1996 Mercury Grand Marquis Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual for the 1996 Mercury Grand Marquis lists one engine — the 4.6L V8, 281 cubic inches, single overhead cam, naturally aspirated, gasoline — one body, the four-door sedan, and two trims, GS and LS. Its arrangement follows the car rather than the catalog: engine mechanical, fuel and emissions, transmission and driveline, brakes, steering and suspension, restraints, and body electrical each carry their own procedures, specifications, torque values, wiring diagrams and diagnostic charts.

Engines covered

• 4.6L V8 (281 cu in) — SOHC, naturally aspirated, gasoline

Body styles covered

• 4-door sedan

Trims covered

• GS
• LS

Known issues on the 1996 Grand Marquis. Six recalls are on the federal record. Replacement steering shafts can separate in service and cost the driver steering control. A driver door latch left in the secondary position may open under a transverse load below the federal requirement. Two more cover service-stock belt assemblies that may not restrain an occupant in a collision, and one covers the speed control deactivation switch. The complaint count is 284, and it leans hard toward the engine and cooling system with 95, ahead of steering at 26 and the service brakes at 25 — cooling, steering and brake diagnostics are all specified here.