Mercury Grand Marquis Reviews

What a comfortable, smooth ride. The car is so trustworthy. I could not have bought a better car for $1,200. It is a 2000 model. I bought it in 2014 and it had 95,000 miles on it. In over five years I might have had $4,000 in repairs to the rear end, front end and the plastic cover on the motor. That sure beats $4,000 a year!!

The Grand Marquis is one of the safest and most comfortable cars ever made. It makes even a 6 hour trip a pleasure. Plenty of room to stretch out without hitting the person next to you. So quiet you can hear yourself talking to yourself.

The Mercury Grand Marquis is very reliable, mid size and attractive. Fairly good gas mileage. Very comfortable for long trips. Nice leather seats. Sound speakers of good quality. Looks like a more expensive car. Large seating space. Less things to go wrong since it is outdated. Comfortable for traveling or short trips. The large trunk helps me transport lots of groceries or gardening supplies. Since it is an older model, it lacks modern things like GPS and track player is out of date. And the gas mileage could be better.

The 1992 Ford Grand Marquis has so very, very many different luxuries and extra things that the card has that I would never have thought until after owning the car and running out of gas on the side of the road not knowing that I needed to reset the fuel reset in the trunk and the electric Dash did not help with the gas gauge. I also dislike the headlight switch. It has a very, very big trunk and a sub with spare tire. Also very, very roomy and very, very, very much space for none needed material with an electric dashboard and electric seats.

I have a 2004 Grand Marquis that I bought in June 2013. Soon after I bought it my engine was overheating due to a cracked manifold that had to be replaced, which cost $1500. It's now Jan 2017, and I'm having to deal with either a gasket leak or a cracked manifold again. My car started hesitating and running very sluggish so I went to AutoZone and the code came back saying that it was either spark plugs or coil causing check engine light to come on. So, started replacing spark plugs and noticed one of the ports had oil in it, so now I know something else is wrong and take it in for repair. Gasket leaking antifreeze, Ignition coil #1, and oil filter housing has to be replaced. Total cost $1687.27.

2005 Mercury Grand Marquis Intake Manifold part is faulty due to substandard plastic piece. Caused a crack and it leaked engine coolant and then caused engine to overheat. Coils and plugs needed replacing. Ford tends to use Plastic when they should not. The Ford company needs to recall the intake manifold because of this faulty part. Cost of replacement of coils and intake manifold over $1,300. Now car is bucking again and other coils may need replacing because of this slow leak.

2004 Mercury Grand Marquis...I had my intake manifold crack and antifreeze got into the spark plugs, my son (a mechanic) replaced it with a non plastic one...no problems now... The temperature controlled air conditioning panel went out, it now will only blow hot air, no A/C. The headlights only work for a while. This is a recall that is being fixed soon. There is also a recall on the fuel filter that I will check on soon. Lastly, the catalytic converter going went out as well. I have done some research and have determined that the major issues reported with my vehicle is exhaust, air conditioning, intake manifold, and headlight issue, so it sounds pretty par to the course. Just FYI.

I purchased a 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis last year. It had 101,000 miles on it at the time. I have had two major issues with the car since I've had it. First, no air would blow out of the dashboard vents, it would only blow out the defrost and floor vents. The dealership wanted $800 to repair the issue. I did some research and was able to rebuild the unit easily by replacing the o-rings in the solenoids. Apparently, Ford used really cheap o-rings when designing these units. I was able to order to o-rings from Amazon and the total cost was $11. The repair took less than 45 minutes to complete.

Same thing here. Should be a recall. This is **. Look on eBay. They are selling thousands of intake manifolds.

In the last month my Mercury had a failure of the air conditioning control panel. Two weeks later, the valve control module (made of plastic) failed. The two repairs cost me over $2000. My 2007 Grand Marquis has about 61,000 miles. Seems a bit soon to be having two major components of my a/c system fail.

I have a 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis Ls. On April 28, 2015 I was driving through downtown Sacramento when my car started hesitating and misfiring. I figured it might be caused by worn spark plugs so I took it home and proceeded to change the spark plugs and found oil in the spark plug ports. I had it towed to the auto repair facility only to find that I have a cracked intake manifold. I heard that Ford knew about this problem years earlier but continues to install them. Why? I am recently widowed and on disability. The cost was $690.00-- really out of my ability to pay.

Recently purchased my parents 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis. It has nearly 190,000 miles. Returning from a long trip the engine started to misfire and lose power. The ODB analyzer indicated a bad spark plug in cylinder #4. Upon replacing all spark plugs I found coolant leaking into the spark plug holes on cylinders 2, 3 & 4. Will have to replace at least the plastic intake manifold gaskets and possibly the entire intake manifold. If my parents had been driving this vehicle back from Florida it would have been a major problem to break down on the road and expensive to fix.

I have changed the spark plug in all 8 cylinders, which I might add four of them I had to buy a removal tool for because they were broke and had to be extracted. Also replaced the coil, Injector, and the intake Manifold and still I have a misfire on the number 3 cylinder. I have been a ford fan since 1972 and am very disappointed with the quality of this engine and am seriously contemplating never buying a ford product as long as I live.

My 2004 Grand Marquis started jerking while driving down the highway. I called Freedom Ford and made an appointment to get it checked out the next morning. They said I have a cracked manifold and antifreeze was leaking out. The repair cost is $1600. I purchased this car new in 2004 and have only 84,887 miles on it. If Ford knew these manifolds would crack, why didn't they do a recall? I am retired and on a fixed income and paying for this is a definite hardship. Why does it cost so much to replace a defective plastic manifold? After reading reviews, I see that this has been a problem with Ford vehicles for years. Why hasn't Ford responded?

I own four Ford vehicles - a 2010 Expedition, a 2009 Ford Pick Up, a 2001 Crown Victoria and a 1999 Mercury Grand Marquis. About two years ago, on a trip to Ruidoso, New Mexico from El Paso, TX (about a 3-hour drive), the Grand Marquis began exhibiting overheating issues while on our way to Ruidoso. I immediately pulled over to the side of the road and opened the hood. I noticed that white vapor/smoke was coming out of a crack on the intake manifold. I couldn't move the vehicle any more and got a tow truck to take it back to El Paso, Texas to fix. With towing expenses, the replacement of the intake manifold and labor, I ended up paying approximately $1,000.00.

The temperature gauge did not move out of the "C" range for two days. Decided to change the thermostat.

Called regarding blown head gasket on my 1997 Ford Mercury Gran Marquis. On October 27, 2011, I flew out of Chattanooga, TN to West Palm Beach, FL. Son-in-law was returning to Huntsville, AL with my auto, which out of the blue overheated. As a certified mechanic, he pulled to side of road and had it towed. Had an Intake Manifold crack which caused the overheating. I had it repaired to the tune of $618.00. When I returned from Florida, went to the repair shop to pick up my auto. Returned to Huntsville, AL.

I read the article about Ford agreeing to settle a lawsuit involving defective plastic intakes on 1996-2001 Crown Victoria and Grand Marquis cars. I just paid a local Ford dealership to replace a defective plastic intake manifold on my 2003 Grand Marquis for the same exact failures described in the article. The cost of repairs was $1116. I feel that Ford, despite knowing that the intakes were defective, continued to install the same intakes in 2002 and newer vehicles. I want Ford to reimburse me for the cost of repairs. I have pictures of the cracks on the intake removed from my car.

The manifold started leaking on our 2001 Mercury Grand Marquis. It also lost coolant and had to have an emergency repair. The vehicle was repaired at our own expense. The total cost was $783.04. I was very disappointed when we were told that the Ford Motor Company did not cover this expense for a faulty intake plastic manifold.

I own a 1999 Mercury Grand Marquis, VIN #**. Because of failure of a plastic piece manufactured by Ford Co., my vehicle overheated to the point that its motor had to be replaced. That piece, I came to know, was the intake manifold. I learned of the case against Ford Co. regarding this part, but apparently, I was too late for any compensation. My car got in the mechanic in March 2006. The motor was replaced, and it cost me almost $3,000.00

Please advise of any actions against Ford for defective intake manifolds on 1997 Mercury Marquis. My mechanic advised ford was supplying a metallic replacement for the plastic part that has history of failing.