Safety Score
95
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
29
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1998 Mercury Marquis.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-01-24 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 MERCURY MARQUIS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FRO… |
| 2014-09-03 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 MERCURY MARQUIS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE CRUISE … |
| 2013-05-02 | STEERING | No | 0 | THE FRONT END IS VERY SQUEAKY LOUD AND WHEN YOU MAKE HARD TURNS TO LEFT OR RIGHT IT MAKES A LOUD SPRING POPPING SOUND. … |
| 2006-08-01 | STEERING:LINKAGES:ARM:IDLER AND ATTACHMENT | No | 0 | 98 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS 50,000 MILES DRIVING 10 MPH THE PS TIEROD END FELL OFF LOSING ALL CONTROL. CAR TOWED TO FORD D… |
| 2006-04-06 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH STEAM WAS NOTICED COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO T… |
| 2005-09-13 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THE INTAKE MANIFOLD ON MY GRAND MARQUIS CRACKED AN CAUSED MY CAR TO RUN HOT AN I HAD TO REPLACE IT. I HAVE 1998 MERQUR… |
| 2005-06-25 | TIRES:TREAD/BELT | No | 0 | DT: HAD A BLOWOUT ON THE FRONT LEFT TIRE, THE WHOLE TIRE CAME COMPLETELY APART AND THE TREAD HAD SHREDDED. *AK |
| 2003-10-09 | EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:ACCESSORY SCISSOR/SCREW/BOTTLE JACK/LIFT | No | 0 | JACK WARNING LABEL DOES NOT MEET FVMSS SAFETY STANDARDS. *AK REFER TO RECALL NO.# 00V200000. *SCC *JB |
| 2003-09-12 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | OWNER CAN NOT TELL WHAT GEAR THE VEHICLE IS IN WHEN DRIVING. CONSUMER NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP. *AK |
| 2003-03-06 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | MY TRUNK ON MY 1998 MERCURY MYSTIQUE LEAKS WATER WHEN IT RAINS, PASSENGER WINDOW SWITCH DOES NOT WORK,MY CAR HAS JUMPED… |
| 2002-04-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY TRANSMISSION VIBRATED AND ROCKED BACK AND FORTH. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK |
| 2001-10-11 | STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION) | No | 0 | STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING AT 3-5 MPH. VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT STEERING GEAR… |
| 2001-06-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETURN TO RETRACTING MECHANISM AFTER USE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.… |
| 2000-12-02 | TIRES | No | 0 | THE FIRST TIRE FAILED AS THE TREAD PARTIALLY SEPARATED AND WENT FLAT ON A FREEWAY TH IS WAS ON 12/02/2000 AT APPROXIMAT… |
| 2000-06-30 | TIRES | No | 0 | AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST BAD LUCK TO LOOSE A 6 MONTH OLD TIRE. WHEN I STARTED TO SEE THE REPORTS ON TV, MY FAILU… |
| 1999-09-14 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | HEADLIGHTS FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY. *AK CONSUMER STATES AT 18880 MILES HEADLIGHTS FOGGED UP ON DRIVER'S SIDE, PASS… |
| 1999-07-30 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES | No | 0 | AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 500 MILES STOPPED AND STARTED VEHICLE, MOTOR ACCELERATED TO ALMOST FULL SPEED. DEALER CONTACTED AND… |
| 1999-05-13 | SUSPENSION | Yes | 2 | WHILE DRIVING APPROX. 40MPH SUDDENLY FRONT WHEELS KEPT SWERVING FROM SIDE TO SIDE. HAD NO STEERING CONTROL. WENT OVER… |
| 1998-12-26 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | CONSUMER PULLED INTO PARKING LOT, VEHICLE JUMPED THROUGH PARKING BARRIER, DOWN DECLINE AND WENT THROUGH A CHAIN LINK F… |
| 1998-09-28 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP | No | 0 | CONSUMER WAS PUTTING GAS INTO VEHICLE WHEN NOTICED FUEL POURING OUT UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED AND WILL REPAIR… |
| 1998-09-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS | No | 0 | FRONT PASSENGER DOOR HINGE FAILED. |
| 1998-08-15 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | THE HEADLIGHT LENS ARE CLOUDY, BUT NOT CRACKED. IMPAIRS CONSUMER'S VISION WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. CONTACTED DEALER,… |
| 1998-06-02 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | STEERING WHEEL SHIMMIES WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. INCIDENT HAS OCCURRED FOUR TIMES. DEALER INSPECTING DEFECT, STATES… |
| 1998-02-01 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | ON TWO OCCASIONS WHENEVER VEHICLE RAN OVER PUDDLE OF WATER IT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER STEERING ASSIST FOR APPR… |
| 1997-12-09 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | BRAKES: WHEN DRIVING AND ATTEMPTING TO STOP, HAVE TO PUSH THE BRAKE PEDAL COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR BEFORE THE CAR WILL … |
| — | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:CONCEALMENT DEVICES | No | 0 | HEADLIGHT LENSES MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO FROST ON THE OUTSIDE LENS. THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS ALMOST INVOLVED IN A COLLI… |
| — | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | ONGOING PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE WANDERING ACROSS THE ROAD WHENEVER VEHICLE REACHES ABOVE 50 MPH. VEHICLEHAS BEEN IN/O UT… |
| — | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS | No | 0 | REAR BRAKES DID NOT MATCH. WHILE TRAVELING AT 35-50 MPH DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND BRAKE PEDAL WAS HARD. DRIVER HE… |
| — | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 2 | WHEN APPLYING BRAKES EMERGENCY STOPPING SITUATIONS, VEHICLE KEEPS GOING AS IF NO BRAKES WERE APPLIED. DEALER HAS NOT S… |