Automatic Transmission problems of the 2001 Mercury Grand Marquis

Five problems related to automatic transmission have been reported for the 2001 Mercury Grand Marquis. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2001 Mercury Grand Marquis based on all problems reported for the 2001 Grand Marquis.

1 Automatic Transmission problem

Failure Date: 10/05/2001

Vehicle suddenly accelerated when applying brakes to stop at approaching stop light, this occurred for second time. Vehicle taken to dealer. On first occasion dealer was unable to locate cause. On second occasion dealer replaced transmission. Feel free to provide any further information on this matter.

2 Automatic Transmission problem

Failure Date: 08/13/2001

When shifting vehicle into reverse it would go forward a few feet before going backwards. If shifting vehicle into neutral, it would go forward instead. Driver's foot was not on accelerator pedal. Problem was intermittent. Taken vehicle to dealership. Dealer performed tests with Ford scan tool and there were no problems found/concern could not be duplicated.

3 Automatic Transmission problem

Failure Date: 03/01/2001

Consumer was traveling about 29mph on a highway and transmission acted like it wanted to downshift. Speed was withheld. Mechanic told consumer that computer for transmission needed to be replaced.

4 Automatic Transmission problem

Right after it rained and the highway was wet I was doing about 30 mph and put the car in passing gear to pass another car, and the car went completely out of control. I lost all traction on the road and almost went into a ditch. The vehicle has no traction on wet pavements.

5 Automatic Transmission problem

On incline vehicle will roll back fast when stepping off the brakes. Also vehicle is difficult to shift into gears. Please provide further information.


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