2003 Mercury Marauder Exterior lighting Problems

“I'm having issues with the headlights. When you try to use the bright lights the headlights go out. It seems my issue would fit under the lcm recall for 2003-2005 Mercury grand marquis. When you enter the VIN it shows no recalls. I'm hoping this is an oversight since the Marauder is a version of grand marquis.”

“I was entering onto a parkway at 05:30 hours, day-break, when my headlights shut off. I turned the on/off switch, flicked the hi-beams, no lights. I pulled the driving lamps switch, they came on. I drove for about 10 seconds and the headlights came on. I have not driven this vehicle at night since this event. I took my car to a local service center and we experimented with the head lights. Car running, drivers window down...turned head lights on, parking lights came on but head lights did not come on. Turned on left turn signal and head lights came on. …”

“On the above date while leaving a place of business at approximately 10:15 pm I had no head lights. The headlight autolamp position nor the headlight manual position would turn the headlights on. I spent about 00:20 minutes trying to get the headlights to come on. I had to drive about 3 miles along a very dark secondary road in south carolina with only the fog lights working before the head lights eventually came on. The next evening more time was spent trying to get the headlights to come on, but nothing has worked. The headlights have not worked since. …”

“Problems with Mercury 2003 Marauder purchased -2/08/03 would like to fax current warranty repair order. Leaks around lens cover, wiper blades replaced, rear left speaker vibrates, brake & brake pedal squeaking, spot on rear window, new window ordered, overdrive light on, car stalled had to be returned, valve body and wiring replaced in transmission, spot on driver's leather seat cover, new cover has been ordered.”

“Headlights, turn signals, side markers, fog lamps all died unexpectedly when driving down the road twice on friday night. Faulty 'lighting control module' (part number 3w7z-13c788-aa on my specific vehicle) to blame. Previous investigation by NHTSA closed (pe08066), but problems remain - *all* 2001-2004 panther platform vehicles will have this problem eventually if they haven't already due to the relay being sized to small and eventually burning out. Massive safety issue with losing your lighting while driving at highway speeds on dark backroads.”