Mercury / Grand Marquis / 2001
2001 Mercury Grand Marquis problems
Owners have filed 207 complaints about the 2001 Mercury Grand Marquis with NHTSA. Vehicle speed control accounts for 13% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of seat belts at 11.6%.
Complaints207
Crashes34
Fires3
Injuries28
Deaths2
What owners report breaking
Vehicle speed control 13.0% · 27
Seat belts 11.6% · 24
Air bags 9.7% · 20
Engine and engine cooling 9.7% · 20
Power train 6.8% · 14
Electrical system 6.3% · 13
Service brakes, hydraulic 6.3% · 13
Exterior lighting 5.3% · 11
Severity
Of those complaints, 34 describe a crash, 3 describe a fire, 28 report an injury and 2 report a death.
Reading the numbers
Across the 18 model years of the Mercury Grand Marquis in this data, 2001 sits 9th by complaint volume. 2005 draws the most.
Filings have fallen off, 7 in the last three years against 18 in the three before. That is normal as a generation leaves the road.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 62,000 miles.
In owners' own words
Car would not idle after starting. Thank god it happened in driveway. Towed to dealer, and dealer replaced iac valve, and cleaned fuel system. Car had 37974 miles on it. Purchased used on 07/03/03, was certified as used car, 33750 miles. Noticed intermittent turn signal flashing when purchased. Changed bulbs, no improvement. Shouldn't a safety recall be issued instead of a tsb on the idle problem? Vehicle speed control · reported at 37,974 miles
Cruise control moves gas pedal rapidly down and back up at a rate of 1 to 2 occilations per second, at times car can be felt to jerk back and forth. Dealer has made many attempts to correct the issue under warrenty but now is being told that ford will no longer pay for repairs. I feel this may be a safety issue as I do not know when the car may accelerate out of controll. Vehicle speed control · reported at 32,700 miles
While driving at 10 mph engine started to race really loud, consumer turned key off, and hit brakes immediately and stopped. Consumer towed vehicle to dealer, and currently it has worked. *Ak the motor started racing following a loud noise, and went out of control. The problem appears to be a factry defect. Vehicle speed control
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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