general problems of the 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis

Six problems related to steering have been reported for the 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis based on all problems reported for the 2000 Grand Marquis.

1 Steering problem

Failure Date: 08/01/2018

"grand marquis LS recall " steering is becoming increasingly unstable.

2 Steering problem

Failure Date: 05/01/2018

The seat belts do not restrain. Also, the steering rod was broken and fixed at the last inspection which was 5/2018. We were told that the seat belts would cost $1500 or more to repair. I saw on this website that there was a recall on seat belts not restraining.

3 Steering problem

Failure Date: 09/17/2016

A bolt in the shifting linkage loosens over time on many Ford models. Our bolt apparently loosened & causes shifter to be in a great other than what is indicated on the dash. Our vehicle indicated it was in the ' park' position, but was not. The vehicle later rolled down the hill & caused nearly $1200 of damage to the passenger side. Ford knows of this problem.

4 Steering problem

Failure Date: 02/11/2016

While driving down GA highway 16 from dublin, GA to warner robins, GA the car started swaying and become very hard to controll. Nearly missed going under a semi. Extremely scarey. Had to pull off road forcibly. Turn vehicle off waited for a while then proceeded home very catiously.

5 Steering problem

Failure Date: 07/12/2011

The contact owns a 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis. The contact was driving 35 mph when he started having difficulties turning the steering wheel. After inspecting the vehicle, he noticed that the driver side lower control arm was cracked. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer and the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 146,000.

6 Steering problem

Failure Date: 04/15/2003

While driving the steering wheel became difficult to turn. It was later determined the steering belt came off the vehicle. Ph.




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