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Questions tagged [mercury]

Mercury was an American-market division that was marketed and sold by automobile manufacturer Ford Motor Company. Marketed primarily as an entry-level premium brand, Mercury was created in 1938 to fill the price gap between the Ford and Lincoln vehicle lines.

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Is this what is making my car sound like a racecar?

Recently, my car (2000 Mercury Grand Marquis) started sounding like a racecar: the engine became very loud. There's clearly something going wrong with the exhaust system. I'm trying to understand the problem. I took a peek under the car, and I…
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Can't get into trunk of 2000 mercury marquis

Anyone have any ideas to get into a locked, jammed trunk of a 2000 mercury marquis? They key, the remote, and the button on the door all do not work, although a clicking sound is produced. You can't access through back seat. I think its because…
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Car Won't Start After Disconnecting and Reconnecting Ground Cable

I wanted to reset my check engine light to see if a problem I think I fixed resurfaces, so I disconnected my negative lead from the post. When I reconnected the lead the car refused to start. Occasionally it will click for a few seconds when I…
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Is my battery draining while car is off?

How much current in amperes is flowing while a car is completely turned off? How long can it sit before battery is drained enough to be a problem?
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Why is my car making a pop sound?

I have a 1995 Mercury Grand Marquis. My car recently started making a popping noise while my heat is on. Usually shutting my heat off makes it stop but today after I shut it and my car off there was a pop louder than what it usually is. I don't know…
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Car seems to have completely dead battery, tapping the negative terminal restores full function

About a week ago my wife stopped at a store. Afterwards car would not start, no clicking, no sound, no nothing. Putting pressure on terminal restored power to everything. A couple of days later I removed the battery and thoroughly cleaned the cable…
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What is making this noise coming from the rear end of my car?

2004 Mercury Grand Marquis It starts to make a noise the faster that I go the more high-pitched the noise gets when you slow down the noise gets more low-pitched. It's coming from the rear of the car it almost sounds like it is not shifting gears…
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2000 Mercury Marquis Check Engine Light Issue

I have a 2000 Mercury Marquis. When the temps were -20+ I went out and started the car often letting it run at 20 minute intervals. On the last day of the cold spell the check engine light stayed on. I did check the gas cap and it was fine. 4 days…
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2001 Mercury Sable -- Rough Idle/High RPM and Transmission Leaks

I have a 2001 Mercury Sable (24V DOHC V6) that has been having problems with its vacuum system. I live in Florida where the average temperature lately has been in the 80s. I've been experiencing a very rough idle for roughly a month now that…
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2004 Mercury Sable -Trouble with starting and stalling

I've had my car in and out of the shop for several weeks and I'm really becoming very frustrated. I don't really know ANYTHING about cars, but about a month ago the car would sporadically have trouble maintaining gas flow (The RPM would teeter…
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Wet passenger floor in parked Mercury Milan after a rain

I have a 2009 Mercury Milan, premier package with sunroof etc. I found a frozen spot of water (melted and smelled to confirm not antifreeze) about 1.75 inches in diameter near the center of the floor in front of my passenger seat. ("Near the center"…
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'00 Mercury Sable Heater Only Working at ~20% Power

I've had issue with the heater in my Mercury Sable for a number of years. Over that time span I've worked on it several times, with a range of results. History ~5 years ago, I had a garage look into the issue with the heat not working. They flushed…
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AWD truck doesn't shift smoothly. I was advised to not change the transmission fluid

AWD Mercury Mountaineer. 1997 Automatic transmission. 8 cylinder 5.0L 150k miles. fairly good shape. Pretty awesome truck. From 1st to 2nd gear, the transmission shifts with a light clunk. Also, at times the transmission shifts late from 1st to…
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Can the OBD port be used to disable the car alarm?

My car alarm (2007 Mercury Mariner) has been going off uncontrollably at all hours and my neighbors are furious. I cannot afford to take it to the dealer, who wants hundreds of dollars to even look at it. I don't have the time (or money) to try to…
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Car only starting sometimes

I have a 2002 Mercury Sable. Just had the heater core replaced and since getting it back, it has only been starting sometimes. At first it would start right away, but not every time, especially if you shut it off and turned it back on soon after. If…
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