2003 Mercury Marauder Color, Trim & Option Breakdown

[Bluerauder]

.... from Ford Performance Group sheet included in my Limited Production package.

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/gallery/data/500/medium/2003_MM_Production_Stats_from_ FPG.jpg

OK, who got the Blue MM without the radio ?? :rofl:

Scanned copy of breakdown sheet \/\/\/\/\/ courtesy of Glenn.

Scanned Copy of 2003 MM Breakdown Sheet from FPG (http://www.motorcitymarauders.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=4716&c=6)


Option Breakout for the 2004 MM is located at Post #64 of this thread.

Estimated Moonroof Breakout for the 2004 MM is located at Post #73 of this thread.

[ImpalaSlayer]

you mean black>? i didnt even know a radio delete was an option any more! very cool!

[UncleLar]

Look again,there were none with no radio,the Audiopile was the regular equipment radio,there were no optional radios or other choices other than the optional cd changer in the trunk, but somehow a black got out according to the numbers with a cheaper ("standard") radio.

[Phrog_gunner]

I'm no mathologist, but I think my geriatric friend is pointing out that there were 328 DBP. If you add the 71 (Std radio) to the 256 (optional radio) = 327. Hence, the one without the radio....:P

[ImpalaSlayer]

I'm no mathologist, but I think my geriatric friend is pointing out that there were 328 DBP. If you add the 71 (Std radio) to the 256 (optional radio) = 327. Hence, the one without the radio....:P

yeah i mathed bad

i also graph bad

[DEFYANT]

Awesome find! Audiophile? I wonder if the specs are comparable to the 06 Escape radio so many are jonesing for?

[RoyLPita]

Interesting.........

[GordonB]

Charlie,
Have you found the secs for the 2004 MMs yet? If you have them, pls post. Thanks.
GordonB

[Bluerauder]

Charlie,
Have you found the secs for the 2004 MMs yet? If you have them, pls post. Thanks.
GordonB
Did you order a packet for your DTR? If so, you should get a copy of the 2004 breakout.

If someone sends me the info or the sheet for the 2004 MMs, I will certainly post it.

[SC Cheesehead]

Charlie,
Have you found the secs for the 2004 MMs yet? If you have them, pls post. Thanks.
GordonB

Gordon,

Here's some info on the '04's courtesy of http://www.mercurymarauder.org (http://www.mercurymarauder.org)
2004
1236 Black exterior. (As of June 2004): 1059 with charcoal interior, 842 have CD changers, 873 have heated seats. 147 with flint interior, 105 have CD changers, 100 have heated seats.

980 Red exterior. (As of June 2004): 565 with charcoal interior, 457 have CD changers, 505 have heated seats. 398 with flint interior, 293 have CD changers, 270 have heated seats.

997 Silver Birch exterior. (As of June 2004): 525 with charcoal interior, 422 have CD changers, 439 have heated seats. 448 with flint interior, 332 have CD changers, 304 have heated seats.

[Black Dynamite]

Am I reading that right? Only 364 black '03's with heated seats? I thought the 6cd changer was a rare option, but according to that only 1400 didn't have it?

[jonroe]

My 2004 packet did NOT include such a breakdown sheet. Does anyone have one??? I sure would like to see it. Jon

[SC Cheesehead]

My 2004 packet did NOT include such a breakdown sheet. Does anyone have one??? I sure would like to see it. Jon

See post #10 above.

[GordonB]

Hi gang,
Got a packet for BOTH the 03 and the 04, but NEITHER had any other sheet in the pkg with option, color combo breakouts.
Here is what is with each order -- 3 sheets of paper :
1. FPG Letter -- "Dear 2003 M.. M... Owner ...." unsigned
2. Mercury Marauder Certif -- with "The Ford Performance Group certifies that VIN ... is limited edition, assembled ...This is vehicle #7500 of a build of 7838 and is #282 of 328 manufacturedd in Dark Blue Pearl. S/ Edsel B. Ford II"
3. 2003/04 Mercury Marauder VIN Decoder

That's all. Sounds like a call to FPG is in order.
??? Question: Has any '04 owner received the 2004 Stats/Options Sheet????

GordonB

[GordonB]

Bob,
Thank you for posting the info you have gathered from MM.net on the 2004s.
GordonB

[GordonB]

Update:
If you have ordered and received your MM Certif. of Auth from Ford Perf Group and DID NOT get an Option Breakout sheet for your MM model year, call them back and request an Option Breakout Sheet for your model year. They should have sent you one in your packet. In my case, I should have received one sheet for 2003 and one sheet for 2004. I just got off the phone with FPG and they said that they will send them to me.

The Options and Build Sequence info is highly sought out and documented in Corvette circles. Glad to see that Ford has gathered the info for us and made it available.

GordonB

[SC Cheesehead]

Update:
If you have ordered and received your MM Certif. of Auth from Ford Perf Group and DID NOT get an Option Breakout sheet for your MM model year, call them back and request an Option Breakout Sheet for your model year. They should have sent you one in your packet. In my case, I should have received one sheet for 2003 and one sheet for 2004. I just got off the phone with FPG and they said that they will send them to me.

The Options and Build Sequence info is highly sought out and documented in Corvette circles. Glad to see that Ford has gathered the info for us and made it available.

GordonB

Thanks for posting this up, I'll check mine when I get home this weekend. :up:

[Embassy]

Update:
If you have ordered and received your MM Certif. of Auth from Ford Perf Group and DID NOT get an Option Breakout sheet for your MM model year, call them back and request an Option Breakout Sheet for your model year. They should have sent you one in your packet. In my case, I should have received one sheet for 2003 and one sheet for 2004. I just got off the phone with FPG and they said that they will send them to me.

The Options and Build Sequence info is highly sought out and documented in Corvette circles. Glad to see that Ford has gathered the info for us and made it available.

GordonB

Thanks for the "heads up" as I didn't get that breakout sheet.

[swordfish]

Thanks, I did not receive the breakout sheet. I'll call them tomorrow!

Mark

[GordonB]

The net of all this is I would like what we are supposed to be getting, no more, no less. Just would like what we have paid for. GordonB

[Blackened300a]

Am I reading that right? Only 364 black '03's with heated seats? I thought the 6cd changer was a rare option, but according to that only 1400 didn't have it?


I'm one of those 1400. The tightwad who bought my car originally didnt splurge for any options.

[Bluerauder]

I'm one of those 1400. The tightwad who bought my car originally didnt splurge for any options.
Could be worse. You could be driving that Blue MM with no audio system at all. ;)

[DOOM]

Black MM with light flint = SUPER RARE!!! :coolman:

[SC Cheesehead]

Black MM with light flint = SUPER RARE!!! :coolman:

Yup, I've seen one; I think it was at MV5, can't recall whose it was.

[Glenn]

Anyone get the 2004 Options sheet? If so, please scan and post the original sheet. I guess I have one rare Black MM with the Light Flint Interior.

Glenn Ford:burnout:

[jonroe]

I just called FPG. They said I should have received the 2004 breakdown sheet so they will send one out to me this week.

Thanks, folks, for pointing this oversight out.

UPDATE: I received my missing 2004 breakout sheet in the mail this week, Nov. 23.

Jon

[SC Cheesehead]

Thanks for posting this up, I'll check mine when I get home this weekend. :up:

No Option Breakdown sheet in my packet either, but a quick call to Ford Performance took care of it.

[DEFYANT]

Anyone get the 2004 Options sheet? If so, please scan and post the original sheet. I guess I have one rare Black MM with the Light Flint Interior.

Glenn Ford:burnout:


I did. Someone got a Marauder with a standard radio. Only one produced!

[DOOM]

Yup, I've seen one; I think it was at MV5, can't recall whose it was.

There's one here in C.A.M land.
Our very own Twin03 has one. :up:
That's the only one I have ever seen.
He has 2 03 marauders.

[MinnesotaMuscle]

I did. Someone got a Marauder with a standard radio. Only one produced!


Very cool, wonder where that car is...

[SC Cheesehead]

There's one here in C.A.M land.
Our very own Twin03 has one. :up:
That's the only one I have ever seen.
He has 2 03 marauders.


That may be the one I saw, was he at MVV?

[Bluerauder]

That may be the one I saw, was he at MVV?
Nope. Twin03/Marcus didn't join us until January 2008. Must have been someone else at Marauderville 5.

[Glenn]

Can someone please scan and post their 2004 Options Breakout Sheet for us. :confused:

Thanks,

Glenn :burnout:

[GordonB]

Hi all,
The UPS person just delivered my Ford Perf Group Option Breakout sheets for 2003 and 2004 -- Called them last Tues. 11/17/09 and they arrived this afternoon. Yipee for FPG!!! Good people, good customer service!

If yu are missing yours, pls call them (FPG) for your MM model year and request an Option Breakout Sheet for your model year. They should have sent you one in your packet.

GordonB

[GordonB]

Question:
For all of you who have received your Option Breakout Sheet for your model year, has anyone received one that has a colorized FORD logo at the top of the page? The ones I received via UPS yesterday are black & white copies of the original twosome from FPG.
For re-doing my Car Show display boards, I'd like to get copies of the Option Breakout Sheets for 2003 and 2004 with the Ford Oval tm in BLUE! Suggestions, besides copy, scan and PhotoShop?
Thanks,
GordonB

[Glockafella]

Mine fits into every majority group...Black, Dark Charcoal, Non-Heated Seats, Audiophile w/ 6 CD changer

SO I own the most popular MM ever made I guess...

[Black Dynamite]

I'm one of those 1400. The tightwad who bought my car originally didnt splurge for any options.

Same here. It's funny how some people order cars. The guy I bought mine from ordered it with heated seats but without the cd changer. I'd be interested to see how many MM are the same as mine. Must be a rare bird! :lol:

[W4LTD]

Anyone get the 2004 Options sheet? If so, please scan and post the original sheet. I guess I have one rare Black MM with the Light Flint Interior.

Glenn Ford:burnout:

Here's another one, on eBAY:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2004-MERCURY-MARAUDER-NEARLY-SHOWROOM-CONDITION_W0QQitemZ13034723519 2QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Tr ucks?hash=item1e594cf778#ht_50 0wt_975

[LOWBUCKMM]

why does it not say anything about moonroofs in the break down?

[Glockafella]

why does it not say anything about moonroofs in the break down?


Good call...were they dealer installed?

[Bluerauder]

why does it not say anything about moonroofs in the break down?
I didn't think that any moonroofs were offered for the '03 MM. They must be included on the '04 MM breakdown; but no one has posted that as of yet.

[SC Cheesehead]

why does it not say anything about moonroofs in the break down?


Good call...were they dealer installed?


I didn't think that any moonroofs were offered for the '03 MM. They must be included on the '04 MM breakdown; but no one has posted that as of yet.

^^^^What Charlie said^^^^

There are a couple of '03s with moonroofs, but these were dealer installed options.

[jonroe]

The '04 sheet does NOT show moonroof breakdown. Also, it's interesting that in the VIN decoder sent with the package they ignore the moonroof-destined cars that start with MHHM instead of MEHM. It's my understanding that the moonroofs were installed after the factory at a third party but before the dealer got them. It would be nice to have that breakdown. All I have heard is that I am 1 of 2000 without the option in 2004.

[RacerX]

"Cobra X pipe exhaust, Diablosport Predator Performance Chip, K&N Air filter, 4.10 to 1 final drive ratio...
This car has been garaged since new, it has all the goodies installed, YET, IT HAS NEVER BEEN ON A TRACK OR RACED !"

Xpipes, Diablosport Predato, K&N filter, 4.10s and never raced?????
That's like a crack addict having a bagful land at his feet and saying I aint going to do it! :D

[Rockettman]

The '04 sheet does NOT show moonroof breakdown. Also, it's interesting that in the VIN decoder sent with the package they ignore the moonroof-destined cars that start with MHHM instead of MEHM. It's my understanding that the moonroofs were installed after the factory at a third party but before the dealer got them. It would be nice to have that breakdown. All I have heard is that I am 1 of 2000 without the option in 2004.

I was wondering about the "sunroof" thing also. My '04 has one, so I would have liked to have that listed on the options' sheet.

[Bluerauder]

"Cobra X pipe exhaust, Diablosport Predator Performance Chip, K&N Air filter, 4.10 to 1 final drive ratio...
This car has been garaged since new, it has all the goodies installed, YET, IT HAS NEVER BEEN ON A TRACK OR RACED !"

Xpipes, Diablosport Predato, K&N filter, 4.10s and never raced?????
That's like a crack addict having a bagful land at his feet and saying I aint going to do it! :D

WTH does this ^^^^ have to do with any of the discussion? :rolleyes:


I was wondering about the "sunroof" thing also. My '04 has one, so I would have liked to have that listed on the options' sheet.
Oughta be fairly easy for FPG to check out the MEHM vs MHHM differences and give that info on the 2004 breakout. So, which 2004 owner is gonna make the call to FPG?

[Rockettman]

After calling Ford - here's the scoop on the Sunroof Option not being listed on the sheet.

"The information was listed as per what the MotorCityMarauders members asked Ford to list on the breakdown sheet".

Apparently if we go to the MotorCityMarauders site, we should be able to pull that info off there as well.

So basically that info about the sunroof option will not be on the sheets. It wasn't missed; it wasn't asked for.

[RacerX]

WTH does this ^^^^ have to do with any of the discussion? :rolleyes:?

Sorry, W4LTD posted a link to a MM for sale in this thread. Highjacked, my bad.... Will be getting my cert and number soon!

[Bluerauder]

"The information was listed as per what the MotorCityMarauders members asked Ford to list on the breakdown sheet".

So basically that info about the sunroof option will not be on the sheets. It wasn't missed; it wasn't asked for.
Oops !!! :o Seems an option that warrants its own VIN digit should have been included in the breakout numbers. No brainer. If it was inadvertantly overlooked by MCM, FPG should have pointed out the faux pas and included it anyway.

[Rockettman]

Oops !!! :o Seems an option that warrants its own VIN digit should have been included in the breakout numbers. No brainer. If it was inadvertantly overlooked by MCM, FPG should have pointed out the faux pas and included it anyway.

He did put me on hold for a while and asked other people there. He could not figure out either why Ford didn't have it on the sheet if it was a factory option. He did investigate if it was a "group option" (order heated seats and get a sunroof type thing), but I told him what options my car had, and it was determined that this wasn't the case. Another partial explaination was that this certificate was usually only done for SVT and the like cars, and this was a special request for these cars. Hence some of the re-mailed certificates with errored info.
Not the answer we wanted, but he was very helpful all the same.

[jonroe]

Yes, really, a VIN digit goes ignored by Ford - that's pretty weak. I would not count this against MCM. They probably thought it was a no brainer that Ford would handle the MHHM ones. Can Ford get us the info anyway even if not on the sheet so we have it?

Jon

[FreddieH]

If Im not mistaken I thought moonroofs were not avail. in 2003

[Bluerauder]

If Im not mistaken I thought moonroofs were not avail. in 2003

That question was answered in post #41 and #42. Now we are trying to figure out why the moonroof was not included on the 2004 breakout sheets either.

[Rockettman]

Don't get me wrong here. I'm not blaming MCM for this. I'm just relaying what I was told.
Would I like this on a new sheet for my '04 - yes I would!
Maybe if more of us called, it might be corrected.
(I didn't realize it was part of the VIN, and would have brought that up with him if I knew).

[GordonB]

Geez! This will be embarrassing if I have to call a THIRD time! I realize that the Options Build Sheet info is probably new to Ford, but there were only a few Options available for the 2003 and 2004 MMs. It would all still would fit on one page.
GordonB

[Bluerauder]

Geez! This will be embarrassing if I have to call a THIRD time! I realize that the Options Build Sheet info is probably new to Ford, but there were only a few Options available for the 2003 and 2004 MMs. It would all still would fit on one page.
GordonB
Jeez Gordon .... what do you expect for $45.00 ... perfection? ;) I am still worried about that poor old '03 Blue MM that got screwed out of a radio. :rofl:

[Phrog_gunner]

Jeez Gordon .... what do you expect for $45.00 ... perfection? ;) I am still worried about that poor old '03 Blue MM that got screwed out of a radio. :rofl:

lol...Sounds like the 327/328 argument is still ongoing??

[snookey]

i know my 04 marauder has a factory ''moon roof'' because i ordered it that way..It is on the sticker billing paper. I also would like the options break down. my build #is 2364 date 4-07-04 color sb I would like to know how many had ''factory moon roofs'' they only had factory moon roofs only on the 04

[SC Cheesehead]

lol...Sounds like the 327/328 argument is still ongoing??

Oh, I solved that a while back.

Split the difference, there were 327.5 DBPs built. The other part of the .5 car is a standard GM.;)


i know my 04 marauder has a factory ''moon roof'' because i ordered it that way..It is on the sticker billing paper. I also would like the options break down. my build #is 2364 date 4-07-04 color sb I would like to know how many had ''factory moon roofs'' they only had factory moon roofs only on the 04

I had one in my DTR, can't recall who told me, but I'd heard somewhere that there were bout 170 moonroof cars in '04.

[GordonB]

I guess we put this thread to bed and say, 'Good Nite Gracie'.

Probably not worth any further electrons or precious remaining seconds from our dwindling lives to pursue the sunroof thing. Would have been nice, but not a game changer.

GordonB

[Bluerauder]

Probably not worth any further electrons or precious remaining seconds from our dwindling lives to pursue the sunroof thing. Would have been nice, but not a game changer.

GordonB

Could be related to how Ford Performance Group (FPG) treated the first 3 VIN digits in the VIN decoder that came in my packet.

It says that "2ME" means Ford Motor Company of Canada.

I suspect that the 2004 owners got a VIN decoder that says "2MH" is Ford Motor Company of Canada.

My VIN understanding is that "2" is Canada and "M" is Mercury. The 3rd digit is not related to the location at all.

That "H" in the 3rd position means Moon Roof. Not sure what the "E" is ..... maybe No Moon Roof. :dunno:

Either way, FPG could have done a better job on the first three VIN digits and the moonroof would not have slipped through the cracks. JMHO.

.... and YES for $45 bucks, I expected it to be correct. :D

[jonroe]

Charlie,

Actually, I think the H in 2MH means that the car left the factory "unfinished" on its way to the moon roof installer. I don't think it means moon roof specifically but just "unfinished". I saw that somewhere in a VIN decoder on line.

See: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Vehicle_Identification_Numbers _%28VIN_codes%29/Ford/VIN_Codes#Ford_WMIs

2MH = Mercury incomplete vehicle.

Jon

I agree, time to put this one to bed.

[Mike]

Update:
If you have ordered and received your MM Certif. of Auth from Ford Perf Group and DID NOT get an Option Breakout sheet for your MM model year, call them back and request an Option Breakout Sheet for your model year. They should have sent you one in your packet. In my case, I should have received one sheet for 2003 and one sheet for 2004. I just got off the phone with FPG and they said that they will send them to me.

The Options and Build Sequence info is highly sought out and documented in Corvette circles. Glad to see that Ford has gathered the info for us and made it available.

GordonB

Got mine today :banana:

[Spectragod]

2004 color, trim & option breakdown.....

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h138/rfrf5500/FPG2004MM.jpg

[Bluerauder]

2004 color, trim & option breakdown.....
Finally, someone posted the 2004 breakdown. Thanks. :up:

[Bluerauder]

:bump: 2003 MM info in Post #1, 2004 MM info in Post #64.

[Bigdogjim]

Am I reading that right? Only 364 black '03's with heated seats? I thought the 6cd changer was a rare option, but according to that only 1400 didn't have it?
Heated seats were an option till sometime in January,'03 IIRC? I bought mine in Sept.,'02 and had them added by the dealer, same as the factory heat units except the control in the lower seat not the door panel.

[macman756]

I know it's a fairly old thread, but what's the story on the Standard 6 Disk? Only 1 ordered in DTR and 1 in Silver? True only 2 exist?

[Bluerauder]

I know it's a fairly old thread, but what's the story on the Standard 6 Disk? Only 1 ordered in DTR and 1 in Silver? True only 2 exist?
No, there were three including one 2003 Black. This info came from FPG. Best info we have.

[ShinerBlack]

I know this an old post but I find it interesting because,,,when I bought my '03 new here in Victoria, Tx., the dealer had 2. Mine is black, the other was black, sunroof, and 6 disc changer. Just to add to the curiosity of the posts before. Don't know if the car is in the area anymore but the wife was at the local grocery, returning to the car (she thought), when she hit the remote unlock the car she was standing next to was not ours. Didn't ask if it had a sunroof.

[Bluerauder]

I know this an old post but I find it interesting because,,,when I bought my '03 new here in Victoria, Tx., the dealer had 2. Mine is black, the other was black, sunroof, and 6 disc changer. Just to add to the curiosity of the posts before. Don't know if the car is in the area anymore but the wife was at the local grocery, returning to the car (she thought), when she hit the remote unlock the car she was standing next to was not ours. Didn't ask if it had a sunroof.

The discussion above related to the Standard Audio with 6 Disk Changer. There were only 3 of those combinations made (1 in 2003 and 2 in 2004). There were lots of Audiophile Systems with the 6 CD changer combinations. About 80% of MMs came with the Audiophile with 6 CD changer (6286 in 2003 and 2514 in 2004). That's 8,800 out of the total of 11,052 produced (79.6%).

[jmsa540]

How can you tell whether or not if you have the audiophile? (sorry to revive a dead thread)

[Bluerauder]

Just received word from one of the other members (Hwy73 from a "Marti Report") that there were 1,212 moonroof cars in the 2004 MM production. No further breakdown. That means that about 38% of MMs in 2004 had the "2MHHM" VIN identifier for a moonroof/incomplete vehicle.

So, only about 11% of the total production came with moonroofs.

If the moonroofs were spread "evenly" across the '04 color & interior combos, here's what the numbers would look like .....

2004 Black MM with Dark Charcoal -- 1,081 produced (408 with moonroof)
2004 Black MM with Light Flint-- 156 produced (59 with moonroof)
2004 Silver MM with Dark Charcoal -- 534 produced (201 with moonroof)
2004 Silver MM with Light Flint -- 463 produced (175 with moonroof)
2004 DTR MM with Dark Charcoal -- 574 produced (216 with moonroof)
2004 DTR MM with Light Flint -- 406 produced (153 with moonroof)

2004 MM -- 3,214 produced (1,212 with moonroof)