1994 Mercury Grand Marquis problems
NHTSA has received 197 complaints about the 1994 Mercury Grand Marquis, and 17% of them involve cruise control. After that come brakes (13%) and engine (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 197 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Cruise control 17% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 20 and 20
- Injuries and deaths
- 18 and 2
- Typical mileage
- 99,000 miles 24 complaints with mileage
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%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 9 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 4 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 24 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 98,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 20 complaints mention a crash; 20 complaints mention a fire; 18 injuries reported; 2 deaths reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 91% 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 1994 ranks 10th most-complained-about out of 21 model years of the Mercury Grand Marquis with enough data (87 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
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.
Cruise control was engaged, while driving vehicle pull to left very hard, lost control over vehicle applied brakes, vehicle flip over. Tt
1994 mercury grand marquis, was parked in a garage attached to the home. A fire occurred and the fire department identified the cause as the "probable result of an electrical malfunction in the engine compartment of the vehicle." a man died in the fire.
When vehicle was rearended while at a stop, driver's side and passenger's side seatbacks collapsed, they were fully reclined. The seats will be replaced.
Tl*the contact owns a 1994 mercury grand marquis. Within five minutes of parking the vehicle, it caught fire. The fire originated underneath the hood on the driver side near the tire. The fire department extinguished the fire and filed a report. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact received a recall notice in september of 2007 for NHTSA campaign id number 07v336000 (vehicle speed control). The purchase date was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 85,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 1994 mercury grand marquis. The contact received a safety recall notice for NHTSA campaign id number 08v051000 (vehicle speed control:cruise control). She took her vehicle to the dealer and had the speed control switch disconnected. She later returned and had the new part installed. When she tested the vehicle an hour later, the cruise control was not working. The contact returned to the dealer and was informed that the deactivation switch malfunctioned.