Tl* the contact owns a 1995 mercury grand marquis. The contact stated that while decelerating from driving at 70 MPH, a fuel odor emitted from the vehicle without warning. The contact mentioned that the failure recurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to a dealer but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the vehicle was previously serviced under the federal safety agency campaign number: 95v063000 (fuel system, gasoline). The failure mileage was 77,000.
Mercury Grand Marquis fuel smell problems
15 of the 3,703 owner complaints about the Mercury Grand Marquis describe gas smell in the cabin, most of them for the 1995 model year.
- owner complaints
- 15
- worst model year
- 1995
- typical mileage
- 77,000
Is there a fix? There is 1 recall for this area of the car. See below
By model year
- 20091
- 20042
- 20032
- 20011
- 19971
- 19961
- 19953
- 19941
- 19932
- 19921
Often reported together
What owners say
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 mercury grand marquis. While driving approximately 40 MPH, there was a fuel odor emitting from the vents. The failure occurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 94,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 mercury grand marquis. The contact stated that after refueling, gasoline fuel fumes emitted inside the vehicle and the fuel would dissipate to half of a tank within twenty minutes of driving. The dealer diagnosed that the fuel line, the fuel pump, and the fuel seal needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. However, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 35,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 mercury grand marquis. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 30 MPH, a fuel odor emitted from the vehicles vents. The failure recurred multiple times. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 170,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 mercury grand marquis. The contact stated that there was a very strong fuel odor in the vehicle, which was being emitted from the fuel storage tank. The dealer was contacted and stated that there were no recalls for the vehicle. The vehicle was neither diagnosed nor repaired. The failure mileage was 35,000 and the current mileage was 39.416.
2004 mercury marquis 4.6 l engine. Spark plug blew out while driving, creating significant safety hazard because of loss of power and presence of combustible gasoline fumes. This is a safety hazard!
Dt*: the contact stated there was a strong smell of gasoline fumes in the vehicle. A the federal safety agency recall letter, #06e056000, regarding fuel system, gasoline was received by the contact. The dealer was alerted and refused to perform the recall remedy. The dealership recommended that the manufacturer should be contacted. The vehicle was not included in the recall due to the VIN. The consumer requested reimbursement for loss of gas. Updated 09/05/06.
For the past year while driving my automobile I can smell gas fumes. I have tried turning off the air conditioning it doesn't help. Even family notices the strong smell.
Consumer dismayed to notice the smell of fuel as she drove and parked the vehicle. *ph the smell would be present when the vehicle was parked as well. The fuel was leaking into the brake line. *sc the idler and pitman arms were replaced.
Consumer states that oil is leaking, and they can also so smell gas fumes while driving.
Related recalls
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly: filler pipe and cap
- What is wrong
- The seal material between the fuel filler pipe and fuel tank may not have been fully cured during the molding process which could allow for fuel leakage.
- Risk
- Fuel leakage could result in a vehicle fire if an ignition source were present.
- Remedy
- Dealers will replace the fuel filler pipe-to-fuel tank seal with a new seal of different material.
Recall number 95V063000 · Recall details
Questions about the Mercury Grand Marquis fuel smell
Which Mercury Grand Marquis years have gas smell in the cabin problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1995 (3 complaints), 1993 (2 complaints) and 2003 (2 complaints).
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