# 2000 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS — STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
> NHTSA complaint `367809` · 2002-08-13 · Ford Motor Company
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** MERCURY
- **Model:** GRAND MARQUIS
- **Year:** 2000
- **Manufacturer:** Ford Motor Company
- **Component:** STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
- **Speed:** 35 mph
## Narrative
CONSUMER LOST CONTROL AT 35 MPH ON A GRAVEL ROAD, VEHICLE HIT A TREE, THEN BURSTED INTO FLAMES.  CONSUMER SUFFERED MINOR HEAD INJURIES, VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED.  CAUSE OF FIRE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.  *AK  WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER HAD MET ANOTHER DRIVER GOING SOUTH IN THE MIDDLE AND TRIED TO MISS THE OTHER VEHICLE AND LOST CONTROL.  THE CONSUMER RAN INTO THE WOODS AND HIT TWO SMALL TREES AND THE VEHICLE THEN CAUGHT FIRE, WHICH STARTED UNDER THE WHEEL OF THE DRIVERS SIDE.  THE CONSUMER WENT INTO THE WINDSHIELD AND INJURED HER FOREHEAD/HEAD AND NECK.  *SCC
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