Mercury Marquis: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 18 recall campaigns for the Mercury Marquis, model years 1973 to 2004. NHTSA has 399 complaints on file for this model line. 11 of the 28 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
- 19732
- 19742
- 19771
- 19795
- 19813
- 19821
- 19832
- 19841
- 19851
- 19860
- 19870
- 19880
- 19890
- 19900
- 19910
- 19920
- 19930
- 19940
- 19950
- 19960
- 19971
- 19980
- 19990
- 20000
- 20010
- 20020
- 20030
- 20040
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 Mercury Marquis NHTSA page | 0 | 12 | 84% | |
| 2003 Mercury Marquis | 0 | 33 | 232% | |
| 2002 Mercury Marquis NHTSA page | 0 | 11 | 77% | |
| 2001 Mercury Marquis | 0 | 26 | 182% | |
| 2000 Mercury Marquis NHTSA page | 0 | 23 | 161% | |
| 1999 Mercury Marquis NHTSA page | 0 | 24 | 168% | |
| 1998 Mercury Marquis | 0 | 29 | 204% | |
| 1997 Mercury Marquis | 1 | 53 | 372% | 43,626 |
| 1996 Mercury Marquis | 0 | 31 | 218% | |
| 1995 Mercury Marquis NHTSA page | 0 | 20 | 140% | |
| 1994 Mercury Marquis | 0 | 30 | 211% | |
| 1993 Mercury Marquis NHTSA page | 0 | 23 | 161% | |
| 1992 Mercury Marquis NHTSA page | 0 | 24 | 168% | |
| 1991 Mercury Marquis NHTSA page | 0 | 9 | 63% | |
| 1990 Mercury Marquis NHTSA page | 0 | 6 | 42% | |
| 1989 Mercury Marquis NHTSA page | 0 | 10 | 70% | |
| 1988 Mercury Marquis NHTSA page | 0 | 9 | 63% | |
| 1987 Mercury Marquis NHTSA page | 0 | 4 | 28% | |
| 1986 Mercury Marquis NHTSA page | 0 | 4 | 28% | |
| 1985 Mercury Marquis NHTSA page | 1 | 5 | 35% | 14,008 |
| 1984 Mercury Marquis NHTSA page | 1 | 10 | 70% | 530,000 |
| 1983 Mercury Marquis | 2 | 1 | 7% | 134,162 |
| 1982 Mercury Marquis NHTSA page | 1 | 1 | 7% | 4,361 |
| 1981 Mercury Marquis | 3 | 0 | 0% | 36,515 |
| 1979 Mercury Marquis | 5 | 0 | 0% | 289,700 |
| 1977 Mercury Marquis NHTSA page | 1 | 1 | 7% | 9,000 |
| 1974 Mercury Marquis | 2 | 0 | 0% | 128,122 |
| 1973 Mercury Marquis | 2 | 0 | 0% | 86,666 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
501 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 131.7 | 66 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 127.7 | 64 |
| Electrical System | 121.8 | 61 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 107.8 | 54 |
| Exterior Lighting | 81.8 | 41 |
| Steering | 55.9 | 28 |
| Power Train | 49.9 | 25 |
| Suspension | 49.9 | 25 |
| Visibility | 43.9 | 22 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 41.9 | 21 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Sable46 campaigns
- Grand Marquis32 campaigns
- Milan13 campaigns
- Mountaineer19 campaigns
- Cougar48 campaigns
- Villager17 campaigns
- Mariner6 campaigns
- Mystique19 campaigns
- Tracer10 campaigns
- Monterey9 campaigns
- Topaz9 campaigns
- Montego15 campaigns
- Mariner Hybrid0 campaigns
- Marauder0 campaigns
- Mercury14 campaigns
- Milan Hybrid0 campaigns
- Capri26 campaigns
- Lynx20 campaigns
- Zephyr17 campaigns
- XR72 campaigns
- Monarch13 campaigns
- Comet9 campaigns
- Bobcat9 campaigns
- Brougham3 campaigns
- LN75 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Mercury Marquis: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/mercury/marquis/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Mercury Marquis model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 1979 with 5, 1981 with 3, 1983 with 2. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Mercury Marquis model year has the most complaints?
- The 1997 model year, with 53 of the 399 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Mercury Marquis name?
- Engine and Engine Cooling: 131.7 per 1,000 component mentions. Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 127.7 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 121.8 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Mercury Marquis?
- 6 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.