2001 Mercury Grand Marquis problems
NHTSA has received 207 complaints about the 2001 Mercury Grand Marquis, and 13% of them involve cruise control. After that come engine (13%) and seat belts (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 207 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Cruise control 13% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 34 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 28 and 2
- Typical mileage
- 62,000 miles 118 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 | 11 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 28 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 19 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 10 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 18 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 6 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 9 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 5 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 3 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 8 |
What the data shows
Among the 118 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 62,000 miles. For cruise control specifically, the median reported mileage is about 50,000 miles (16 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 34 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 28 injuries reported; 2 deaths reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 89% 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 2001 ranks 5th most-complained-about out of 21 model years of the Mercury Grand Marquis with enough data (102 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.
Attorney represented the family of wallace petro who had died in an automobile accident while driving a 2001 grand marquis the attorney alleged that the driver's side seat belt buckle failed, and caused mr. Petro to be ejected during the roll over incident. The vehicle was previously serviced under recall 01v227000. Information as told to odi.
Fatal accident in 2001 mercury grand marquis resulting from vehicle rollover. The highway patrol concluded that the driver was not wearing seat belt. The driver was killed as a result of injuries sustained when he was ejected from his vehicle. After the accident deceased family learned of a seat belt buckle recall (01v227001). The deceased had taken the vehicle to have the recall repaired on nov 21 2002 and the dealer determined that the buckle did not need to be replaced.
Car was hit on the driver side quarter panel causing it to spin and crash head on into highway divider. Air bags did not deploy resulting in additional injuries!!
My father in law was driving my vehicle when a GMC yukon pulled out in front of him. My father in law hit the side of the yukon and only one air bag deployed which was the passanger side,my father in law was taken to the hospital bc of no feeling below his waist and the paramedics were unable to stabilize his blood pressure.
The contact owns a 2001 Mercury Grand Marquis. The contact stated that while his wife was driving at an undisclosed speed, there was an electrical glitch on the instrument cluster. Additionally, the battery was drained. The contact self-diagnosed the vehicle with a code reader and retrieved DTC - B1869 related to the airbags. The dealer was made aware of the failure but informed the contact that there was no recall associated with the VIN.