Mercury Sable Complaints (2001)

430 consumer complaints on file.

#8000656December 12, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
THERE IS A VIBRATION IN VEHICLE WHEN BRAKING, VERY NOTICABLE ON DAMP PAVEMENT. IT FEELS LIKE THE VEHICLE IS JUMPING AND JERKING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#898635November 1, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WHEN APPLYING GAS PEDAL IT WOULD GET STUCK, GAS AND BRAKE PEDALS ON THIS MODEL ARE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER, ALLOWING THE GAS PEDAL TO BE ACCIDENTALLY ENGAGED WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE TO STOP, AND HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN 3 ACCIDENTS. *AK. *ET
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#898473October 30, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
PANEL LOCATED UNDERNEATH DASH HAS CABLES AND WIRES EXPOSED AND CAN BE DANGEROUS TO CHILDREN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK THE AREAS BEHIND THE DASHBOARD GO DEEP BEHIND THE INSTUMENT PANEL. CHILDREN ARE ALSO ABLE TO PLACE THEIR ENTIRE ARM UP AND BEHIND THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#753723October 26, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OF THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN RANDOMLY, EVEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE VEHICAL SHUTS OFF AND CANNOT BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE HAS TO BE TOWED. THIS HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES IN THREE WEEKS ON A VEHICLE THAT IS TWO MONTHS OLD (PURCHASED NEW IN AUGUST). EACH TIME THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED, THE STARTER MOTOR WAS BURNED OUT. THE DEALER REPLACED THE STARTER MOTOR THREE TIMES AND EACH TIME, THE NEW STARTER MOTOR WAS BLOWN OUT. THE DEALER CLAIMS THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. IT APPEARS THEY ARE WAITING FOR THE 36,000 MILE WARRANTY TO EXPIRE (EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE ONLY 2,200 MILES ON THE VEHICLE) SO THAT THEY WILL NO LONGER HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS AS A WARRANTY ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#753690October 25, 2001
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG READINESS LIGHT COMES ON ALL THE TIME. FORD MOTOR COMPANY SAID THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THERE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH OTHER CARS AND THE AIR BAGS WILL NOT WORK IF IN A CRASH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#753415October 19, 2001
AIR BAGS
I WAS INFORMED THAT IF I WAS TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT, FORD DOES NOT KNOW IF THE AIR BAGS WOULD DEPLOY. THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED FOR THE 5 STAR RATING AND ADDITIONAL COST WERE PAID FOR SIDE AIR BAGS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#563700October 12, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
THE VEHICLE'S WIRE, CONNNECTORS, STEERING WHEEL AND UNDERSIDE OF THE DASHBOARD EXPOSED BECAUSE OF NO PANEL PROTECTION. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#897524October 10, 2001
EQUIPMENT
THERE IS NO PANEL COVERING UNDERSIDE DASHBOARD, WIRES/ STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY ARE EXPOSED, A SMALL CHILD COULD EASILY GET HANDS UP IN WIRE AND POSSIBLY BE INJURED. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#897563October 10, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN AT SLOW SPEEDS, THIS HAPPENED 5 TIMES. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER 2 OR 3 TIMES. DEALER COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. THEN ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2001 WHILE PARKING VEHICLE ACCELERATED. CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES, BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP VEHICLE, RESULTING IN VEHICLE RUNNING INTO BUILDING. CONSUMER SUFFERED HEADACHES, AMOUNT OF DAMAGE WAS $ 7000. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#752774October 1, 2001
AIR BAGS
DEAR COMMENT " PID DATA TEST FOUND AIR BAG OVER 17V MODULE BAD" ...MY COMMENT "THEREFORE COUND NOT BE DEPLOYER IN CASE OF ACCIDENT"*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751553September 2, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
BRAKE PEDAL & ACCELERATOR ARE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER. MANYT TIMES BOTH ARE DEPRESSED WHEN ONLY THE BRAKE WAS MEANT TO BE APPLIED. VEHICLE WAS ALMOST INVOLVED IN 6+ COLLISIONS DUE TO THIS PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562858August 30, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL, THE POWER TRAIN AND TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO THE COMPUTER MALFUNCTIONS. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894890August 22, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS VEHICLE REVVED AND ACCELERATED SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY. DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. AFTER DEALER'S INSPECTION, VEHICLE, REVVED AND ACCELERATED FORWARD GAIN, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK CONSUMER STATES THREE TIMES AT SPEEDS RANGING FROM 3 TO 20 MPH WHEN JAMMING N THE BRAKES EITHER IN FOWARD OR REVERS THE ENGINE WOULD REV UP AT HIGH SPEED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD LURCH EITHER BACKWARDS OR FOWARDS, DEPENDING ON WHAAT GEAR CONSUMER WAS IN, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED, ON THE LAST OCCASION THE VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONRTOL AND WAS TOTALLED.*JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894710August 20, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
BEFORE CONSUMER'S WIFE COULD TAKE FOOT OFF THE BRAKE, AND AFTER SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND WENT 30 FEET BEFORE HITTING A BUILDING. CONSUMER BRUISED, BUT OTHERWISE NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED. *AK MANUFACTURER IS STATING THAT ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED NOT CAUSED BY A DEFECT IN THE VEHICLE. *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#894130August 13, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED AND IT GOES DOWN FLUSH WITH ACCELERATOR PEDAL, CAUSING UNINTENTIONAL ACCELERATION. BRAKE PEDAL SITS HIGHER THAN ACCELRERATOR PEDAL. SO ACCLERATOR DOES NOT CAUSE A PROBLEM, UNTILE BRAKE IS APPLIED. FORD SENT A LETTER STATING IT WAS WITHIN DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE VEHICLE.*AK THE CONSUMER DEPRESSES THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE BRAKE PEDAL AT THE SAME TIME UNINTENTIONALLY DUE TO FAULTY DESIGN OF THE PEDAL. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562222July 24, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
CONSUMER STATES HE IS HAVING TROUBLE TURNING THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, WHICH ALSO RESULTED IN THE STEERING WHEEL NOT TURNING.*YD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#892832July 16, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
A FEATURE THAT WAS USED TO SELL CAR, MADE FOR TALLER DRIVERS, DID NOT WORK WELL. WHEN PEDAL WAS IN THE HIGH POSITION DRIVER'S FOOT COULD GO UNDER PEDAL. WHEN IN LOW POSITION IT COULDN'T GO UNDER PEDAL. THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH FOOT ROOM FOR LEFT FOOT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#891825July 2, 2001
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
DUE TO DESIGN OF HEAD RESTRAINT AND HEIGHT OF THE HEAD REST, WHEN BACKING VEHICLE OUT, CONSUMER NOTICED THERE WAS A BLIND SPOT, OBSTRUCTING DRIVER'S VISION ON ONE SIDE WHICH COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER STATED THAT OTHER CONSUMER'S HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT DESIGN OF THE HEAD REST.*AK CONSUMER STATES THERE IS ONLY 4 AND 1/2 INCHES BETWEEN SIDE OF HEADREST AND DOOR, THERE IS 5 INCHES BETWEEN TOP OF HEADREST AND CEILING AND CONSUMER CAN NOT SEE AROUND IT OR OVER IT, TOP OF CONSUMERS HEAD IS LEVEL WITH TOP OF HEADREST. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#747607June 30, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
THE CAR WILL NOT START ALTHOUGH THE BATTERY IS CHARGED. THE ANT-THEFT DEVICE APPEARS TO BE THE PROBLEM AGAIN. THE FORD TOWING SERVICE TOLD ME THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746801June 13, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FITTING NOT SECURED CAUSING LOSE OF FLUID, TRANSMISSION TO SLIP WITH SUDDEN RAPID ACCELERATION RESULTING. CAUSING VERY NEAR MISS WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC. GROSS NEGLIGENCE , NO EVIDENCE OF SAFETY INSPECTION HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED 35 MILES BECAUSE IT WAS UNDRIVABLE, CAR ONLY 4 DAYS OLD. DEALER CLAIMS NEGLIGENCE DUE TO FACTORY ERROR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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