1994 Mercury Grand Marquis

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. WITHIN FIVE MINUTES OF PARKING THE VEHICLE, IT CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE ORIGINATED UNDERNEATH THE HOOD ON THE DRIVER SIDE NEAR THE TIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND FILED A REPORT. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2007 FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V336000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 85,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND, AFTER 10 DAYS, WANTED TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. BY THAT TIME, THE VEHICLE WAS ALREADY AT THE JUNK YARD. THE STRUCTURE OF THE HOME WAS BURNED AS A RESULT OF THE FIRE. THE CONTACT RECENTLY RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE NUMBER 05S28. BOTH FIRE AND POLICE REPORTS WERE FILED. THE POWERTRAIN AND MILEAGES WERE UNAVAILABLE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. SHE STATED THE VEHICE CAUGHT FIRE FIFTEEN MINUTES AFTER SHE PARKED. A COMPLAINT WAS FILED WITH FORD, AND IT WAS DENIED STATING THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TOO BADLY BURNED. THE FIRE DAMAGED 2 TREES, GRASS, DRIVEWAY, AND MELTED REAR TAIL LIGHTS OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE IS A SAFETY RECALL FOR VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL (NHTSA CAMPAIGN #07V336000). A REPORT FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS AVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 144,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY FOR FIVE HOURS WHEN THE CONTACT HEARD A POPPING SOUND. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SMOKE AND HE NOTICED FLAMES UNDER THE HOOD. A FIRE AND POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NO PRIOR FAILURES OCCURRED BEFORE THE FIRE. HE IS UNSURE IF THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 149,000.

LOW SPEED SITUATION! APPLIED SERVICE (NORMAL BRAKE PEDAL) BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, NO BRAKES HAD TO USE FOOT BRAKE TO AVOID ACCIDENT.".FOUND THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE LINES (MULTIPLE LINES APPROX 4 (ANTI- LOCK BRAKES,)ON FRAME RAIL UNDER THE DRIVERS DOOR) HAD ROTTED THROUGH, RUPTURING AND LOOSING ALL BRAKE FLUID AND CAUSING CATASTROPHIC BRAKE FAILURE. *JB

ON THE EVENING OF DECEMBER 20, 2005, OUR 1994 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS HAD BEEN PARKED IN OUR GARAGE FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES WHEN WE DISCOVERED A FURIOUS FIRE THAT BURNED THROUGH THE ATTIC AND ROOF IN MINUTES, SHOOTING FLAMES 50 FEET INTO THE NIGHT SKY. FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS HURT. BUT THE HOUSE WHICH WE RENTED, AND MOST OF ITS CONTENTS WERE A TOTAL LOSS. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION, WHICH INCLUDED FORD REPRESENTATIVES, SHOWED FAILURE OF SPEED CONTROL OVERRIDE SWITCH AS CAUSE OF FIRE. (ENTIRE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IMPOUNDED BY CARPENTER LAW FIRM LLP OF PLANO, ATTORNEY FOR THE HOMEOWNER'S.) ABSENT RENTERS' INSURANCE, WE FILED A LETTER OF DEMAND WITH FORD IN MARCH OF 2006, DETAILING LOSSES. INEXPLICABLY, IT WAS DENIED. WHILE FORD HAS RECALLED MILLIONS OF VEHICLES TO CORRECT PROBLEMS WITH THIS SAME COMPONENT, OUR MODEL AND YEAR HAS NEVER BEEN AMONG THE RECALLS AS FAR AS WE KNOW. WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO FILE A LAWSUIT IN ORDER TO RECOVER DAMAGES. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IN MAY 2005 THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE STARTED IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN THE STEERING COLUMN UNDER THE HOOD. THERE WAS NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THE WAY THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED ABOUT TWENTY MINUTES WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE MELTED ALL THE PLASTIC UNDER THE HOOD BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT GET THE HOOD TO OPEN TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. *AK *JB

DT: CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE ON 7-24-05 AT A SPEED OF 68 MPH THE TREAD SEPARATED AND THE TIRE BLEW OUT. THIS WAS ON THE LEFT REAR TIRE. THERE WAS ROUGHLY 40,000 MILES ON A 60,000 RATED TIRE. ALSO, HAD ANOTHER TIRE SEPARATE, BUT NOT BLOW OUT LAST FEBRUARY 20-04 ON THE SAME SET OF TIRES. HE REPLACED THAT TIRE UNDER WARRANTY. THE RECOMMENDED PSI I WAS 35. THERE WERE NO LIGHTS TO COME ON PRIOR TO TIRE FAILURE. THE CONSUMER DID FEEL A MINOR VIBRATION AND IT BLEW WITHIN 200 YARDS. *AK *NM