Mercury Sable Complaints

5,381 consumer complaints on file.

#712973October 7, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
1. HEAD GASKET FAILURE AT HIGHWAY SPEED, ENGINE COOLANT FOUND IN EXHAUST SYSTEM, DAMAGE IS BEING EVALUATED. 2. AIR COMPRESSOR APPEARS TO BE COMMON PROBLEM IN FORD LINE. HAVE REPLACED ONE IN 89 TAURUS AT SAME MILEAGE WHICH HAS FAILED AGAIN. HAVE ALSO REPLACED AIR COMPRESSOR IN 96 ASPIRE AT 35000
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#850146October 6, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
WHILE STOPPING AT AN ENTER SECTION VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL. CONSUMER FINALLY STOPPED VEHICLE BY PUTTING FOOT ON BRAKE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849911October 5, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
REPORTING RAW FUEL IS GETTING INTO THE VAPORIZED SYSTM, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL WHILE DRIVING. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA ON THIS MATTER OR PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849946October 5, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE IS STALLED /JERKED AND LOST POWER. ALSO, TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY. THIS WAS THE THIRD TRANSMISSION PUT INTO VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849965October 5, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THERE IS A LEAK COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION, AND TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STARTING POSITION VEHICLE HEASITATES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#850023October 5, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WAS MAKING GRINDING NOISE . WAS NOT ABLE TO SHIFT INTO GEAR. HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED TWICE. PROBLEM WOULD REAPPEAR EACH TIME. HAS NOT BEEN TO DEALER AS OF YET. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712859October 5, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WOULD STAY IN NEUTRAL FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN JERK INTO GEAR. BOTH FORWARD OR REVERSE. ONCE IN GEAR, IT WOULD BE OKAY UNTIL COMING TO A STOP, THEN IT WOULD SLIP FOR A FEW SECONDS. QUIT USING OVERDRIVE TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE UNTIL THE SHOP COULD WORK ON IT. SHOP FOUND BROKEN SPRAGS AND OTHER PROBLEMS. REBUILT AND INSTALLED ALL UPDATES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#548858October 4, 1999
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS, VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
CONSUMER EXPERIENCED TROUBLE WITH DEALERSHIP WHILE OBTAINING RECALL REPAIR (98V-323). MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849859October 4, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
WHILEDRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY APPROACHED A TOLL BOOTH, PAID THE TOLL, AND VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE. ENGINE WAS VERY HOT. PUT 5 QUARTS OF OIL IN THE VEHICLE. TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED AND THE FLUID EVAPORATED. HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED, AND NO EXTERNAL LEAKS WERE PRESENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712732October 3, 1999
SEATS
THE ORIGINAL DEFECT OCCURRED ON 3/11/91 AS INDICATED IN THE QUESTIONNAIRE AND WAS REPAIRED BY HEMPSTEAD LINCOLN MERCURY. THE CAR WAS PICKED UP ON 3/13/91. UNFORTUNATELY, ON 3/28/91, THE CAR WAS BROUGHT IN AGAIN FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED PROBLEM (DRIVERS SIDE POWER SEAT TRACK, BROKEN AND DISLODGED). THE REPLACEMENT PART WAS NOT IN STOCK AND HAD TO BE ORDERED. THE REPAIR WAS COMPLETED AND THE VEHICLE WAS PICKED UP A FEW DAYS LATER. BOTH OF THESE REPAIRS WERE DONE UNDER OWNER'S WARRANTY (IN ADDITION TO PURCHASING AN EXTENDED 5-YR WARRANTY). LAST WEEK, THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED. DRIVERS SEAT DOES NOT STAY IN POSITION WHEN ACCELERATING, WHICH IS A SAFETY PROBLEM. I RETURNED TO HEMPSTEAD LINCOLN MERCURY, TOLD THEM OF THE CURRENT PROBLEM AND SHOWED THEM PAPER WORK OF THE TWO PREVIOUS REPAIRS. THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE INDICATED THAT NO DOCUMENTATION EXISTED SINCE THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY, EVENTHOUGH THE PROBLEM HAS EXISTED THROUGHOUT NUMEROUS REPAIRS AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED. HAVE OTHER COMPLAINTS BEEN DOCUMENTED THAT ARE SIMILAR TO MINE? DO I HAVE TO BE CHARGED THE FULL AMOUNT FOR REPAIR SINCE THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIMES AND HAS BEEN COVERED UNDER WARRANTY? PLEASE ADVISE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712626October 1, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NOTE******I DID NOT HAVE ANY FAILURES!! MY REASON FOR WRITING IS TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE FREQUENT SHIFTING OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKES VIBRATE AT HIGH SPEED USUALLY BETWEEN 55-70 WHEN BRAKING. TO BE FAIR I REPORTED AND HAD THE CAR SERVICED WHEN THE BRAKES FIRST VIBRATED. THE SERVICE MANAGER REPORTED THAT THERE WERE HEAT MARKS ON THE DISC'S. MY PRINCIPAL DRIVING IS HIGHWAY WITH LIMITED BRAKING. THE DEALER SHAVED THE ROTORS (WHICH BOTHERED ME GIVEN THAT THERE WAS LESS THEN 10,000 MILES AT THE TIME), AND THE VIBRATION DISAPPEARED. I AM HOWEVER ONCE AGAIN SEEING SOME SLIGHT VIBRATION. TIRE WEAR APPEARS TO BE NORMAL. GETTING BACK TO THE ROTORS, I AM CONCERNED THAT THE LIFE OF THE ROTORS HAVING BEEN CUT WILL BE SHORT. AS FOR THE TRANSMISSION THIS HAS JUST STARTED, AND I HAVEN'T YET SCHEDULED A SERVICE CALL. I HAVE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO OWN EITHER TAURUS'S OR SABLES'S AND THE RECURRING PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE THE TRANSMISSIONS. WHAT DO YOU GUYS SAY?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849398September 30, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WHILE APPLYING ACCELERATOR ENGINE HESITATES, THEN SPEEDS BACK UP. THIS IS THE FORTH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. ALSO, TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES ALREADY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849596September 30, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY RATE OF SPEED VEHICLE WILL INTERMITTENTLY SHUTDOWN WITHOUT WARNING. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849085September 29, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR
THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER EMITTED ODORS THAT MADE THE DRIVER SICK . THIS COULD CAUSE THE DRIVER TO LOSS CONTROL. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE THREE TIMES ,AND NO ONE COULD FIND THE CAUSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849096September 29, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT ANY RATE OF SPEED VEHICLE WILL BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN AND THEN COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849153September 29, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WHEN OPERATING ON HIGH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STICK AND WILL NOT MOVE. OWNER HAS TO TURN THE WIPERS OFF AND TURN BACK ON IN ORDER TO WORK. WIPER MOTOR HAS BEEN REPLACED AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849207September 29, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WHILE DRIVING ALONG THE HIGHWAY TURNED ON WHINDSHIELD WIPER CONTROL, AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE.. CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER, AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO HELP .*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849241September 29, 1999
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH
A DEFECTIVE SWITCH THAT WAS INSTALLED BY THE DEALER CAUSED HEADLIGHTS TO FAIL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849352September 29, 1999
TIRES
WHEN SHIFTING GEAR THERE IS CLUNKING NOISE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#848903September 28, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER TOOK CAR IN FOR MOTOR PROBLEMS. DEALER REPLACED REAR MOUNTS. PRESENTLY, FRONT MOTOR MOUNTS ARE GOING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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