Seven problems related to front suspension have been reported for the 1997 Mercury Grand Marquis. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Dealer (bob sight Ford) told me this is a common problem with Ford and Mercury and that Ford has re-designed the front-end components. This repair cost me $966. Ford has still not offered a recall despite many failures of these parts.
When driving 30 mph or above front end vibrates or shakes, becomes very difficult to keep control of the steering wheel. The car also makes a popping sound when making sharp turns. Dealer cannot identify the cause of the problem.
When driving at about 60mph steering becomes more uncontrolable. When driving the vehicle jumps to the right. Dealer says it's a design flaw.
While driving vehicle is experiencing vibration in steering column. Cause unknown. Please provide details.
Poor suspension, causing instability.
Front end not properly aligned, causing constant steering adjustments.
When driving and turning to the right there is a noise (like rubbing against something ) and vibration in the car , took to dealer on two occasions.