1999 Mercury MarquisProblems, recalls & complaints

NHTSA has logged 24 owner complaints about the 1999 Mercury Marquis, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic. It has no vehicle safety recalls on record.

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports, through May 16, 2016. Updated daily.

Complaints by system

Where the 1999 Mercury Marquis has problems

24 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.
Complaints by system
SystemComplaintsCrash, fire or injury
Service brakes, hydraulic40
Vehicle speed control41
Electrical system31
Engine and engine cooling30
Steering30
Structure20
Equipment20
Visibility20
Visibility/wiper10
6 other systems61

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. Complaints are submitted by the public and are not verified by NHTSA.

0 recalls

1999 Mercury Marquis recalls and how many were fixed

No vehicle safety recalls are on record for this model year.

Best & worst years

1999 vs. every other Marquis year

Bars show complaints per model year. Colors show the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the Marquis median. How we score

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In owners' words

What Marquis owners report

Recent service brakes, hydraulic complaints filed with NHTSA, shortened. Personal details are removed.

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT HIGH SPEED VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE AND VIBRATE. ROTORS WERE OUT OF ROUND AFTER BRAKES ARE USED UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED THIS WAS HAPPENING IN ALL FORD PRODUCTS. MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. *JG *AK
Complaint 8005898 · Mar 19, 2002
FROM TIME OF PURCHASE WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THEY SQUEAK.DEALER INSISTS THAT IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF VEHICLE, BRAKE DISTANCE IS NORMAL. *AK *SLC
Complaint 881509 · Feb 27, 2001
WHEN PRESSING ON BRAKES, CONSUMER HAS TO PUSH BRAKES HARDER TO GET VEHICLE TO STOP, PEDAL ALMOST GOES TO THE FLOOR. ALSO, BRAKE LINING IS LETTING OUT SOME KIND OF OIL GETTING ON THE HUB CAPS.*AK THE CUSTOMER STATES THE STOPPING DISTANCE IS GREATER NOW THAN WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS NEW. THE PROBLEM…
Complaint 872436 · Oct 6, 2000

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