Worst years for a Mercury Grand Marquis
Owners have filed 4,953 complaints about the Mercury Grand Marquis with NHTSA across model years 1977 to 2011. More of them are about the lights than anything else.
Avoid
2003 Mercury Grand Marquis449 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly lights.
Cleanest on record
2011 Mercury Grand Marquis11 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.
Every Mercury Grand Marquis year, graded
The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.
| Year | Grade | Complaints | Crashes | Fires | Median miles | Most reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | B | 11 | 0 | 3 | 83,750 | Electrical System |
| 2010 | C | 35 | 13 | 0 | 50,000 | Steering |
| 2009 | C | 35 | 3 | 1 | 27,000 | Brakes |
| 2008 | C | 101 | 15 | 1 | 56,122 | Steering |
| 2007 | C | 111 | 8 | 0 | 29,430 | Tires |
| 2006 | C | 188 | 23 | 3 | 62,800 | Acceleration & Cruise Control |
| 2005 | D | 634 | 33 | 10 | 70,500 | Lights |
| 2004 | D | 422 | 22 | 6 | 82,000 | Lights |
| 2003 | D | 449 | 32 | 2 | 86,850 | Lights |
| 2002 | C | 101 | 11 | 2 | 50,000 | Acceleration & Cruise Control |
| 2001 | D | 207 | 34 | 3 | 62,000 | Engine & Cooling |
| 2000 | C | 216 | 21 | 6 | 75,000 | Engine & Cooling |
| 1999 | C | 202 | 21 | 2 | 103,000 | Engine & Cooling |
| 1998 | C | 168 | 9 | 9 | 87,000 | Engine & Cooling |
| 1997 | C | 370 | 12 | 7 | 80,900 | Engine & Cooling |
| 1996 | C | 282 | 10 | 24 | 85,609 | Engine & Cooling |
| 1995 | C | 222 | 25 | 6 | 90,000 | Brakes |
| 1994 | C | 197 | 20 | 20 | 98,500 | Acceleration & Cruise Control |
| 1993 | C | 178 | 11 | 20 | 100,000 | Transmission & Drivetrain |
| 1992 | — | 330 | 28 | 33 | 114,000 | Brakes |
| 1991 | — | 106 | 13 | 15 | — | Electrical System |
| 1990 | — | 63 | 7 | 6 | 69,000 | Electrical System |
| 1989 | — | 69 | 10 | 19 | 86,500 | Electrical System |
| 1988 | — | 98 | 10 | 32 | — | Electrical System |
| 1987 | — | 57 | 2 | 18 | — | Electrical System |
| 1986 | — | 22 | 0 | 12 | — | Electrical System |
| 1985 | — | 29 | 0 | 9 | — | Electrical System |
| 1984 | — | 24 | 2 | 6 | — | Electrical System |
| 1983 | — | 14 | 0 | 1 | — | Transmission & Drivetrain |
| 1982 | — | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | Engine & Cooling |
| 1981 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | Fuel & Propulsion |
| 1978 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | Electrical System |
| 1977 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | Engine & Cooling |
What breaks on a Mercury Grand Marquis
Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.
Exactly what failed on a Mercury Grand Marquis
The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.
Complaints filed over time
Every complaint about every Mercury Grand Marquis, by the month it reached NHTSA.
Mercury Grand Marquis problems by state
Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.
Compare the Mercury Grand Marquis
Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.