Mercury Sable Complaints (1993)

674 consumer complaints on file.

#891510June 27, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 66MPH ON HIGHWAY, APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT SHE APPLIED BRAKES, AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THERE WAS NO BRAKE POWER. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890749June 20, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING ENIGNE BLEWOUT. VEHICLE WAS NON DRIVEABLE. HEAD GASKET COULD BE ONE OF REASONS. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561532June 11, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC., EXTERIOR LIGHTING, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
ENGINE AND RADIATOR REPLACED, VEHICLE ALSO EXPERIENCED OIL LEAK. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746514June 6, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889369May 30, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS JUMPING AND HAS DIFFICULTY SHIFTING INTO HIGHER GEARS. CONSUMER WAS ORIGINALLY INFORMED THAT THIS DEFECT WAS DUE TO BROKEN MOTOR MOUNTS. CONSUMER HAD MOTOR MOUNTS REPLACED. HOWEVER, TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS HAVE REMAINED.*AK CONSUMER WAS ADVISED THAT PROBLEM WAS A SPEED SENSOR, IT WAS REPAIRED .*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746147May 30, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
ENGINE HEAD GASKETS FAILED AT 49,000 AND AT 51,000 MOTOR MOUNTS HAD TO BE REPLACED, OIL PAN IS RUSTING FROM THE OUTSIDE AND NEEDS REPLACEMENT, STARTER HAS A CLIP TO ATTACH CONNECTION, COMES LOOSE AND MUST GET UNDER CAR TO RE-ATTACH (SOME ENGINEERING WIZ HERE) FRONT BODY MOUNT IS UNDER OIL FILTER AND WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED SOON. HAVE CONTACTED FORD AND THEY ARE HAPPY FOR MY BUSINESS, BUT ARE NOT GOING TO HELP
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745389May 15, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, VISIBILITY:REAR WINDOW WIPER/WASHER, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE TRANSMISSION IS JUST ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE HAD WITH THIS CAR.THE AIR CONDITIONING NEVER WORKED VERY WELL. DECEMBER 1998 THE AIR CONDITIONING QUIT WORKING COMPLETELY. THE CRUISE CONTROL QUIT WORKING IN 1996. ONE OF THE POWER WINDOWS QUIT WORKING IN 1997. THE HEADLINER NEAR THE BACK WINDSHIELD STARTED HANGING DOWN IN 1998. OUR LATEST PROBLEM IS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. WE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPAIRED 11/1/98 AT A COST TO US OF $1,788.00. PLUS IT COST US OVER $100.00 TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED. THE FORD COMPANY HASN'T DONE ANYTHING TO HELP US.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561200May 14, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER STATES HEAD GASKET FAILED WITHOUT WARNING, CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT HEAD GASKET DISINTEGRATED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561185May 11, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILURE IN WHICH WATER ENTERED INTO THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER, SINCE WATER IS NOT COMPRESSIBILE THE CONNECTING RODS AND PISTONS WRIST PINS FAILED FROM EXCESSIVE FORCE DESTROYING THE ENGINE, PARTS ENDED UP IN THE OIL PAN AND PUNCHED HOLES IN THE PAN, CONSUMER STATES MANUFACTURER DENIED RESPONSIBILITY EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD A RECALL FOR FAULTY HEAD GASKETS FOR REPLACEMENTS AND HAD REPLACED NUMEROUS ENGINES THAT FAILED, THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS IMPROPER MATERIAL SELECTION FOR THE HEAD GASKETS WHICH WAS A DESIGN ERROR, MANUFACTURER ADVISED CONSUMER THAT SINCE THE ENGINE WAS BEYOND THEIR 5 YEAR, 60,000 MILE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY THEY HAD NO RESPONSIBILITY, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING THAT CLAIM BE RECONSIDERED BECAUSE VEHICLE IS WELL WITHIN THE 60,000 MILE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561133May 10, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, CONSUMER STATES THROTTLE STUCK IN CAR WOULD NOT STOP, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO CRASH INTO SHOPPING CARTS CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, WHEN CONSUMER INQUIRED ABOUT THE RECALL HE WAS TOLD THAT IT DID NOT APPLY TO THE STATE HE WAS LIVING IN, EVEN THOUGH HE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN RECALL. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887914May 10, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
MOTOR OVERHEATED AND CAR QUIT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744921May 4, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET FAILURE! ENGINE OVERHEATED. BIG BUCKS TO FIX. SMALL CLAIMS COURT HERE I COME! *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744891May 3, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING, NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM REAR OF CAR AND ENGINE HEAT INDICATOR NOTED TO BE RED LINED. CAR TAKEN TO NEARBY DEALER WHO HAD SOLD ME THE VEHICLE 10 MONTHS AGO. DEALER/REPAIR AGENT FOUND ENGINE HEAD GASKET TO BE BLOWN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887301May 2, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
WHILE VEHICLE IS IN PARK ENGINE IDLES HIGH. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744744April 30, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
REPEATED FAILURE OF ICM/TFI IGNITION MODULE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. ENGINE DIES AT IDLE OR VERY LOW SPEEDS. AFTER OPENING THE HOOD AND LETTING ENGINE COOL , CAR WILL START. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886170April 18, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER. ANTI-FREEZE HAD BACKED UP AND LEAKED OUT. DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED THEY HAVE HAD SOME COMPLAINTS, BUT NO RECALL WAS ISSUED. SENSOR ASSEMBLY, TRANSMISSION PAN GASKET, CYLINDER HEAD GASKET AND THERMOSTAT HAD TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER WAS RESPONDSIBLE FOR $1700. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886022April 16, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
"EXCITER RING" IN FRONT ABS SPLIT/SHEARED, CAUSING BRAKE PEDAL TO KICK BACK TOWARDS DRIVER WHEN T BRAKE PEDAL WAS PRESSED. THIS RESULTED IN A LOSS OF BRAKE EFFECTIVENESS. CONSUMER WAS UNSURE ABOUT SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744081April 15, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO HEAD GASKET FAILURE. HEADS WERE DAMAGED AND COOLANT HAD DAMAGED CRANK SHAFT AND BEARINGS. ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED WITH A REBUILT ENGINE. TOTAL COST IS OVER $4800 (CDN). CONTACTED FORD CANADA CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD NOT COVER REPAIR OF THIS MANUFACTURERS DEFECT. ENGINE ONLY HAD 81017 KM ON IT AT TIME OF FAILURE (50,000 MILES). THIS APPARENTLY IS A WELL KNOWN DEFECT FOR THIS ENGINE AND SOME MODELS AND YEARS HAVE BEEN COVERED. THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON FOR AN ENGINE TO FAIL THIS WAY AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE - THIS IS AN OBVIOUS MANUFACTURERS DEFECT AND SHOULD BE COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
1
#885554April 10, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
WHILE CONSUMER WAS ADJUSTING REAR VIEW MIRROR ENTIRE WINDSHIELD CAME APART. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885586April 10, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER PULLED OUT OF DRIVEWAY WHEN THICK WHITE STEAM STARTED COMING OUT OF THE TAIL PIPE. ENGINE STARTED TO OVERHEAT AFTER DRIVING 3 MILES AND RUNNING ROUGHLY. MECHANIC LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE AND INFORMED HIM THAT IS WAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. ENGINE IS A 3.8L FUEL INJECTED V6.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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