2005 Mercury Grand Marquis electrical system problems
76 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis, which is 12% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 76 12% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 74,000 miles 61 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 4
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When electrical system problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 5 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 5 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 15 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 13 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 11 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 7 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 61 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 74,000 miles, and 41% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 4 crashes, 4 fires, 3 injuries.
What owners wrote
Upon starting up 2005 mercury marquis (~24000 miles) and placing car into drive, car accelerated at a high rate of speed and crashed into a gas station pump. The car accelerator malfunctioned and was in a "jammed state". The driver immediately put right foot then both feet on brake trying to get the vehicle to stop. The car would not slow much less stop. Driver suffered very serious eye injury and currently has no sight in injured left eye. There is the risk of losing left eye.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 mercury grand marquis. While driving approximately 60 MPH, the exterior lighting, dome light, and all other lighting turned off without warning. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who changed all the fuses, but the failure recurred. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 130,000.
Other problems reported for the 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis
- Lighting 307 complaints
- Air bags 67 complaints
- Cruise control 39 complaints
- Seat belts 36 complaints
- Steering 20 complaints
- Brakes 18 complaints