Mercury Sable Complaints (1996)

304 consumer complaints on file.

#866489August 1, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN PULLING ONTO A RAMP TRANSMISSION DOES NOT PICK UP WHEN ACCELERATOR IS APPLIED. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#866027July 26, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING ON THE NJP ABOUT 55 MPH VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND JUST DIE. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT ANY KIND OF WARNING. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP DETECTED THE CAUSE TO BE A BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET. HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED. OWNER IS STILL EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE. *AK THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES BUT NO SOLUTION IS FOUND. NOW THE VEHICLE HITS HARD WHEN IN REVERSE,DRIVE AND PARK. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#726022July 25, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
I WAS DRIVING ON THE TRUNPIKE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS NO MORE POWER I HAD TO STAY THERE TILL THIS MAN CALL THE POLICE THE CAR SHOULD NOT DO IT. THERE WAS NO WARNING AT ALL. I THEN HAD IT TOW THREE TIME FROM THE PLACE WHERE IT BROKE DOWN ,THEN TO THE MACENICS SHOP THEN FROM THERE TO AUTOLAND THE TOTAL OF THE NO POWER THE CAR STARTED TO BURK AND THAT WAS THE END OF IT IT DIDN;T START ANYMORE TOOK TO AUTOLAND WITH HARRY LUPO THEY SAID IT WAS THIS AND TO FIND OUT IT WAS THAT TO BUT THEY HAD MY CAR FOR OVER A MONTH .I WENT AND TOOK IT OUT THEY SAID IT WAS RUNNING FINE I STARED TO DRIVE IT ALL IT DID WAS BACK FRIE AND RAN VERY HOT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#865822July 21, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
A CLUTCH PLATE WITHIN TRANSMISSION BROKE IN 3 PLACES. TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. BUT, MANUFACTURER IS NOT PROVIDING OR SELLING NEW TRANSMISSION BECAUSE IT KEEPS FAILING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#552682June 16, 2000
STEERING:RACK AND PINION, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY WITH ANOTHER DEFECTIVE UNIT RESULTING IN VEHICLE FIRE DUE TO LEAKAGE OF FLUID. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#723458June 1, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#723185May 25, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENTIRE ENGINE SEIZED DUE TO MANUFACTUERER FLAW, THEY REFUSED TO PAY FOR REPAIRS AND SO DID THE WARRANTY COMPANY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#862179May 19, 2000
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
WHILE DRIVING INNER TIE ROD UNTHREADED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO BE UNDRIVEABLE. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#862211May 19, 2000
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
HEATER CORE FAILED. STEAM & FUMES WERE COMING THROUGH THE VENTS. WATER WAS EXITING FROM OUTSIDE. HAD NO PRIOR WARNING OF ANY PROBLEM. WAS PREVIOUSLY RECALLED FOR HEATER CORE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#861457May 4, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN AUTOMOBILE IS PLACED IN PARK, IT DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY GO INTO PARK. ALSO, WHEN THE AUTOMOBILE IS ON A HILL, IT WILL MOVE UNTIL EMERGENCY BRAKE IS ON. IN ADDITION, IT IS HARD TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK. RECALL 96V176OOO HAS BEEN ISSUED WHICH DEALS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#861304May 3, 2000
INTERIOR LIGHTING, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
INTERIOR SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT COMES ON, INDICATING THAT THE DOOR IS OPEN WHEN DOOR IS ACTUALLY SHUT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860778April 24, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
WHEN SHIFTING GEAR FROM PARK TO DRIVE AND WITHOUT FOOT DEPRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO MOVE OUT OF GEAR DUE TO TRANSMISSION INTERLOCK SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONING. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860832April 24, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
WHEN PUTTING IN COOLANT IT LEAKS OUT BY THE TIME CONSUMER REACHES DESTINATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#721821April 22, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION WILL SHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN DRIVE IN A STOPPED POSITION. IN ORDER TO GET IT BACK INTO DRIVE, THE CAR HAS TO BE PUT IN PARK AND RESHIFTED INTO DRIVE AGAIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860608April 19, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
NO LIGHT OR SENSOR ON THE OIL PUMP TO INDICATE A FAILURE WHICH COULD EVENTUALLY CAUSE DAMAGES TO PARTS AND COMPLETE MALFUNCTION OF THE ENGINE. SYSTEMATIC DESTRUCTION OF THE ENGINE OF THIS VEHICLE TOOK PLACE IN A CHAIN-REACTION FROM A SIMPLE OIL PUMP FAILURE. TOOK DEALER 3 WEEKS TO REPAIR THE ENGINE DAMAGE FROM THE OIL PUMP, COVERED HALF THE COST OF REPAIR. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#859682April 4, 2000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
VEHICLE STARTED TO ACT SLUGGISH, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. VEHICLE WAS NOT OPERATING PROPERLY. TOOK TO DEALER WHO SAID THAT IT WAS A MULTI-FUNCTION RELAY SWITCH THAT CAUSED AIR PUMP NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#721029April 4, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
IDLE SPEED (RPM) HAS BEEN STEADLY INCREASING UP TO 2500RPM, MY WHEELS SLIDE DURING BRAKING PULLING INTO MY GARAGE WITH ENGINE RACING. THROTTLE IS STICKING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#783681March 28, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
CONSUMER HAD RECALL REPAIR WORK ON THE HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM IN APRIL, NOW THE FREEZE OUT PLUGS HAVE GONE BAD AND THERE IS A BLOWN GASKET. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#859290March 28, 2000
STEERING:RACK AND PINION, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
WHEN MAKING A SHARP RIGHT TURN VEHICLE MADE A GROANING NOISE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP. DEALER DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WAS RELATED TO RACK AND PINION STEERING. RACK AND PINION STEERING HAS BEEN REPLACED FOUR TIMES. ALSO, POWER STEERING PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE, ALONG WITH THE PRESSURE AND RETURN HOSES. VEHICLE IS STILL UNDRIVEABLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#858859March 20, 2000
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
POWER STEERING GOES ON AND OFF AT WILL, CAUSING CONSUMER'S WINDOWS NOT TO OPERATE. PROBLEM STILL OCCURS AFTER VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN IN FOR REPAIR. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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