1991 Mercury Grand Marquis problems
NHTSA has received 106 complaints about the 1991 Mercury Grand Marquis, and 22% of them involve electrical system. After that come brakes (14%) and air bags (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 106 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 13 and 15
- Injuries and deaths
- 14 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 13 complaints mention a crash; 15 complaints mention a fire; 14 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 94% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1991 ranks 16th most-complained-about out of 21 model years of the Mercury Grand Marquis with enough data (54 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Driver's air bag did not inflate during accident, also chemicals released from air bag during deployment into driver's face, resulting in injury. *skd
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.
I parked my car in my driveway and got out. The car was in "park" and I was standing at my opened door reaching to open the passanger door. The car shifted to "reverse". It knocked me down and ran over me with the front tire. It ran over my legs and chest. It then scrapped and dented my wife's car, and was halted by running in to the rear end of my neighbor's car across the street. He is a police officer and he filed the report. My insurance company will not cover any more of my medical bills.
After parking vehicle in driveway consumer was emptying the trunk and noticed smoke coming from under the hood. A fire soon erupted from the passenger's side under the hood, and was quickly extinguished. After careful examination of the results, it was determined by a certified mechanic that the alternator and the cable harness caused the fire.