2000 MERCURY MARQUIS
0 recalls, 24 complaints
No recalls found for this vehicle.
Complaint Statistics
24 total complaints
1 crashes 3 injuries
Top Reported Components
| Component | Complaints |
|---|---|
| STRUCTURE:BODY | 3 |
| STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | 2 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | 2 |
| POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | 2 |
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | 1 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | 1 |
| SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | 1 |
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | 1 |
| SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT | 1 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 1 |
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Jan 28, 2014
Incident date: Jan 28, 2014
IAA AUTO AUCTION SOLD THIS VEHICLE ADVERTISED AS CASH FOR CLUNKER VEHICLE. THE PROGRAM ENDED 3 YEARS AGO HOW COULD THEY STILL HAVE A VEHICLE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SCRAPPED 3 YEARS AGO? IT IS ITEM #58 ON SIOUX FALLS SALE 1-28-2014. BELOW IS THE LISTING INFORMATION ON AUCTION. STOCK# :12399212 ... Read more
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Jun 26, 2010
Incident date: Jun 24, 2010
2000 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS - HEADLIGHTS AND TAILLIGHTS GO ON AND OFF THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT WHILE THE VEHICLE IS PARKED AND THE ENGINE IS OFF. *TR
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:REAR WINDOW
Feb 11, 2006
Incident date: Feb 10, 2006
BACK WINDOW SHATTERED AFTER DEFROST WAS ON. *NM
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
Jun 20, 2005
Incident date: Mar 1, 2005
WIINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
Apr 6, 2005
Incident date: Apr 3, 2005
CRUISE CONTROL WORKS WHEN IT WANTS TO....SOME DAYS IT WILL WORK, OTHER DAYS IT WON'T...ALSO HAD PROBLEM WITH SIGNAL LIGHT BLINKING FASTER AT TIMES THAN AT OTHERS...HAD THAT PARTICULAR PROBLEM FIXED BY CHANGING THE "LIGHT MODULE" FOR $500...NOW ITS THE CRUISE CONTROL...ONE MORE PROBLEM AND I'M SELLI... Read more
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
Apr 6, 2005
Incident date: Apr 3, 2005
CRUISE CONTROL WORKS WHEN IT WANTS TO....SOME DAYS IT WILL WORK, OTHER DAYS IT WON'T...ALSO HAD PROBLEM WITH SIGNAL LIGHT BLINKING FASTER AT TIMES THAN AT OTHERS...HAD THAT PARTICULAR PROBLEM FIXED BY CHANGING THE "LIGHT MODULE" FOR $500...NOW ITS THE CRUISE CONTROL...ONE MORE PROBLEM AND I'M SELLI... Read more
STRUCTURE
Feb 3, 2005
Incident date: Jul 14, 2003
WATER IS LEAKED INTO THE VEHICLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WHEN IT RAINED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHERE THE LEAK WAS COMING FROM. *JB
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Dec 7, 2004
Incident date: Nov 1, 2004
THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION FAILED. *NM THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO ENTER THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD DRAGGING THE CONSUMER 50 FEET COMING TO A STOP AS IT HIT THE CURB. THE CONSUMER SUFFERED NUMEROUS INJURIES. THE VEHICLE SHIFT LEVER WAS STILL IN PARK. *TC *JB
1 injured
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Oct 26, 2004
Incident date: Jan 1, 2005
TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION, VEHICLE HARD TO SHIFT. *BF THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK WHEN THE CONSUMER WAS EXITING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL FORWARD SUDDENLY KNOCKING THE CONSUMER TO THE GROUND. THE CONSUMER WAS HOLDING ONTO THE INSIDE DOOR HANDLE AND WAS DRAGGED ON HIS STOMACH ABOUT 50 F... Read more
1 injured
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
Jul 3, 2003
THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED WITH THE DESIGN OF THE NEWER VEHICLES. WHILE TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE RIGHT REAR DOOR, THE CONSUMER HIT HER HEAD, SUSTAINING MINOR INJURIES. THIS ALSO HAPPENED IN ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK
1 injured
SUSPENSION
Jun 25, 2003
Incident date: May 30, 2003
WHEN DRIVING ON A WET SURFACE VEHICLE SNATCHES ITSELF FROM SIDE TO SIDE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
Jun 23, 2003
Incident date: Jun 23, 2003
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THE VEHICLE STALLED *AK WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AT SPEEDS OF 35 TO 55 MPH, IT HESITATED AND SURGED 4 TO 6 TIMES IN A ROW. IT FELT LIKE CONSUMER TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF THEN ON. *PH. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE COMPUTER WAS BAD, AND THE ... Read more
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
Jan 30, 2003
Incident date: Jan 29, 2003
THE REAR CENTER SEAT BELT OF MY 2000 MERCURY GRAND MARQUE IS DEFECTIVE. WHEN A CHILD SEAT IS BELTED THERE, THE SEAT BELT STRAP GRADUALLY SLIDES LOOSE THROUGH THE LOCKING DEVICE. THE SEAT BELT APPEARS SECURE AT FIRST, BUT IT GRADUALLY LOOSENS AS THE WEIGHT OF THE CHILD SEAT ROCKS AGAINST IT. THE B... Read more
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Sep 30, 2002
Incident date: Jul 1, 2002
CONSUMER STATES THE LIGHTS ON THE INSIDE OF VEHICLE ILLUMINATED AND WOULD NOT GO OFF TILL HOURS LATER. ONE MONTH AGO THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT FOR A SECOND AND CAME BACK ON. ONE MONTH LATER CONSUMER WOKE UP AND HEADLIGHTS AND DASH LIGHT ON AND NO ONE HAD BEEN IN CAR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHTER INFO... Read more
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
Sep 13, 2002
ONE MORNING THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE WHEN STARTED. FROM THAT TIME ON THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO SHAKE WHEN STARTED. THE DEALERSHIP STATES THAT THE MOTOR MOUNTS ARE WORN. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. NLM
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
Aug 30, 2002
Incident date: Mar 15, 2000
HEADREST DOES NOT PULL UP HIGH ENOUGH TO BE PLACED BEHIND HEAD, IT WILL ONLY REACH TO THE BASE OF THE SKULL. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS UNSAFE BECAUSE HEADREST MUST BE DIRECTLY BEHIND HEAD, NOT THE NECK. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT; PER OWNERS MANUAL, THE HEAD RESTRAINT IS TO BE PROPERLY ADJUSTED B... Read more
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Jan 15, 2002
WHILE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE ACCELERATED, TRAVELING AT RATE OF 40 MPH, AND HIT A TREE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
Oct 26, 2001
Incident date: Sep 1, 2000
PASSENGER'S SIDE SEATBELT TIGHTENS UP AROUND STOMACH WHILE DRIVING, AND DRIVERS SIDE DOES NOT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
Aug 22, 2001
Incident date: Aug 1, 2001
AT 1000 MILES CAN HEAR THE LIFTERS WHEN FIRST STARTING THE CAR, TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY PUT A FILTER IN CAR TO KEEP OIL IN LIFTERS,. BUT, THIS WAS NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM, JUST COVERING IT UP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
Mar 8, 2001
Incident date: Jul 1, 2000
WHEN CONSUMER APPLIES BRAKES VEHICLE WILL JERK INTO ANOTHER LANE OF TRAFFIC WITHOUT DRIVER CONTROLLING VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP(S) ARE UNABLE TO REMEDY DEFECT. *AK *SLC
STRUCTURE:BODY
Aug 29, 2000
THE DRIVERS SIDE VISOR OBSCURES ABOUT 20% OF THE REARVIEW MIRROR INPAIRING THE DRIVERS REAR VISION, CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS IS A DESIGN DEFECT WHICH WAS NOT PRESENT IN PRIOR MODEL/YEAR THAT THE ONSUMER HAS OWNED, ALSO THE VISOR IS NOT DESIGNED TO STAY IN POSITION WHEN LOWERED. NLM
STRUCTURE:BODY
Jul 17, 2000
Incident date: Jul 15, 2000
CONSUMER NOTICED WHEN PICKING UP THE VEHICLE THAT THE SUNVISOR ON THE DRIVERSIDE BLOCKS VIEW. WHEN SUNVISOR IS IN USE TOWARD THE WINDSHIELD TO BLOCK THE SUN, IT FALLS BACK IN THE VIEW PATH. DEALER SAYS IT'S JUST THE WAY THEY ARE.*AK
STRUCTURE:BODY
Jun 27, 2000
Incident date: Jun 26, 2000
CONSUMER HAS HAD SUNVISOR REPLACED TWICE. IT KEPT FALLING DOWN, INTERFERING WITH DRIVER'S VISION. DEALER WAS TRYING TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM.
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
Jan 21, 2000
Incident date: Jan 12, 1999
PASSENGER'S DOOR UNABLE TO OPEN WITH A KEY; DRIVER'S SIDE USED A REMOTE CONTROL. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
NHTSA Safety Investigations, MERCURY MARQUIS
Investigations opened by NHTSA into potential safety defects. These are separate from recalls and may or may not result in a recall.
EA95022
Opened: Aug 31, 1995 , Closed: Jul 24, 1996
PASSENGER AIR BAG MODULE DETACHMENT
PASSENGER AIR BAG MODULE CAN COMPLETELY DETACH FROM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL DURING DEPLOYMENT.
MERCURY MARQUIS - All Years Overview
Complete safety history for the MERCURY MARQUIS across all model years (1973, 1997).
23
Total Recalls
504
Total Complaints
1
Investigations
48
Reported Crashes
37
Reported Fires
0
Reported Deaths
MERCURY MARQUIS - Year by Year
Compare recalls and complaints across model years. Click any year to see full details.
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 0 | 15 | View |
| 2003 | 0 | 42 | View |
| 2002 | 0 | 11 | View |
| 2001 | 0 | 27 | View |
| 2000 (current) | 0 | 24 | |
| 1999 | 0 | 31 | View |
| 1998 | 0 | 40 | View |
| 1997 | 1 | 62 | View |
| 1996 | 0 | 40 | View |
| 1995 | 0 | 26 | View |
| 1994 | 0 | 44 | View |
| 1993 | 0 | 25 | View |
| 1992 | 0 | 30 | View |
| 1991 | 0 | 10 | View |
| 1990 | 0 | 8 | View |
| 1989 | 0 | 11 | View |
| 1988 | 0 | 14 | View |
| 1987 | 0 | 5 | View |
| 1986 | 1 | 4 | View |
| 1985 | 2 | 6 | View |
| 1984 | 2 | 23 | View |
| 1983 | 3 | 1 | View |
| 1982 | 1 | 1 | View |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 | View |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 | View |
| 1977 | 1 | 1 | View |
| 1974 | 2 | 0 | View |
| 1973 | 2 | 0 | View |