Mercury Sable Complaints (1992)

364 consumer complaints on file.

#723206May 26, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
1992 MERCURY SABLE WITH A 3.8L ENGINE HAD A HEAD GASKET FAILURE. THIS COST ME A $2000 LOSS WHEN I TRADED IT IN FOR A 1998 TAURUS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#783970May 24, 2000
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
TRANSMISSION FAILED. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#723141May 24, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET FAILURE - HAD TO CALL 911 CAR WAS SMOKING PROFUSELY EVEN WITH ENGINE TURNED OFF! CONTACTED FORD MOTOR CO., SEVERAL TIMES TO NO AVAIL! *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#862068May 17, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHEN TRAVELING ABOUT 45MPH. VEHICLE TOOK OFF ON ITS OWN, AND ENGINE KEPT RACING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#722109April 30, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET FAILURE, DEALERSHIP REPAIRED, I PAID $2218 FOR REPAIRS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#721835April 23, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860598April 19, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT. EXHAST WAS EXTENSIVE, A LOT OF WHITE SMOKE CAME OUT, AND VEHICLE DIED. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY REPAIRED IT AT COST OF $1220.71. DEALER SAID IT WAS A FACTORY DEFECT, AND THEY REPAIRED ALOT OF ENGINE HEAD GASKETS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#721633April 18, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DANGER!!!! ALMOST CRASH !!!!! --WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY 90 IN CHICAGO AT 60M/H, THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN!! SPEED DROPS IMMEDIATELLY!! I WAS SURROUNDED BY HEAVY TRAFFIC MOVING AT 60-80 M/P...LUCKILY, BEFORE MY CAR DROPS TO 25M/H, I MANAGED TO STOP AT THE ROADSIDE. WHAT A HELL! I CAN'T CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL, IT DOESN'T MOVE. AFTER 1 HR, I WAS SAVED BY A TOW TRUCK. THE CAR LOOKS GOOD, AND HAS ONLY 64500 MILES. WHAT KIND OF PRODUCT FORD IS MAKING! WHENEVER I THOUGHT OF THAT DAY, I FEEL I AM SO SAVED..
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#721191April 8, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED. HOWEVER, ANTIFREEZE LEAKING INTO THE OIL, DUE TO HEAD GASKET FAILURE, HAS CAUSED ENGINE BEARING PROBLEMS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#551765April 5, 2000
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
HEATER HOSES DAMAGED. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720886April 2, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
IN TALKING TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT FORD MECHANICS, THERE SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH A FAILURE OF THE HEAD AND OR HEAD GASKET. EVERY MECHANIC I TALK TO NEW EXACTLY WHERE AND WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS DEFECT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9000106March 30, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
ENGINE STARTED MAKING NOISE AT ACCELERATION AND WHEN CAR WAS WARM IT WOULD CUTO OFF WHILE MAKING A TURN OR COMING TO A STOP, RESTARTS IN 1 HOUR. DUE TO DRIVING IN SEPT. FROM A BLOWN HEAD GASKET, CAUSING STRESS TO ENGINE DUE TO NO COOLANT CIRCULATING THROUGH ENGINE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9000615March 29, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
VEHICLE RAN HOT, NOTICE NO COOLANT IN THE RADIATOR ON SEVERAL TIMES, ALL DUE TO BLOWN GASKET,
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720582March 25, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720556March 24, 2000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
FROM WHAT I SEE ON THE FORD MOTOR CAR COMPANY WEBSITE THEY KNEW THEIR 3.8 LITER ENGINES WERE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. THEY HAVE NEVER INFORMED ME AS SUCH AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY MAY HAVE HAD A SO-CALLED SILENT RECALL. AFTER TALKING TO THEIR COUSTOMER RELATIONS THEY GAVE ME NO SATISFACTION WHATSOEVER. THEY SAID THEIR RECALL APPLIES ONLY TO 1994 AND LATER MODELS. NO RECALL PROBLEM MENTIONE DWITHIN SUMMARY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720563March 24, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I BOUGHT THE MENTIONED SABLE A MONTH AGO. THE CAR OVERHEATED SO I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC, WHO TOLD ME IT BLEW A HEAD GASKET. I WAS INFORMED BY SEVERAL OTHER, INCLUDING MY MECHANIC THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM IN BOTH TAURUSES AND SABLES, YET 1992 MODELS WERE NOT RECALLED. ACCORDING TO SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THE REPAIR BUSINESS, THE 3.8 ENGINE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PROBLEM. IT IS APPARENTLY COMMON ENOUGH THAT WHEN I WAS ASKING FOR PRICE QUOTES, THE PERSON ANSWERING THE PHONE WAS ABLE TO CORRECTLY GUESS MY EXACT CAR BY MY DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM, AND VICE VERSA. THEREFORE, IT IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM, WHICH FORD DOESN'T CONSIDER. I WILL PROCEED WITH A CLASS-ACTION SUIT IF THIS IS NOT RECTIFIED BECAUSE FORD HASN'T RECALLED THIS TYPE ENGINE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#859016March 22, 2000
VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
DRIVER'S WINDOW HAS FALLEN OFF THE TRACKS AND INTO THE DOOR FRAME, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720492March 22, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT ON ENGINE. CONTACTED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND WAS TOLD THAT EVEN THOUGH MY VEHICLE HAS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AS ALL THE OTHER 3.8 LITRE ENGINES WITH THE EXACT SAME HEAD GASKET DEFECT AS ALL THE OTHER 3.8 LITRE ENGINES THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO REPAIR, DUE TO THE YEAR MODEL OF MY CAR THEY WILL NOT COVER THE EXACT SAME REPAIR THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO CORRECT FOR THE OTHER SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SAME ENGINES IN THEIR VEHICLES. I FEEL THAT IF THERE IS A DEFECT WITH THEIR PRODUCT IT IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO REPAIR THE DEFECT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720425March 21, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CAR WOULD RUN HOT. A/C WOULD BLOW WARM AIR,HEATER DID NOT WARM ,ONLY AIR. WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY,VEHICLE OVERHEATED, COOLANT PUORING OUT OF OVERFLOW BOTTLE. PART OF ENGINE COLD AND PART HOT. VEHICLE TOWED TO FORD REPAIR TO FIND OUT THAT THERE WAS COOLANT IN OIL PAN AND A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. THERE WAS NO OIL IN WATERLIKE YOU MAY FIND,COOLANT WAS POURING INTO OIL PAN AND NOT GETTING IN THE ENGINE DUE TO THIS HEAD GASKET. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#720378March 20, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
INITIAL HEAD GASKET PROBLEM, THUS LED TO ENGINE SEIZING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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