2001 Mercury Marquis defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2001 Mercury Marquis. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• FRONT SEAT BELT BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
  Engineering Analysis EA05004 · opened Feb 17, 2005 · closed Jul 6, 2005

  During the initial recall campaign in 2001, the subject vehicles were inspected by ford dealerships using a test tool that would detect a defective front seat outboard seat belt buckle assembly.approximately one million vehicles passed the inspection test for one or both front buckles.subsequent to the recall service a…