NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Mercury Grand Marquis Recalls
The 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 22, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 488
- Crashes reported
- 24
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2005 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 2003–2004 Grand Marquis, 1 other model
Steering: rack and pinion: pinion shaft
- Campaign
- 14V704000
- Reported
- November 5, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 36,888
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2011 Grand Marquis, 2 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 13V385000
- Reported
- August 29, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 355,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2011 Grand Marquis, 2 other models
Electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery: cables
- Campaign
- 05V518000
- Reported
- November 9, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 98,836
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2004, 2006 Grand Marquis, 24 other models
2005 Mercury Grand Marquis complaints by year
NHTSA has received 488 owner complaints about the 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis, the newest on September 16, 2026. Of these, 24 describe a crash (5%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 21 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis, the component group named most often is the exterior lighting (60%), followed by the electrical system (15%) and the air bags (14%).
1 of the 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis's 5 recalls also concerns the exterior lighting.
Where 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis owners gave the mileage (396 complaints), the median was 72,800 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Exterior Lighting293
- Electrical System75
- Air Bags67
- Vehicle Speed Control39
- Seat Belts36
- Steering20
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 13 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 15 | |
| 2007 | 10 | |
| 2008 | 9 | |
| 2009 | 20 | |
| 2010 | 35 | |
| 2011 | 36 | |
| 2012 | 60 | |
| 2013 | 58 | |
| 2014 | 65 | |
| 2015 | 37 | |
| 2016 | 25 | |
| 2017 | 26 | |
| 2018 | 21 | |
| 2019 | 18 | |
| 2020 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 9 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 65. 10% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis drew 1.3× the complaints of the median Mercury Grand Marquis year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 10 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
The 488 complaints about the 2005 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 2005 Mercury models
Newest record on this page: September 16, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted