2005 Mercury Grand Marquis brakes problems
Owners reported brakes problems in 18 complaints for the 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis, 3% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 18 3% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 21,000 miles 11 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When brakes problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 5 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 11 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 21,000 miles, and 73% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 4 crashes, 1 fire, 3 injuries.
What owners wrote
On [XXX] I was driving this recently purchased Grand marquis . On [XXX] here in San Antonio around ten at night I hit the brakes and something under the hood compartment blew up and it cocked the car . I was trapped inside and when I finally was able to get my seatbelt released I had to break the window with my head . The previous week I reached out to ford and they told me they would address the issue and that they would call me back and that was to no avail.
[xxx] 4/21/2010 2005 mercury marquis on april 17th 2010, at approximately 1 pm, as I hit the brakes approaching a stop sign, the brake failed and the engine raced, we traveled about 14 feet through the stop sign, the brakes worked again and the engine died down. Had there been a car in front of me or a pedestrian crossing I would have hit them. We took the car to a local shop on the same day, they diagnosed it and couldn't find anything wrong with it.
Other problems reported for the 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis
- Lighting 307 complaints
- Electrical system 76 complaints
- Air bags 67 complaints
- Cruise control 39 complaints
- Seat belts 36 complaints
- Steering 20 complaints