What is your vehicle sales or service issue?:I received a letter from the ford company about getting my headlights replaced. My headlights does not work at all and I have to hold my high beams in order to have some lights at night in order to see. This is very uncomfortable when driving with one hand especially, when I have my babies in the car with me. When I went to the ford dealership in march. They told me that the parts were on back order until june or july. I went back to the dealership (lilliston ford in kingsland, ga)in the beginning of december 2014. They told me that the parts are still on back order and that they're are 3800 people waiting on those parts. I've been pulled over numerous of times because of my hands slipping off of the high beams and I've had 2 accidents because of my headlights. I need to be put in a rental car are something until my lights are fixed. This is dangerous and is not a safe way to be driving at night. .
Mercury Grand Marquis slipping problems
14 of the 3,703 owner complaints about the Mercury Grand Marquis describe transmission slipping, most of them for the 1991 model year.
- owner complaints
- 14
- worst model year
- 1991
By model year
- 20031
- 19981
- 19962
- 19951
- 19941
- 19932
- 19923
- 19913
Often reported together
Transmission failure 1Sudden acceleration 1Shudder 1Loss of power 1Jerking 1Headlights 1
What owners say
Car jerking so that I took to reliable mechanic. He drove car and said the transmission is slipping. The mechanic said the transmission fluid smelled a little burned consistent with slipping of the transmission. The mechanic's recommendation was to wait until transmission completely failed since he thought the only option was to have transmission replaced. This 1995 mercury grand marquis has only 34,000 miles on it. I had heard recently that many of the mercury's and ford's had early transmission failure.
Consumer stated the transmission was slipping, also lost power in the engine, engine begin to smoke. Ts
Transmission vibrates, slips (sounds like driving over rumble strips) during moderate acceleration. The vehicle shudders and vibrates when traveling in 3rd and 4th gear and then loses power.
Transmission vibrates, slips (sounds like driving over rumble strips) during moderate acceleration. Had similar problem with 1992 gr marq. Ford motor co.fails to acknowledge that problem exists and refuses to pay for fix. Problem has existed for over 5 years. Talked to a fleet owner of 13 1997 gr marqs and he said 5 had already failed. This problem should be cause for a recall.
Transmission slipped and shuttered on incline at 10 MPH. Yh
Failure of the grommet that holds the transmission cable to the throttle body broke, causing transmission to slip.
While driving the grommet fell out, resulting in a drainage of the transmission fluid, causing the transmission to slip. The dealer has been notified.
During cold startup shifted into reverse vehicle surged rearward. When placing selector gear into neutral slipped to drive gear, surged forward. Ran into house, and wheels still spinning with both feet on braking pedal.
When driving the transmission slips sometimes, please describe .
Related recalls
Power train: automatic transmission
- What is wrong
- The park rod assembly contains a park cam with inadequate surface hardness, which could lead to park disengagement or no park engagement when the lever is placed in park.
- Risk
- If park is not engaged and the parking brake is off, avehicle roll-away could result.
- Remedy
- Replace park rod assembly on automatic transmissions.
Recall number 91V048000 · Recall details
Questions about the Mercury Grand Marquis slipping
Which Mercury Grand Marquis years have transmission slipping problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1991 (3 complaints), 1992 (3 complaints) and 1993 (2 complaints).
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