2000 Mercury Grand Marquis Recalls, Complaints & Specs

6 safety recalls list the 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis, and owners have filed 162 complaints with NHTSA. Check your own VIN below.

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6 safety recalls for the 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis

Most recent first. Recall repairs are free at any authorised dealer. Click a recall for the full defect, consequence and remedy text.

1. Integrated jack/leveler/stabilizer (equipment)

   NHTSA 00V200000 Reported July 18, 2000 875,000 vehicles potentially affected FORD MOTOR COMPANY

   Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. These vehicles have jacking instructions which, if followed, could cause the vehicle operator to place the jack on a frame weld when attempting to raise a rear wheel. If the vehicle is jacked up with the jack placed on the frame weld and if the vehicle is free to roll (wheels not blocked or…

   Remedy: Owners will be provided with a revised jack instruction and stowage card and jack warning label, as well as a supplement to the owner guide.

2. Anchorage (seat belts)

   NHTSA 00V157001 Reported June 12, 2000 1,167 vehicles potentially affected FORD MOTOR COMPANY

   Vehicle description: passenger vehicles using aftermarket driver's seat belt assemblies that were sold by ford parts departments from january 1, through june 13, 2000. These seat belt assemblies fail to comply with the requirements of FMVSS no. 209, "seat belt assemblies." the equipment involved is service stock seat belt assemblies,…

   Remedy: Dealers will inspect these vehicles and replace the service seat belt assemblies that were installed in these vehicles from january 1 through june 13, 2000.

3. Anchorage (seat belts)

   NHTSA 00V157002 Reported June 12, 2000 1,129 vehicles potentially affected FORD MOTOR COMPANY

   Vehicle description: passenger vehicles using aftermarket front passenger side seat belt assemblies that were sold by ford parts departments from january 1, through june 13, 2000. These seat belt assemblies fail to comply with the requirements of FMVSS no. 209, "seat belt assemblies." the equipment involved is service stock seat belt…

   Remedy: Dealers will inspect these vehicles and replace the service seat belt assemblies that were installed in these vehicles from january 1 through june 13, 2000.

4. Windshield wiper/washer (visibility)

   NHTSA 00V138000 Reported May 17, 2000 23,000 vehicles potentially affected FORD MOTOR COMPANY

   Vehicle description: a windshield wiper control module may not be capable of carrying the current required during high load conditions on the wipers (i.e., ice, snow, or other debris).

   Remedy: Dealers will inspect the wiper control modules and replace if necessary.

5. Retractor (seat belts)

   NHTSA 00V083000 Reported March 20, 2000 83 vehicles potentially affected FORD MOTOR COMPANY

   Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. These vehicles may have been built with the left rear seat belt retractor attaching bolts incorrectly tightened.

   Remedy: Dealers will tighten the retractor mounting bolts to the specified torque.

6. Air bags: frontal

   NHTSA 00V050000 Reported February 17, 2000 39 vehicles potentially affected FORD MOTOR COMPANY

   Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. These vehicles may have been built with lower than the intended level of torque on the bolts that attach the air bag electronic crash sensor module to the vehicle.

   Remedy: Dealers will tighten the air bag electronic crash sensor attaching bolts.

162 owner complaints filed with NHTSA

Owners of the 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis have filed 162 complaints with NHTSA; 14 describe a crash and 5 describe a fire. Reports cite 10 injuries and 0 deaths. The average mileage at failure in those reports is 86,152 miles. Complaints peaked in 2005 with 19 filed that year.

Most-reported components

• Exterior lighting14
• Electrical system10
• Vehicle speed control10
• Steering9
• Engine8
• Engine and engine cooling7
• Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip7
• Exterior lighting: headlights6

What owners are reporting

“WARNING THAT JACK LIFTING REAR WHEEL COULD COLLAPSE AND KILL SOMEONE. 00V200 recall notice I need the papers and changes to the instruction manual. I tried calling Ford to no avail. I tried 4 dealers”

Owner complaint to NHTSA, July 6, 2023 · Unknown or other

“The contact owns a 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis. The contact stated that after turning off the windshield wipers, the wiper arms stopped in the middle of the windshield and became inoperable. The vehicl”

Owner complaint to NHTSA, June 30, 2022 · Visibility

Fuel economy and specs

EPA ratings for the 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis. Ranges cover every tested configuration.

Compare Mercury Grand Marquis model years

Recall and complaint counts for every Mercury Grand Marquis model year in NHTSA's database.

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Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.