2006 Mercury Grand Marquis defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2006 Mercury Grand Marquis. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Steering Column Shaft Obstruction
  Preliminary Evaluation PE14021 · opened Jul 7, 2014 · closed Nov 21, 2014

  On July 7, 2014 the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened a preliminary evaluation based on five complaints (VOQs) alleging incidents ofinterference between dislodged exhaust manifold heat shields and the lower steering shaft/knuckle, including one alleging the interference resulted in a crash on a highway entra…