Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Oct 18, 20042,800 milesVA
WHILE STOPPED IN TRAFFIC THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. NO IMPACT REPORTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB
2001 Ford Grand Marquis
Routine
Owners filed 6 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the seat belts. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visibility › Windshield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vehicle Speed Control › Accelerator Pedal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Structure | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Seat Belts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsStructure
Filed Sep 12, 2003MA
WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE AS IF THE WINDOWS WERE OPEN. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE CONSUMER'S CONCERN. *JB COULD HEAR A VERY CLEAR WIND ROAD NOISE COULD BE HEARD AROUND 40 MPH. *SCC *JB
Vehicle Speed Control › Accelerator PedalCrash
Filed Aug 7, 200311,000 milesOH
THE CONSUMER STATED THAT AFTER SLIGHTLY TOUCHING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IT HAD GONE INTO FULL THROTTLE AND RESULTED IN THE DRIVER BACKING INTO A BUILDING. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK THE SEAT BELT FAILED. *SCC
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Mar 7, 200317,800 milesFL
THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CONTINUED TO STAY ON, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. *JB
Visibility › Windshield
Filed Jan 3, 2001TX
THE REAR WINDSHIELD GLASS WAS INSTALLED CROOKED TO THE POINT THAT THE RIGHT TOP SIDE OF THE GLASS WAS DOWN ABOUT 3/4" FROM THE BODY OF THE CAR, THIS IN TURN CAUSED THE BOTTOM TRUNK LINE TO SINK INTO THE TRUNK BY THE SAME DISTANCE. NLM
Seat Belts
Filed Dec 31, 2000IL
WHEN MY SON CAME TO UNFASTEN HIS SEATBELT, IT CAME OUT OF THE SEAT, NUT AND BRACKET AND ALL; NEEDLESS TO SAY, IN AN ACCIDENT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN USELESS. *AK
6 of 6 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.