Are Mercury Grand Marquis usually reliable cars?

Buy It! Buy It! Buy It! The Mercury Grand Marquis is the sibling to the Ford Crown Victoria which is designed to be thrashed daily by police and taxi personnel and still go 200k. These cars are called the Panther Platform and they pretty much run the US. In New York City I believe there are close to 7,000 of these that are taxi cabs. I am Auto Consultant and this is one of my top 5 cars that I put my customers in. Its stone reliable, super safe, powerful, and looks awesome. I don't know how much you are looking at spending but you can expect to pay around $13k for an almost new 2005 Crown Victoria with 5-10k on it. I personally have owned a 97' with 60-80k on it and all i did was replace one starter $100 (Big Deal). I usually get these cars 5-7k below book so depending on how much this is it may be a really good buy maybe not; either way it will be an awesome car for you!!!

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Are Mercury Grand Marquis usually reliable cars?

Looking at buying a 1996 Grand Marquis. It was owned by an older gentlemen who has known my father for many years. It is in prestine condition and has only 90k miles. Are these vehicles known to run for a long time or do they tend to have problems?

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I agree with the others, I work on these vehicles in a normal course of business, and other than minor issues with the power windows and missing, pretty much these things can be like the energizer bunny.. keep going and going....

As well as what someone said, most police use crown vics till they hit 100-150k miles ... which would equal about 300k miles of hourly use on the engines.. they sell them and people still put another 100k on them.... They are pretty good motors and I'd say if you like the car, run with it.

Hi, these cars can run into the 300k mile range if properly maintained!

This is why you see many being used as taxis. Also, the cousin car; the Ford Crown vics. are police cars with the same motors/etc.

I'd say go for this one!

I think their repair record is considered above average by Consumer Reports (but my issue only goes back to 1998).

Main thing is to take proper care of things - oil changes, tire pressure, plugs, etc. You should get another 100K out of it without too much hassle. All vehicles have minor problems - battery should be replaced soon if it is the original; alternators shocks, and starters wear out. But in the scheme of things, these are minor repairs.

had a 94 Crown vic traded in with 367k miles, no major repairs, even the AC still was on its orignial charge! also had a 97 Town car with same everything, traded in with 358k. also no major problems with it. on my third panther car with 90 k miles, and I dont hesitate to drive it anywhere. I just took it on a 3k road trip in 4 days, and no problems what so ever.

Yeah you will love it , The maintenance is not that bad and easy to fix hopefully yours will last for a long time , The only ones I have ever seen in the scrap yard is the ones that are worn out or wrecked, hope this helps.

This car is the best Ford has to offer.

It's rear wheel drive, so if anything happens, cheaper to repair, also good highway fuel milage