Pulling out into a street while travelling 10mph front end started to make crunching noise. Steering wheel would not turn smoothly and had to be forced. Contacted dealer , they replaced tie rods. A month later, the same problem. Replaced with a standard lower ball joint instead heavy duty lower ball joint. Mechanic said it was a design flaw.
1996 Mercury Grand Marquis steering complaints
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Rear end differential failure due to mismatched ring and pinion gear. Mjs
Vehicles steering mechanism failed causing the vehicle to wander.
While driving vehicle wanders,; also, steering is very hard to control. Worse when windy or rain ing. In addition, hoode latch needed adjustment and check engine light stays on after starting vehicle. Vehicle has been taken to dealers and they are unable to locate a problem. Notes vehicle is operating according to manufacturer's specifications.
When driving at 60-70 MPH in windy conditions vehicles' steering is poor.
Excessive play in steering.
Steering mechamism failed.
Owner states that while driving at 50mph his steering floats, he notes that he sometimes has problems with his steering, owner is uncertain as to what the problem is.
While driving on highway steering went completely out.
Failure of the steering wheel and column, causing the consumer to lose control of the vehicle.
Steering problems.
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