98 mercury grand marquis 50,000 miles driving 10 MPH the ps tierod end fell off losing all control. Car towed to ford dealer all tie rod ends replace with greasable ends cost $400.00 this is a sealed tie rod end requiring no grease (manufactures defect requiring recall,I still have old parts. The car had just been inspected nys.
Mercury Marquis ball joint problems
10 of the 354 owner complaints about the Mercury Marquis describe ball joint or control arm failure, most of them for the 1997 model year.
- owner complaints
- 10
- worst model year
- 1997
- typical mileage
- 54,000
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
- 20011
- 19992
- 19981
- 19976
Often reported together
What owners say
Driver side lower control arm / ball joint failed allowing the front wheel to separate from the car. Prior to this driver experienced squeaking from the front end and stiffness in steering/castor action at slow speeds not working.
Fax ltr fm (oh) owner of 1997 mercury marquis experience mechanical problems ball joint failure. *ts the manifold leaked anti-freeze.
Thed outer tie rod on the right front turning wheel fell off while backing out of my driveway. The tierod ends need to be replaced. Please note that a warning letter was sent out for this problem on my 1998 f150 but none on this vrhicle. It was related to corrosion. I will save the old part. If this had happened while negotiating a curve at highway speeds it could have been catistraffic or even worse.
(this complaint received via e-mail) my wife was driving today around 70 MPH or under on the freeway when she turned a corner and the car fell down low with a clung on the passengers side. She had to have it towed home, where I and the tow driver saw the most horrifying sight, the ball joint just came apart. The ball came right out of the socket. The socket should have been constructed so the ball, even if badly worn would never leave the socket. I went today to get 4 ball joint assemblies for her car, and while talking to a customer of the problem he told me his daughter almost had a bad accident when his 1995 cougars ball joint assemble let go. I'm speaking of the lower ball joints, on the passenger side. I have the ball joint and the bolts on the car if you need them. *ak the lower ball joint. The consumer made the repairs himself. *sc
Tie rod on vehicle broke while driving. *mr the components rusted. The consumer requested reimbursement. *sc
The passenger lower control arm broke.
The lower control arm weld to the frame broke while driving.*jb
While pulling into the garage right front ball joint broke. Dealer and manufacturer were notified. *ak the consumer stated that the front ball joint failure caused the door frame, arm bushing and joint, spindle front wheel,front sensor assembly, front brake shield and tire to fall.
Right front control arm bracket came unwelded from frame causing steering problems
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the Mercury Marquis ball joint
Which Mercury Marquis years have ball joint or control arm failure problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1997 (6 complaints), 1999 (2 complaints) and 1998 (1 complaints).
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