2001 Mercury Marquis problems
The 2001 Mercury Marquis has 27 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (15%) concerns brakes. Next are air bags (11%) and cruise control (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 27 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 15% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 58,000 miles 12 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 | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 4 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 12 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 58,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 4 complaints mention a crash; 1 injury reported.
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 10 model years of the Mercury Marquis with enough data (18 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.
Result of a crash with backing ups truck passenger side air bag deployed. When air bag deployed part of the dashboard came around and hit driver inside of head. Driver air bag did not deploy. Car not repaired.
Consumer states that was involved on a collision and the drivers air bag did not deployed.dealer was notified. Nlm during the accident the driver was injured.
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 mercury marquis. While shifting into park, the contact attempted to sound the horn, but was unsuccessful. A crash occurred, but there were no injuries. The dealer stated that the horn in the vehicle was designed to be difficult to find. The contact wants to know if the horn is located under the horn symbol or under the air bag. He has to remove his hands from the steering wheel in order to blow the horn, which takes a lot of effort.
Tl* the contact owns a 2001 mercury grand marquis. While driving approximately 40 MPH, the driver's seat belt independently became loose from around the contact. He refastened the seat belt and proceeded driving. The contact stated the failure has occurred twice without warrant. The contact made an appointment with the dealer for further inspection of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 131,952 and the current mileage was 132,000.