The air bag warning light came on and stayed on. Turned off ignition. Restarted vehicle and airbag warning light came back on. Took to Ford dealer diagnosed as a bad seatbelt pretensioner cost for diagnosis $110 estimated cost to repair $830. Did not have repaired. This should be a recall item.

- Orange Beach, AL, USA

Both air bag lights have stayed lighted four months apart. Replacement was a complete (using Ford Motor Co parts) unit on driver-side in May 2014. Now(Sept 9,2014) the passenger side unit needs replacement at a cost of $700 for each side. The state of Virginia inspection process requires replacement for the vehicle to pass. I'm told the air bag is in-operative when the light is on this a safety issue.

- Richmond, VA, USA

My 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis airbag light is on. Dealership claims the airbags will not deploy due to a malfunctioning seatbelt pretensioner. Repair/replacement will cost $1800 to do both passenger and driver. Car only has 29,250 miles on it. I have found where this seems to be an ongoing problem with this model. Also, saw where this issue has caused airbags not to deploy in a collision. Some have reported the problem reoccurring after repair. This is a bad design by Mercury and a huge safety concern that should have been issued a recall!

- Cape Coral, FL, USA

The seat belt warning air bag light came on and won't go off. It happen back in Aug 2011 at 40,598 miles now two years later at 53,631 same probelm again. I filed a complaint then and now once again, when are you people going to make Ford fix these cars right. If you look at all the complaints filed concerning the seat belt probelm it would seem to me that you are doing absoulety nothing except letting these car manufactures give us consumer a bunch of bs and charge us and arm and leg to fix some thing that shouldn't be failing that soon. I mean come on in 13,000 miles and it fails again. It will cost me another $450 to fix the same probelm and if I don't the air bag system will not work so where does that leave me"?"

- Saucier , MS, USA

The contact owns a 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis. The contact stated that the air bag warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was found that the driver's side seat belt tensioner had failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 125,000.

- Venice, FL, USA

The contact owns a 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis. The contact stated that she connected the seat belt but the fasten seat belt warning light remained illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection and they stated that the seat belt retensioners needed to be replaced on both the driver and passenger's seats. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 88,000.

- Huntsville, TX, USA

The contact owns a 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis. The contact stated that the headlights intermittently failed. The contact also mentioned that the air bag light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was found that the headlight control module and seat belt retractor assembly needed to be replaced. The vehicle was being repaired. The manufacturer was contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was 58,000. Updated 10/17/13

- Milaca, MN, USA

Passenger air bag light came on will not go out. Stays on with person in passenger seat with seat belt on.

- Elsa, TX, USA

I own a 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis. The air bag warning light illuminated once the engine was started and remained on. The vehicle was taken to the local Ford dealer service department for diagnosis and I was informed that the driver's side seatbelt pretensioner would need to be replaced at a cost of $501 in addition to the $103 charged for diagnosis. The vehicle has not yet been repaired. I will inform the manufacturer. I observe from other websites/reports what I believe may be a pattern of premature failure of Grand Marquis seatbelt pretensioners especially in the 2005 model year. The failure mileage was 127,084 and the current mileage was 127,201.

- Suffolk, VA, USA

The contact owns a 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis. The contact stated that the air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for diagnosis and the contact was informed that the passenger's side pre-tensioner would need to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The driver's side pre-tensioner failed eight months later. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 15,000 and current mileage was 16,000. Updated 07/23/13

- Labelle, FL, USA

The contact owns a 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis. The contact stated that the air bag warning lamp illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the driver's side seat belt assembly needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 61,122 and the current mileage was 63,000.

- Tampa , FL, USA

The contact owns a 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis. The contact stated that the air bag warning light illuminated upon starting the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the seat belts were replaced because the pretensioners had failed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and offered no assistance. The failure mileage was 41,450. Updated 05/08/12 the consumer stated the front and rear seat belts were replaced. Updated 05/14/12

- San Antonio, TX, USA

Failure of seat belt pretensioner driver side rendering air bag system inoperable replacement cost $416.96 replaced seat belt @ pretensioner air bag light then went off

- Saucier, MS, USA

Approximately 2 months ago, my driver's side front seat belt failed to lock. I could not get it to lock properly and, as a result, I had to drive without a seat belt until the dealer was able to get delivery on a replacement unit.

- Huntington Beach, CA, USA