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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2009 Mercury Grand Marquis Recalls

The 2009 Mercury Grand Marquis has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 5, 2014.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 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

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
26

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
3

1 fires

NHTSA crash test
★★★★★

frontal crash, no overall star before 2011

On a 2009 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 2009 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 2005–2008, 2010–2011 Grand Marquis, 2 other models

14V704000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Steering

Campaign
13V385000
Reported
August 29, 2013
Vehicles affected
up to 355,000
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 2005–2008, 2010–2011 Grand Marquis, 2 other models

13V385000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2009 Mercury Grand Marquis complaints by year

NHTSA has received 26 owner complaints about the 2009 Mercury Grand Marquis, the newest on August 19, 2024. Of these, 3 describe a crash (12%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.

In complaints about the 2009 Mercury Grand Marquis, the component group named most often is the steering (19%), followed by the electrical system (15%) and the service brakes (15%).

2 of the 2009 Mercury Grand Marquis's 2 recalls also concern the steering.

Where 2009 Mercury Grand Marquis owners gave the mileage (20 complaints), the median was 33,000 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Steering5
  • Electrical System4
  • Service Brakes4
  • Vehicle Speed Control4
  • Engine2
  • Fuel/Propulsion System2

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2009 Mercury Grand Marquis received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20091
20105
20111
20123
20134
20142
20152
20162
20172
20191
20211
20231
20241

Complaints about the 2009 Mercury Grand Marquis peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 5. 38% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2009 vehicles, the 2009 Mercury Grand Marquis drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Mercury Grand Marquis year in the same window: 10th highest of the 10 ranked years.

That makes 2009 one of the three best-measured Mercury Grand Marquis years.

Mercury Grand Marquis years to avoid →

NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: none before 2011
  • Frontal: 5/5
  • Side: 5/5

The 26 complaints about the 2009 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 2009 Mercury models

Newest record on this page: August 19, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted