Mercury Sable Complaints

5,381 consumer complaints on file.

#8009485May 9, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
VEHICLE WAS GOING DOWN THE HILL AND BLACK SMOKE WAS COMING FROM REAR. DRIVER'S FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT DUE TO COIL SPRING SLIPPING DOWN OVER THE STRUT WHICH PUSHED UP AGAINST THE TIRE AND PUNCTURING IT. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009467May 8, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE AT STOP BRAKES APPLIED, VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD. CONSUMER SHIFTED TO PARK TO STOP VEHICLE. DEALER REPROGRAMMED POWER MODULE. VEHICLE SURGED AGAIN AT A STOP ON 20 MAR 2002, DEALER FOUND NO PROBLEM.AK *MJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#785986May 7, 2002
EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:ACCESSORY SCISSOR/SCREW/BOTTLE JACK/LIFT
CONSUMER COMPLAINS THAT THE JACK FOLDED THE FIRST TIME BEING USED. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009215May 6, 2002
AIR BAGS
AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY , VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY DEALER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#761568May 6, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
THE LOCATION OF THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR ARE TOO CLOSE AND ARE AT THE SAME HEIGHT. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE STOPPING THE FOOT STAYS ON PART OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND ACTUALLY INCREASES THE ENGINE SPEED WHILE TRYING TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE STOP. WHEN LOOKING AT THE LOCATION OF THE TWO PEDALS IT LOOKS LIKE A DESIGN ISSUE. THIS VEHICLE IS DRIVEN BY THREE PERSONS AND ALL HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. DISCUSSED THIS WITH THE DEALER REPRESENTATIVE AND HE INDICATED NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE (BREAKING SYSTEM) AND IT WAS SOMETHING THE DRIVERS WOULD HAVE TO BE AWARE OF WHEN STOPPING THIS VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009101May 3, 2002
SEAT BELTS
FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT STAY FASTENED. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORRMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009173May 3, 2002
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
NO BRAKE LIGHT APPEARING ON LIGHT BULBS SOCKET. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK BRAKE LIGHT IS ONLY WORKING WHEN CAR IS IN REVERSE, THERE IS NO FUSE INFORMATION FOR BRAKE LIGHT IN THE USERS MANUAL AND FORD MOTOR CO CAN NOT FIND SPECS. *MJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#785980May 2, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHEN CONSUMER HITS THE BRAKE PEDAL HE SIMULTANEOUSLY HITS THE GAS PEDAL, ALTHOUGH DEALER SAID IT WAS PEDAL FADE, CONSUMER FEELS BOTH PEDALS ARE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER DUE TO THE FACT THAT HIS FOOT IS NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BRAKE PEDAL, INSTEAD HITTING THE GAS PEDAL; CONSUMER HAS TO MAKE A CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO MOVE FOOT TO THE MIDDLE BUT ON RARE OCCASIONS CONSUMER CAN STILL HIT THE GAS PEDAL BUT KNOW TO MOVE HIS FOOT FAST. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009024May 2, 2002
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
SUBFRAME WELDS BROKE AND FRAME DROPPED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH. NO INJURIES. THERE IS A RECALL BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT AFFECTED.*JBSUBFRAME MOUNTING BOLTS/BRACKETS BROKE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE REAR MOUNTS CAUSING THE ENGINE AND TRANSAXLE TO FALL BACKWARD AND MAKE STEERING IMPOSSIBLE. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009042May 2, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
CONSUMER STATES THAT BRAKE PEDAL AND GAS PEDAL ARE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER . WHEN DRIVER HIT THE BRAKE PEDAL, HE ACCIDENTLY HIT THE GAS CAUSING VEHICLE TO JUMP THE CURB AND RUN INTO THE SIDE OF A CHURCH. *JB *YH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009069May 2, 2002
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT DOWN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. AND THE SLIDDING DOOR WILL UNEXPECTLY OPEN WHILE TRAVELING.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008934May 1, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
CONSUMER STATES WHILE TRAVELING AT 50 TO 55 MPH VEHICLE SUDDENLY DIED. NO POWER BRAKES OR POWER STEERING. TOOK TO A MECHANIC STATED WIRES IN THE GAS TANK SHORTED OUT AND BLEW A BIG FUSE AND CAUSED VEHICLE TO SHUT OFF. MECHANIC STATED IF TANK HAD NOT BEEN FULL OF GAS THIS COULD HAVE IGNITED A FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008936May 1, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY, SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER STATED HAD TO FLUSH RADIATOR OUT AT LEAST FIVE TIMES BECAUSE OF DIRTY WATER, IT IS WRITTEN IN OWNER'S MANUAL THAT THE RADIATOR SHOULD BE FLUSHED 1 TIME EVERY 100,000 MILES.*JB WHILE FLUSHING THE RADIATOR, WATER GOT INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES. *YH CONSUMER STATES THAT EVER SINCE RECALL 98823 WAS COMPLETED ON VEHICLE, RADIATOR HAS CONSTANTLY NEEDED FLUSHED, NOW CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE IN THE FRONT WHEEL AREA, DEALER REPLACED RIGHT FRONT WHEEL BEARING. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008961May 1, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER STATES THE HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING COOLANT INTO ENGINE.*JB.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008823April 30, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH CONSUMER TRIED TO SLOW DOWN. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THEY WERE NOT CATCHING, AND CONSUMER RAN INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#565477April 29, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN
VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THERE WAS A RECALL LETTER SENT TO CONSUMER, (01I011000) THE FIRE WAS DUE TO THE CONDITIONS STATED IN THE RECALL LETTER. CONSUMER IS LOOKING FOR ASSISTANCE TO COVER THE COSTS OF REPAIR TO VEHICLE. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008799April 29, 2002
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT RETRACTOR WILLCLICK IN, BUT WILLNOT STAY OPEN. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#761278April 28, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DEPRESS BRAKE PEDAL IN MY VEHICLE, I HAVE INADVERTANTLY DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR AT THE SAME TIME. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS MY BIG FEET, (SIZE 13), IN CONJUNCTION WITH ME PURCHASING A SMALLER CAR THAN I WAS USED TO. BUT AFTER HEARING ABOUT YOUR INVESTIGATION INTO THE MATTER BASED ON OTHER COMPLAINTS, I HAD TO ADD MY CONCERN AS WELL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008682April 26, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
ENGINE WAS UNABLE TO BE TURN OFF WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008698April 26, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHILE DRIVING BRAKES FELL ONTO THE GROUND.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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