1992 Mercury Marquis

Routine

Owners filed 24 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › engine › gasoline. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Vehicle Speed Control › Linkages2
101
Vehicle Speed Control2
110
Exterior Lighting › Headlights2
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline2
010
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine2
000
Wheels › Hub1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc1
100
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components1
000
Seats1
101
Power Train › Automatic Transmission1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Exterior Lighting › Headlights › Switch
Filed Jan 23, 2004NY

THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED WHILE DRIVING. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH. *JB

Vehicle Speed ControlCrash
Filed Apr 10, 2002IL

CONSUMER SHIFTED FROM PARK TO DRIVE, VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND HIT A 18 INCH CEMENT WALL. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.*AK

Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Apr 10, 2002IL

DURING A FRONTAL COLLISION, THE DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CONSUMER SUFFERED KNEE INJURIES, AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE GAS PEDAL STUCK WHICH CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. *YH

Vehicle Speed Control › Linkages
Filed Apr 9, 2002IL

WHILE PLACING VEHICLE IN DRIVE AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT HIGH SPEED, CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.*AK

Vehicle Speed Control › LinkagesCrash1 injured
Filed Apr 9, 2002IL

VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL AND WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AT HIGH SPEED, RESULTING IN PROPERTY DAMAGE. CONSUMER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK

Electrical System › Horn
Filed Jan 21, 2000NY

UNABLE TO FIND HORN STEERING WHEEL. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS UNSAFE BECAUSE HE HAS TAKE EYES OFF THE ROAD TO FIND THE HORN. *AK

Interior Lighting
Filed Oct 27, 1999CA

VEHICLE BEEN EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH INSTRUMENT PANEL AND TAIL LIGHTS KEEP GOING OUT; VEHICLE BEEN IN / OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. DEALER REFUSING TO LOOK AT THE VEHICLE ANY LONGER, UNLESS CONSUMER IS WILLING TO PAY FOR TIME AND LABOR. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Oct 20, 1999VA

WAS TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO GET ONTO THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE VEHICLE FAILED TO PICK UP SPEED. TRANSMISSION LINKAGE FELT HUNG UP IN 1ST GEAR. WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING. WAS NOT ENOUGH SPEED TO GET OUT OF GEAR. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & WAS INFORMED SOME OF THE GEARS IN THE TRANSMISSION HAD BROKEN. ALSO THE TRANSMISSION/TORQUE CONVERTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

Vehicle Speed ControlFire
Filed Jul 26, 1999OK

SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH FAILED RESULTING IN VEHICLE FIRE. MJS REFERENCED IN EA02-025

Electrical System › IgnitionFire
Filed Jul 20, 1999OK

NOTICED ODOR OF BURNING WIRES BEFORE PARKING VEHICLE. LATER NOTICED FLAMES IN AREA OF VEHICLE. HAD INSERTED KEY IN IGNITION TO STOP VEHICLE, BUT IT WOULDN'T START. FIRE DEPT CALLED & PUT FLAMES OUT. EVERYTHING INSIDE FUSED TOGETHER. WAS INFORMED FIRE ORIGINATED AROUND IGNITION SWITCH AREA. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › GasolineFire
Filed Feb 25, 1999MI

CONSUMER WAS SITTING IN VEHICLE WHILE ENGINE WAS RUNNING, AND SUDDENLY SMOKE CAME FROM HOOD, AND THEN FLAMES. SOON THE FLAMES BEGAN TO ENTER VEHICLE THROUGH THE DASH, CONSUMER THEN TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. FLAMES ENGULFED THE ENTIRE CAR. BEFORE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED, VEHICLE GAVE BURNING SMELLS, BLUE SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE TAIL PIPE, SO THE A/C COMPRESSOR AND O RINGS REPLACED. BURNING SMELL STILL CONTINUED. CAUSE OF FIRE UNKNOWN.*AK *ML

Electrical System › Wiring › Rear Compartment/Trunk
Filed Oct 22, 1998MD

THE REAR WIRING HARNESS LOCATED IN THE TRUCK AREA MELTED AND BURNT TOGETHER WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL, WHICH MAY RESUT IN AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK *ML

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Sep 18, 1998NY

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES WILL JUST LOCK UP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO MAKE LOUD NOISE. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Sep 3, 1998MI

OIL LEAKEAGE WAS COMING FROM OIL PAN DUE TO CORROSION. DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER REPAIR WOULD ONLY BE MADE IF COST GOES TO CONSUMER. *AK

Power Train
Filed Jul 10, 1998IL

UNABLE TO READ DIGITAL SPEEDOMETER WHEN HEADLIGHTS ARE ON DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS.

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Jun 1, 1998NJ

OIL PAN CORRODED AND LEAKS OIL ON THE HIGHWAY.

Electrical System › Ignition › Module
Filed May 1, 1998FL

WHEN SHIFTING FROM ONE GEAR TO OTHER AT 30MPH THERE IS A SKIP, AT 40MPH THERE IS VIBRATION. DEALER SAID THAT THE SPARK PLUGS AND WIRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

Exterior Lighting › Headlights
Filed Mar 12, 1997FL

PLASTIC HEADLIGHT LENSES BECAME CLOUDED ON BOTH SIDES DUE TO SUN DETERIORATION. *AK

Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery
Filed Nov 8, 1996NY

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED SMELL OF GAS AS A RESULT OF A FUEL LINE LEAK. *AK

Exterior Lighting › Headlights
Filed Sep 23, 1996FL

LENS ON HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY TURN YELLOW, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY.

20 of 24 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1997
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
200412000Routine
200333010Routine
200211000Routine
200126000Routine
200023000Routine
199924010Routine
199829000Routine
199753130Routine
199631010Routine
199520000Routine
199430070Routine
199323040Routine
1992 — this page24030Routine
19919030Routine
19906030Routine

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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.