NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Mercury Grand Marquis Recalls
The 2006 Mercury Grand Marquis has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 5, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Mercury Grand Marquis. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 143
- Crashes reported
- 16
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Mercury Grand Marquis, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2006 Mercury Grand Marquis
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 2005, 2007–2011 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 2005, 2007–2011 Grand Marquis, 2 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2005 Grand Marquis, 24 other models
2006 Mercury Grand Marquis complaints by year
NHTSA has received 143 owner complaints about the 2006 Mercury Grand Marquis, the newest on July 23, 2026. Of these, 16 describe a crash (11%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 9 injuries.
In complaints about the 2006 Mercury Grand Marquis, the component group named most often is the air bags (26%), followed by the vehicle speed control (26%) and the seat belts (15%).
None of the 2006 Mercury Grand Marquis's 3 recalls concerns the air bags.
Where 2006 Mercury Grand Marquis owners gave the mileage (117 complaints), the median was 63,706 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags37
- Vehicle Speed Control37
- Seat Belts22
- Steering13
- Fuel/Propulsion System11
- Electrical System8
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 10 | |
| 2008 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 7 | |
| 2011 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 12 | |
| 2014 | 26 | |
| 2015 | 17 | |
| 2016 | 12 | |
| 2017 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2006 Mercury Grand Marquis peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 26. 17% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Mercury Grand Marquis drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Mercury Grand Marquis year in the same window: 8th highest of the 10 ranked years.
That makes 2006 one of the three best-measured Mercury Grand Marquis years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 143 complaints about the 2006 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 2006 Mercury models
Newest record on this page: July 23, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted