# 2000 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS — SUSPENSION:FRONT
> NHTSA complaint `299824` · 2001-06-27 · Ford Motor Company
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 2
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** MERCURY
- **Model:** GRAND MARQUIS
- **Year:** 2000
- **Manufacturer:** Ford Motor Company
- **Component:** SUSPENSION:FRONT
- **Speed:** 65 mph
## Narrative
WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH STARTED TO CHANGE LANES, AND  NOTICED ANOTHER VEHICLE IN SAME  LANE, AND SWERVED BACK TO THE RIGHT. AS SOON AS SHE TURNED WHEEL TO RIGHT SHE LOST CONTROL OF  VEHICLE, IT WENT ACROSS 2 LANES OF TRAFFIC TO  LEFT, AND HIT A TRACTOR TRAILER HEAD-ON . AIRBAGS DID  DEPLOY.  CONSUMER AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. CONSUMER STATED IT FELT LIKE VEHICLE WAS ON ICE.  PRIOR TO THIS, WHEN DRIVING OVER A BUMP, VEHICLE WAS HARD TO CONTROL. INSURANCE WILL SEND AN INVESTIGATOR, VEHICLE  WAS TOTALLED. *AK  CONSUMER STATED THAT THE AMOUNT OF MOVEMENT SHE MADE TO RETURN TO THE OTHER LANE WAS NOT EXTREME, HOWEVER THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE SPUN TO THE RIGHT CAUSING HER TO STRIKE THE SIDE OF A FLATBED TRACTOR TRAILER.   *SLC
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