2005 Mercury Grand Marquis air bags problems
67 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis, which is 11% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 67 11% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 54,000 miles 56 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 5 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 6 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When air bags problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 4 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 10 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 17 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 5 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 13 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 5 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 56 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 54,000 miles, and 55% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 5 crashes, 6 injuries.
What owners wrote
Dt: the contact stated while going through an intersection another vehicle ran a stop sign and struck the contact's vehicle on the side. Upon impact, the contact's vehicle was knocked into another lane and was hit head on by a third vehicle. This second impact caused the other vehicle to tail spin and was hit in the rear by the first vehicle. The side air bags didn't deploy, but the frontal air bags did. The contact was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.
At start up I noticed the amber air bag light stays on - then I restarted the car and read air bag light blinking 3 and 4 times. Took the car to mechanic, after testing with some sort of computer he found out that the passenger side seat belt pretensioner was bad and needs replacement.
Other problems reported for the 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis
- Lighting 307 complaints
- Electrical system 76 complaints
- Cruise control 39 complaints
- Seat belts 36 complaints
- Steering 20 complaints
- Brakes 18 complaints