general problems of the 1999 Mercury Grand Marquis

Vehicle would shake violently at any speed from 45-80mph. Took to a mechanic said the front end needed to be replaced. $800. 00 later it still did it, then took back said the tires needed to be replaced although we had 80,000 mile tires, and only had 35,000 miles put on them. Replaced the tires for $600. 00. Still shook, took to a different mechanic said it was the transmission failing. During scheduled maintenance found cracked intake manifold, antifreeze and oil in spark plugs, cleaned out changed spark plugs, ran fine until the manifold leaked more coolant into the spark plugs and now we are at square one. Researched online found a bunch of places saying it was recalled, when I called the dealership they said no recalls. Price of replacing the part was $615. 00 if I had one alternator, or $650. 00 if I had another.

The contact owns toyo spectrum, p/225/60/r16 on a 1999 Mercury Grand Marquis. The contact stated when driving he would hear roaring coming from the tires. Upon further inspection he noticed that all four tires have abnormal tread wear. He was in the process of having the tires replaced. However he has taken the vehicle for routine inspection, and was never notified of the defect. The failure and current mileages were 18,000.

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Consumer states, while driving, vehicle suddenly skidded on wet pavement losing control of vehicle and hitting the guard rail. The vehicle proceeded left while turning onto the ramp requiring only minor negotiation of a slight hilled and curved road, it proceeded into a right diagnonal turn into the guard rail and would have plunged into the adjacent ditch absent the rail. The vehicle then bounced off the rail and rather than proceed straight as the steering wheel directed it with a slight left turn of the wheel, it took a sharp left diagonally proceeding straight towards the median strip of oncoming traffic less than approximately 1/4 of a mile away.