | ON TUESDAY NIGHT, APRIL 28, MY 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS SUDDENLY CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD OF THE CAR AND THE ENGINE… |
| 2008-11-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD ON A 1996 FORD GRAND MARQUIS 4.6 LITER V-8. APPARENTLY THERE WAS SOME SETTLEMENT OFFER FROM FO… |
| 2008-05-18 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | HAD JUST TURNED OFF FREEWAY WHEN WARNING CHIME FOR OVERHEATED ENGINE SOUNDED. STOPPED CAR WITHIN ONE BLOCK & TURNED OF… |
| 2008-05-08 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | UPON DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG IT CAUGHT FIRE AND I HAD TO PUT IT OUT MYSELF. *TR |
| 2008-02-27 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | 2 BRAKE LINE FAILURES METAL BRAKE 1996 GRAND MARQUIS WITHIN A YEAR..THIS IS A MIDWEST CAR BUT SPENT HALF OF ITS WINTER … |
| 2008-02-25 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS 1996 INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED, DID NOT KNOW THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE INTAK… |
| 2008-02-13 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | SAME OLD STORY PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED LOST ALL WATER COST 900.00 TO FIX WITH TOW. 92,000 MILES COME ON FORD … |
| 2007-09-22 | STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT. THE… |
| 2007-09-17 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. AFTER RECEIVING A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER … |
| 2007-09-11 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: … |
| 2007-09-06 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE AND … |
| 2007-09-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2007, THE CONTACT RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL NOTICE NUMBE… |
| 2007-09-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL (… |
| 2007-08-27 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07… |
| 2007-08-26 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 FORD GRAND MARQUIS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL (NHT… |
| 2007-08-26 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. THE CONTACT HAS NOT RECEIVED A REMEDY FOR RECALL NUMBER 05S28 IN A R… |
| 2007-08-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED SMOKE RISING FROM THE EN… |
| 2007-08-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | REGARDING MY 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. ENGINE FIRE ON AUGUST 15,2007 IN MY DRIVEWAY. KEY OFF, VEHICLE DRIVEN AND PA… |
| 2007-08-03 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER DISCONNECTED THE SPEED CONTROL DE… |
| 2007-08-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | (DEFECT IN SPEED CONTROL EQUIPMENT RELATED) I RECEIVED THE LETTER INFORMING CONSUMER OF DEFECT IN SPEED CONTROL EQUIPM… |
| 2007-08-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. IN AUGUST OF 2007, THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CA… |
| 2007-07-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WE OWNED A 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IN JULY 2007 WITHOUT ANY WARNING PARKED IN FRON… |
| 2007-06-15 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | I OWN A 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. THE STEERING IN THE VEHICLE BEGAN LOCKING UP AT A CERTAIN SPOT WHEN TURNING. THIS… |
| 2007-02-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THE INTAKE MANIFOLD HAS A HAIRLINE CRACK ON THE REAR HEATER HOSE INLET. ANTI-FREEZE IS SEEPING OUT INTO THE #4 SPARK PL… |
| 2006-12-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. OCCASIONALLY, WHEN DRIVING 55-60 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE. T… |
| 2006-08-29 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH ON NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THE EMERGENCY B… |
| 2006-08-29 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND LOWERED TO THE FLOOR. THE CONTACT U… |
| 2006-08-22 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING MY 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS WHEN STEAM STARTED POURING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I HAD TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED… |
| 2006-08-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE APPLYING BRAKE PRESSURE AT 25 MPH ON A SUBURBAN STREET, THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEH… |
| 2006-07-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. INSPECTED FUSES AND FOUND BLOWN 15 AMP FUSE. REPLACED AND VEHICLE WORKED PROPERL… |
| 2006-02-17 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE BECAME INOPERABLE, AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR A LEAK IN THE INTAKE M… |
| 2005-12-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL | No | 0 | DT: THE CONTACT STATED VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND PARKED FOR ELEVEN HOURS. THE FIRE DEPART… |
| 2005-08-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | DT: THE VEHICLE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. THE CAR WAS SMOKING WHILE DRIVING. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS CRAC… |