Mercury Grand Marquis wipers problems

Filed Feb 22, 2023 · Electrical, Lights · 210,000 miles · CA

The contact owns a 1996 Mercury Grand Marquis. The contact stated while driving approximately 70 MPH at night, the headlights became inoperable. While driving for approximately 30 more miles and exiting the off ramp, the headlights started to flicker. The headlights momentarily worked but then became inoperable again. The instrument panel warning lights illuminated and were flashing. The contact also detected an abnormal clicking noise from the steering column. The contact stated that the windshield wipers became stuck in the on position. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 210,000.

Filed Feb 19, 2023 · Lights, Visibility · FL

My windshield wipers started coming on and off by themselves in my 2005 grand Marquis. They also started spraying all of the windshield wipers fluid out. The lights also flicker on and off by themselves. The wipers then stopped working all together. I took it to a Ford dealership where they could not locate the problem.

Filed Jun 30, 2022 · Visibility · 150,000 miles · FL

The contact owns a 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis. The contact stated that after turning off the windshield wipers, the wiper arms stopped in the middle of the windshield and became inoperable. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the vehicle had experienced the failure mentioned in the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 00V138000 (Visibility). The dealer was not contacted and notified of the failure. The manufacturer was contacted and the contact was informed that the VIN was not included in the recall. The contact was referred to the federal safety agency for assistance. The failure mileage was 150,000.

Filed Oct 9, 2019 · Electrical, Lights · 57,600 miles · FL

First tried the hazard warning lights while parked on the side of a highway and they did not work. When I drove off I put the headlights on and turned on the windshield wipers. When I got home I turned off the wipers and the headlights but the headlights stayed on. I disconnected the battery cable and 2 days later I drove to the ford dealership. While driving I noticed that my turn signals were not working. When I got to the dealership I pointed out these problems to the service manager. I left the car and they diagnosed a bad light control module. My car is 2008 mercury grand marquis ls with 57,628 miles. They charged me $740 to replace the module. I researched recalls and I saw a recall 15s39 with # 15v861000 for this exact problem but it only applied to these same cars thru cy 2005. My car is a 2008. I talked to the dealer and the ford customer representative at 866 436 7332 and they said the federal safety agency determines the effected VIN number vehicles. There is also a ford customer satisfaction program 14n01 which dealt with this settlement for vehicles thru cy 2005. I believe they extended the warranty for the lcm module for 15 years and 250,000 miles for the effected vehicles thru cy 2005 and they even recompensated customer's who paid for exorbitant repair bills for the light control module. My dealer invoice # is 460317 with kelly ford, inc, 776 s. Magnolia ave, melbourne, fl. 32935 (321) 254-4283

Filed Feb 11, 2019 · Steering, Visibility · 76,000 miles · VA

I was driving on a 2 lane highway when I ran over some bumps in the road. The steering wheel went right and left several times, I was afraid I was going to lose control of my car. I found a recall about this same thing. Tell me what I need to do to get this situation fixed. Also, the windshield wipers stop in the straight up position. What is needed to fix this:

Filed Nov 26, 2018 · Electrical, Visibility · 122,000 miles · MD · fire

My 2011 mercury grand marquis ultimate edition, was very great however it caught on fire due to the malfunction of the windshield wipers...they would come on automatically while I was driving, my windshield wiper switch would be on the off position... And the wipers only worked on a high speed seeing none of the other speeds worked...prime example I would warm up the car for 10 min...because its cold outside then I would drive, all of a sudden minutes later, my windshield wiper turn on by itself in a high speed position , I turned the wipers on so I can see if turning off would help it doesn't so clearly it has a mind of its own...as if a ghost was in it...I googled the problem..cleary there are other models of the same and different year numbers that have the same problem...they say its either the wipers motor a relay or the whole left, right indicated switch which the windshield wipers works off of...long story short my car caught on fire the morning of nov.21, 2018 a day before thanksgiving in my driveway which could have set my car on fire..had to call the fire department at 1:45am in the morning. Due to an electrical issue the car had..it looked like a movie with the car on fire. Because clearly if the car is parked and the windshield wipers motor is still trying to move with no power to the car...I loved that car so much..it almost caught my house on fire...could have exploded and put my family at risk.which it did. As much as I love ford, lincoln, mercury I am just saddens and devastated that the car I wanted loved and bought or shall I say financed is totalled buy an electrical fire that burned the inside all up in my car and engine is burned out....and the fire when I was woken up to hear this when I called 911 and was looking outside the fire that I seen started from that driver side front windshield with fire coming from the motor of the wiper onto hood

Filed Aug 11, 2018 · Airbags, Seat belts · 107,000 miles · SC

Driver seatbelt was replaced (bad maybe) and air bag light came on immediately after seat belt was replaced wipers turn on by themselves and will not turn off.

Filed Jul 31, 2017 · Lights · 120,238 miles · VA

My lights do not come on when my wipers are activated in the rain. This happen when I am driving or stationary.

Filed May 4, 2017 · Visibility · 149,000 miles · AR

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 mercury grand marquis. While driving in the rain, the windshield wipers failed. The contact removed the fuse and replaced it to restart the wipers. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the windshield wiper motor needed to be replaced. The motor was replaced, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 149,000.

Filed Jan 25, 2017 · Lights · 207,000 miles · MI

The headlights would go completely out when driving and would not come back on. You could hold back the turn signal for high beams only. Driving became very difficult when using the directional or wipers while holding back the switch at the same time.