1994 Mercury Marquis problems
The 1994 Mercury Marquis has 44 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (20%) concerns cruise control. Next are wipers, windshield & visibility (16%) and electrical system (14%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 44 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Cruise control 21% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 8
- Injuries and deaths
- 9 and 0
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%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 2 complaints mention a crash; 8 complaints mention a fire; 9 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 96% 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 6th most-complained-about out of 10 model years of the Mercury Marquis with enough data (15 complaints in that window).
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.
The speed switch on my wife's 1994 mercury marquis suddenly and unexpectedly ignited causing a massive fire which destroyed our home and nearly killed my family.
1994 mercury grand marquis. The cruise control switch. My brake lights stopped working. A nice man pulled up next to me and told me my brake lights are out. I went home popped the hood of the car and started looking for a bad fuse. I found it in the car compartment not under the hood. Looked out of the windshield and saw smoke I jumped out of the car and saw where the smoke was coming from and tore the wires from the switch. I went to a ford dealer and he said it is not covered. Wrong year.
Dear sir/madam;in the past, I have owned the chevrolet vega, the pontiac fiero two of the poorest automobiles ever build but neither of these cars can began to compare the 1994 mercuy marquie as to poor quality. Without question, the worst automobile I have ever purchased!I have had to have 15 window regulartors installed for a cost of from $175 to $275 for each regular installation for an approximate total of $3,000.00.with just 83,000 miles, easily driven, the car currently used 1 qt. Of oil every1,000 miles.
Tl* the contact owns a 1994 mercury marquis. While driving approximately 45 MPH, the tail lights, turn signal lights. And instrument panel lights failed. The failure recurred twice. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the head light switch and connector plug needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 130,000.