Mercury Sable Complaints (1995)

350 consumer complaints on file.

#785541July 16, 2001
POWER TRAIN
THE SPEEDOMETER IS INOPERATIVE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561877July 3, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
FRONT COIL SPRINGS BROKE OFF, MECHANIC STATED THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED, THERE IS A RECALL 98I002, HOWEVER IT ONLY COVERS 1993 YEAR SABLES. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#747761July 3, 2001
TIRES
2 1/2 MONTH OLD TIRE, 4000 MILES, COMPLETELY DETERIORATED ON THE FREEWAY, NO COLLISION INVOLVED. *AK (TIRESIZE: P205/65R15)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561758June 25, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING, POWER TRAIN
TWO WIRES HAD BEEN PLACED TOGETHER AT THE FACTORY CAUSING A RESISTANCE AND WIRES TO BURN, WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE AND BURNING RUBBER AND THEN ALL THE DASH LIGHTS WENT OUT. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746848June 14, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET FAILED WHILE TRAVELLING AT 70 MPH ON FLORIDA I95.4 PASSENGERS ,INCLUDING AN 11 MONTH OLD INFANT IN A CAR SEAT. DURING HEAD GASKET FAILURE , VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER AND STALLED IN THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC LANE .VEHICLE HAD TO BE PUSHED OFF THE HIGHWAY WHILE ONCOMING TRAFFIC WAS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO OCCUPANTS. INFANT COULD NOT SAFELY BE REMOVED FROM SEAT UNTIL AREA WAS CLEAR OF TRAFFIC WHICH WAS APPROACHING AT THE SPEED LIMIT OF 70MPH..THIS WAS AN APPARANT HAZZARD TO LIFE AND LIMB FOR ALL OF US IN AND OUT OF THE VEHICLE.VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN APPROVED AAA SERVICE STATION WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE'S HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561371May 30, 2001
POWER TRAIN
THE SPEEDOMETER WAS FAULTY AND THE CONNECTING CABLES WERE REPLACED. HOWEVER, THE SPEEDOMETER HAS MALFUNCTIONED AGAIN, THE SPEEDOMETER MAKES A VERY HIGH PITCHED SQUEAKY NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING OVER THIRTY MPH, ALSO WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE SPEEDOMETER JUMPS AROUND THE DIAL, GOING FROM TEN TO EIGHTY MILES IN SECONDS.*YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561372May 30, 2001
POWER TRAIN
THE SPEEDOMETER WAS FAULTY AND THE CONNECTING CABLES WERE REPLACED. HOWEVER, THE SPEEDOMETER HAS MALFUNCTIONED AGAIN, THE SPEEDOMETER MAKES A VERY HIGH PITCHED SQUEAKY NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING OVER THIRTY MPH, ALSO WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE SPEEDOMETER JUMPS AROUND THE DIAL, GOING FROM TEN TO EIGHTY MILES IN SECONDS.*YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889378May 30, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
VEHICLE STARTED TO SMOKE/TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT TO HIGH. CALLED DEALER, AND THEY TOWED VEHICLE. A MECHANIC STATES THAT ENGINE COOLING FAN WAS NOT BLOWING. DEALER REPLACED ENGINE, AND CHARGED CONSUMER FOR ENGINE COOLING FAN FOR WHICH THERE WAS A RECALL. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745172May 10, 2001
SUSPENSION
THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE STRUT SPRING BROKE WHILE THE CAR WAS PARKED. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO BE FIXED. WHEN THE MECHANIC INSPECTED THE OTHER SPRING 2 OF THEM WERE CRACKED AND IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. THE CAR ISN'T DRIVEN HARD. IT IS DRIVEN 40 MILES A DAY FIVE DAYS A WEEK.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560918April 25, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATION (00M09) FOR PREMATURE HEAD GASKET FAILURE, WHEN CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN SHE WAS ADVISED THAT HEAD GASKET WAS GOING OUT AND IT WAS ALSO DETERMINED THAT VEHICLE WAS A SALVAGE TITLE, THEREFORE DEALERSHIP WAS NOT ABLE TO HONOR RECALL NOTICE, CONSUMER ADVISED THEM IT WAS SALVAGED DUE TO THEFT NOT AN ACCIDENT, DEALERSHIP ADVISED CONSUMER THAT RECALL NOTICE WAS VOIDED BY THE STATE NOT THE MANUFACTURER. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886261April 18, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY, POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING, FRONT COIL SPRINGS BROKE, CAUSING FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE TO DROP. *AK LOWER REAR SUBFRAME MOUNT PLATE NUT HAS BEEN REPLACED. FLUCTUATING SPEEDOMETER WAS REPLACED. STARTER AND WIRE HARNESS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. MUFFLER AND TAIL PIPE HAVE BEEN REPLACED. 2 FRONT COIL SPRINGS AND STRUT BEARING PLATES HAVE BEEN REPLACED. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743901April 11, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
SMALL COOLANT LOSS; UPON EXAMINATION BY DEALER FOUND TO HAVE A HEAD GASKET LEAK AND A TIMING CHAIN COVER LEAK. HEAD GASKET LEAK ON THIS ENGINE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND IS UNDER WARRANTY FROM FORD MOTOR COMPANY. HOWEVER, TIMING CHAIN COVER LEAKAGE IS NOT UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. BUT IT SEEMS THAT MANY VEHICLES SUFFERING FROM HEAD GASKET LEAK ALSO SHOW A LEAK FROM TIMING CHAIN COVER. IF UNREPAIRED THIS CAN LEAD TO ABRUPT SEIZURE OF ENGINE CAUSING A SAFETY HAZARD. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE TWO ARE RELATED AND THE SAME EXTENDED WARRANTY SHOULD APPLY TO BOTH PROBLEMS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885572April 10, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
WHILE DRIVING OUT OF DRIVEWAY FOUND OUT THAT LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT. TOOK VEHICLE TO SHOP FOR TIRE REPAIR AND FOUND OUT THAT FRONT COILS SPRING WERE BROKEN IN TWO PARTS, HAD PUNCHURED TIRE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#884461March 28, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
WHILE DRIVING AT 40MPH ENGINE STALLED, CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKING. ALSO, TURN SIGNALS DID NOT FUNCTION. ENGINE USUALLY STARTED AFTER SITTING ABOUT 10 MINUTES. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE 4 TIMES, AND HAS IT CURRENTLY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743135March 27, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
CAR WOULD NOT STOP RUNNIING HAD TO TAKE OUT THE FUSES TO STOP THE CAR FROM RUNNUNG. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560476March 23, 2001
POWER TRAIN
CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING ERRATIC PERFORMANCE OF THE SPEEDOMETER, TAKEN TO FORD DEALERSHIP IN MARCH OF 1997, THEY REPLACED THE SPEEDOMETER HEAD, IN OCTOBER OF 2000 THE REPLACEMENT FAILED, ONCE AGAIN EXPERIENCING ERRATIC MOVEMENT WITH NO PARTICULAR PATTERN, THIS TIME IT WAS RELATIVELY BRIEF, IN NOVEMBER OF 2000, PERIODS OF ERRATIC PERFORMANCE BECAME MORE FREQUENT AND LASTED LONGER, FORD ADVISED UNLESS THEY COULD OBSERVE THE FLUCTUATIONS AS THEY WERE HAPPENING, THE CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883668March 21, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHEN ACCELERATING THERE WAS A LOUD CLUNK, ENGINE WAS,MOVING. THIS BROKE AIR CONDITIONING LINE. THERE WAS A RECALL PRESENTLY FOR ENGINE MOUNTS, BUT DEALER TOLD CONSUMER RECALL HAD ALREADY BEEN PERFORMED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881631February 27, 2001
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE 98V323000. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS REFUSED DUE TO "MILEAGE ON VEHICLE, AND IT WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY." DEALERSHIP CHARGED HIM FOR MECHANIC TO LOOK AT VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741514February 25, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
WHEN WE PURCHASED THE CAR, IT HAD 120,673 MILES. ABOUT 3 MONTHS AFTER WE BOUGHT IT, WE STARTED EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR OVERHEATING. THE TEMP INDICATOR WOULD RISE TO HOT, STAY THERE FOR ABOUT A MINUTE OR MORE AND THEN GO BACK TO NORMAL. WE PUT IN A NEW THERMOSTAT, BUT OCCASIONALLY THE CAR WOULD OVERHEAT. BY THE TIME WE PULLED OVER TO STOP THE CAR, THE TEMP GAUGE WOULD RETURN TO NORMAL. THIS HAS CONTINUED, INTERMITTENTLY, UNTIL LAST THURSDAY. WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, THE TEMP GAUGE ROSE TO HOT, THE ENGINE STARTED TO MIS-FIRE AND I SAW BLUE SMOKE COMING OUT THE BACK. I MANAGED TO GET THE CAR HOME, BUT IT NEVER STARTED AGAIN. WHEN WE CHECKED THE OIL, IT WAS UP A QUART. (MY GUESS IS ANTI-FREEZE IN THE CRANKCASE.) LOOKS LIKE A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. I HAVE SINCE HEARD RUMORS THAT IT MAY BE A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THAT ENGINE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740472February 5, 2001
POWER TRAIN
ORIGINAL SPEEDOMETER STARTED "BOUNCING" AFTER 19100 MILES, I.E. THE SPEED INDICATOR WOULD SWING WILDLY BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN 40 AND 80 OR SO, ACCOMPANIED BY A BUZZING SOUND. THIS OCCURRED AT SPEEDS OVER 45-50 MPH. SPEEDOMETER WAS REPLACED AT NO CHARGE BY DEALER. THE REPLACEMENT SPEEDOMETER FUNCTIONED PROPERLY UNTIL THE WARRANTY-PERIOD ENDED, THEN WITH APPX. 25000 MILES ON THE REPLACEMENT SPEEDOMETER, IT STARTED ACTING THE SAME WAY. A LETTER OF COMPLAINT DIRECTED TO FORD/LINCOLN/MERCURY RESULTED IN A CALL SAYING THE DEALER WOULD CONTACT US. THEY NEVER DID. THE SPEEDOMETER IS STILL "BOUNCING" BEING UNRELIABLE AND NOISY WHEN DRIVING OVER 45-50 MPH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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