2001 Mercury Grand Marquis Air Bags & Restraints Problems

The contact owns a 2001 Mercury Grand Marquis. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the driver's side front seat belt was inadvertently unlatched. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 40,000.

The contact owns a 2001 Mercury Grand Marquis. The contact stated that while his wife was driving at an undisclosed speed, there was an electrical glitch on the instrument cluster. Additionally, the battery was drained. The contact self-diagnosed the vehicle with a code reader and retrieved DTC - B1869 related to the airbags. The dealer was made aware of the failure but informed the contact that there was no recall associated with the VIN. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The contact related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 00V270000 (Air Bags) however, the VIN was not included in the recall. The failure mileage was approximately 98,000.

TTHE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT RELEASES. IT CLICKS INTO PLACE BUT LET'S GO AFTER VEHICLE IS IN MOTION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED FOR A POSSIBLE RECALL BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER FOR A SEAT BELT AND PASSED THE INSPECTION. THE CONTACT REPORTED THAT THE SEAT BELTS WERE UNLATCHING WHILE HE WAS DRIVING. THE CONTACT CALLED AUTONATION LINCOLN CLEARWATER (2085 GULF TO BAY BLVD, CLEARWATER, FL 33765, (727) 231-1380) AND LEFT A MESSAGE FOR THEM TO CALL HIM BACK. THE CONTACT DID NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE FROM THE DEALER. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THE SEAT BELTS WERE INSPECTED BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER AND WAS NO LONGER THEIR ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DISENGAGES WHILE DRIVING, ON ITS OWN, WITHOUT ANY UNDUE INFLUENCE OR STRAIN. THE PREVIOUS OWNER INFORMED ME OF THE SAME PROBLEM THAT GOES BACL TO WHEN THEY PURCHASED THE CAR IN 2003(?).

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR THE DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS SEAT BELTS RELEASE. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND THEY SAID THE SPRING IN THE SEAT BELT HOLDER IS FAILING. IT ISN'T VERY UNSETTLING TO BE DRIVING THE CAR AND THE SEATBELT RELEASES FOR NO REASON. IT COULD BE RELATED TO THE 2000 SEATBELT RECALL. WE JUST BOUGHT THE CAR FOR MY COLLEGE STUDENT. I DON'T WANT TO WAIT FOR A DEATH TO GET A RECALL.

SEVERAL TIMES EACH TIME I DRIVE THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT WILL COME UNDONE

VEHICLE PROCEEDING NORTH ON CITY STREET. COLLIDED WITH SIDE OF VEHICLE #2 WEST BOUND AT INTERSECTION. DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. PASSENGER SIDE DEPLOYED. *TR

CAR WAS HIT ON THE DRIVER SIDE QUARTER PANEL CAUSING IT TO SPIN AND CRASH HEAD ON INTO HIGHWAY DIVIDER. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL INJURIES!! *TR

MY FATHER IN LAW WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE WHEN A GMC YUKON PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF HIM. MY FATHER IN LAW HIT THE SIDE OF THE YUKON AND ONLY ONE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WHICH WAS THE PASSANGER SIDE,MY FATHER IN LAW WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BC OF NO FEELING BELOW HIS WAIST AND THE PARAMEDICS WERE UNABLE TO STABILIZE HIS BLOOD PRESSURE. *TR

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, SEAT BELT ON, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE SEAT BELT UNLATCHES ITSELF. THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER AND OVER. IN THE MEANTIME, I WENT ON THE INTERNET TO SEE IF THERE HAD BEEN ANY RECALLS OF THE GRAND MARQUIS. SURE ENOUGH, THERE IS ONE ON THE SEAT BELT. I CALLED FORD RIGHT AWAY, WENT IN AND SET UP AN APPOINTMENT. FORD CLAIMS THERE IS NO RECALL ON MY VEHICLE. IT IS A 2001, AND I JUST RECENTLY BOUGHT IT FROM A FAMILY MEMBER. JUST PRIOR TO ALL OF THIS HAPPENING, I WAS HIT WHILE WAITING AT A RED LIGHT IN MY SMALL HONDA. IRONICALLY, IF IT WASN'T FOR THE FACT THAT MY SON AND I HAD ON SEAT BELTS, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED. NOW, I'M DEPENDING ON THE GRAND MARQUIS TO GET AROUND. IMAGINE HOW I FEEL KNOWING THAT THERE IS A DEFECTIVE SEAT BELT AROUND ME THAT ISN'T SECURE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS LS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILED TO LATCH SECURELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY INFORMED THAT THE BUCKLE ASSEMBLY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS A RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 01V227001 (SEAT BELTS FRONT: BUCKLE ASSEMBLY); HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE TECHNICIAN ORDERED THE PART, AND INFORMED THAT WHEN THE PART BECAME AVAILABLE THE VEHICLE WOULD BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000. UPDATED 03/07/11*LJ UPDATED 03/14/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT INDEPENDENTLY BECAME LOOSE FROM AROUND THE CONTACT. HE REFASTENED THE SEAT BELT AND PROCEEDED DRIVING. THE CONTACT STATED THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED TWICE WITHOUT WARRANT. THE CONTACT MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER FOR FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 131,952 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 132,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE SEAT BELT DISENGAGED FROM THE BUCKLE. THE OWNER STATED THAT THE SEAT BELTS HAVE BEEN CHECKED AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO FAILURE FOUND. FORD STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT REPAIR WOULD COST $270 AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 55,000. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT LATCH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE LATCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 215,000.

THE DRIVER SEAT BELT BUCKLE ON MY 2001 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS UNBUCKLES ON ITS OWN. I BUCKLE UP, PULL ON IT, AND START OUT ON THE ROAD. NEXT THING I KNOW IS THE BUCKLE COMES APART AND THEN ITS JUST A REPEAT OF THE SAME THING FOR THE REST OF THE TRIP. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO CORTESE IN ROCHESTER, NY AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO RECALL ON IT. THEY BUCKLED THE BELT BUT COULDN'T GET IT TO FAIL IN THE SHOP. IF I HAVE AN ACCIDENT I WILL SUE BASED ON ALL THE ISSUES I AM SEEING ON THIS SITE, AND FORD'S UNWILLING TO FIX IT. I BOUGHT THE CAR A YEAR AND A HALF AGO AND IT HAS BEEN AN OFF AND ON PROBLEM. I HAVE 97,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WILL NOT LATCH AND STAY LOCKED. THE CONTACT WENT TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE SEAT BELTS; HOWEVER, THE INSURANCE COMPANY STATED OTHERWISE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. UPDATED 03/23/09 *LJ. UPDATED 03/23/09.*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. THE CONTACT STARTED THE IGNITION AND NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT SEAT BELT FAILED TO LATCH. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN DISCOVERED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 01V227001 (SEAT BELTS; FRONT BUCKLE ASSEMBLY); HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 55,000.

A VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH THE REAR OF A STOPPED VEHICLE. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED BUT THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT. *TR

TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT RELEASES ON IT'S OWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000. THE DEALER NAME WAS THE ONLY DEALER INFO AVAIL. LM