NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Mercury Grand Marquis Recalls
The 2002 Mercury Grand Marquis has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Mercury Grand Marquis. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 78
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Mercury Grand Marquis, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2002 Mercury Grand Marquis
2002 Mercury Grand Marquis complaints by year
NHTSA has received 78 owner complaints about the 2002 Mercury Grand Marquis, the newest on July 17, 2025. Of these, 8 describe a crash (10%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2002 Mercury Grand Marquis, the component group named most often is the vehicle speed control (22%), followed by the suspension (14%) and the electrical system (13%).
None of the 2002 Mercury Grand Marquis's 2 recalls concerns the vehicle speed control.
Where 2002 Mercury Grand Marquis owners gave the mileage (48 complaints), the median was 50,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Vehicle Speed Control17
- Suspension11
- Electrical System10
- Engine And Engine Cooling10
- Steering9
- Seat Belts7
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 14 | |
| 2003 | 8 | |
| 2004 | 5 | |
| 2005 | 7 | |
| 2006 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Mercury Grand Marquis peaked in 2002, when NHTSA received 14. 45% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Mercury Grand Marquis drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Mercury Grand Marquis year in the same window: 9th highest of the 10 ranked years.
That makes 2002 one of the three best-measured Mercury Grand Marquis years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
The 78 complaints about the 2002 Mercury Grand Marquis are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mercury Grand Marquis by model year
Other 2002 Mercury models
Newest record on this page: July 17, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted