NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Mercury Grand Marquis Recalls
The 2004 Mercury Grand Marquis has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 22, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 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
- 348
- Crashes reported
- 17
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 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 2004 Mercury Grand Marquis
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 15V861000
- Reported
- December 22, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 296,004
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003, 2005 Grand Marquis, 1 other model
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003, 2005–2006 Grand Marquis, 24 other models
2004 Mercury Grand Marquis complaints by year
NHTSA has received 348 owner complaints about the 2004 Mercury Grand Marquis, the newest on August 24, 2026. Of these, 17 describe a crash (5%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 10 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2004 Mercury Grand Marquis, the component group named most often is the exterior lighting (59%), followed by the steering (19%) and the electrical system (11%).
1 of the 2004 Mercury Grand Marquis's 2 recalls also concerns the exterior lighting.
Where 2004 Mercury Grand Marquis owners gave the mileage (281 complaints), the median was 82,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Exterior Lighting207
- Steering65
- Electrical System40
- Vehicle Speed Control23
- Engine And Engine Cooling10
- Power Train9
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 14 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 17 | |
| 2006 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 11 | |
| 2010 | 22 | |
| 2011 | 33 | |
| 2012 | 14 | |
| 2013 | 36 | |
| 2014 | 50 | |
| 2015 | 40 | |
| 2016 | 31 | |
| 2017 | 20 | |
| 2018 | 15 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2004 Mercury Grand Marquis peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 50. 12% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Mercury Grand Marquis drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Mercury Grand Marquis year in the same window: 5th highest of the 10 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 348 complaints about the 2004 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 2004 Mercury models
Newest record on this page: August 24, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted