Ownership Cost for 2008 Mercury Grand Marquis LS
Estimated: $41459 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $2123 | $1019 | $892 | $807 | $722 | $5563 |
| Insurance | $1641 | $1698 | $1758 | $1819 | $1883 | $8799 |
| Fuel | $2053 | $2114 | $2188 | $2276 | $2378 | $11009 |
| Maintenance | $2763 | $1783 | $1012 | $871 | $2291 | $8720 |
| Repairs | $977 | $1138 | $1298 | $1417 | $1627 | $6457 |
| Taxes & Fees | $616 | $616 | $616 | $616 | $616 | $912 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $10172 | $7822 | $7236 | $7247 | $8981 | $41459 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 1996 | STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY | I OWN A 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. THE STEERING IN THE VEHICLE BEGAN LOCKING UP AT A CERTAIN SPOT WHEN TURNING. THIS WOULD CAUSE ME TO PUSH THE STEERING WHEEL INTO THE TURN A LITTLE HARDER WHICH UNLOCKED THE STEERING CAUSING ME TO VEER LEFT OR RIGHT. I TOOK THE CAR SEVERAL TIMES TO DIFFERENT SHOPS. THEY WOULD LIFT THE CAR AND CHECK THE SUSPENSION AND GIVE IT A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH. THE PROBLEM PERSISTED AND GOT MUCH WORSE. I TOOK THE CAR TO YET ANOTHER SHOP AND INSISTED THEY TAKE IT OUT AND DRIVE IT A LONG DISTANCE. THE MECHANIC DIDN'T GET OUT OF THE PARKING LOT, CAME BACK AND MADE ME LEAVE THE CAR. HE INSISTED IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING BOX AND THIS WAS REPLACED. I PICKED UP THE CAR ON A FRIDAY AND ON SATURDAY DROVE OVER THE MOUNTAINS. IT WAS A HAIRY RIDE, THE PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED AND THE CURVY ROADS MADE DRIVING DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS. I TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC AT MY DESTINATION AND HE INSPECTED THE CAR BUT THIS TIME HE DISCONNECTED THE TIE ROD ENDS SO HE COULD ROTATE THE WHEELS WITH WEIGHT ON THEM. ONE OF THE BALL JOINTS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WAS NEARLY LOCKED SOLID. THE DRIVERS SIDE BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED AND THAT FIXED THE PROBLEM. *TR |
| 2008 | ENGINE | VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED IN JUNE, 2011. WHILE BRAKING FOR A STOP LIGHT, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. HAD TO FORCEFULLY PUMP BRAKES TO STOP VEHICLE FROM HITTING VEHICLE IN FRONT. CAR RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATION AS SOON AS I GOT IT STOPPED. HAVE HAD SIMILAR INCIDENTS A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE, ALTHOUGH NOT AS BAD AS THIS ONE, HOWEVER, AT THAT TIME I THOUGHT MAYBE I HAD ACCIDENTALLY PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR WHILE BRAKING. I KNOW THAT WAS NOT THE CASE THIS TIME. *TR |
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