Mercury Sable Complaints

5,381 consumer complaints on file.

#705259April 4, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT FORD HAS HAD BLOWN HEAD GASKET PROBLEMS FOR SOME TIME OVER THE YEARS, AND THAT FORD HAS PAID FOR REPAIRS FOR 1994 AND 1995 VEHICLES WITH THE 3.8 ENGINE. THEY REFUSED TO HELP ME OUT AT ALL. I ALSO CONTACTED DETROIT MICHIGAN AND THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED. EVEN THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT IT WAS A BAD ENGINE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#705262April 4, 1999
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH
WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING DURING RAIN STORM.TOOK TO DEALER-DEFECTIVE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH. IT COST ME $166.94 TO FIX. THIS WEEK I HEARD OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVING SAME PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#836403April 2, 1999
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST
CONSUMER IS 6' TALL AND THE ADJUSTING SEAT IS NOT ADJUSTING PROPERLY. DEALERSHIP SAYS THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT THE DRIVER'S SEAT NOT GOING UP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#544792April 1, 1999
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
RECALL COMPONENT OF SUBFRAME MOUNTS POSSIBLY CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL AND VEHICLE ROLLOVER AND INJURY, CONSUMER NOTIFIED AFTER INCIDENT OF RECALL.(ATTORNEY FOR CONSUMER).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#705088March 30, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
CAUSE OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS DUE TO TRANSMISSION FLUID BOILING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#544699March 29, 1999
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
DIFFICULTY HAVING SUBFRAME MOUNT NUTS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL, DUE TO DEALERSHIP/MANUFACTURER PROBLEMS. (98V-323)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#705079March 29, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CAR SURGED FORWARD DESPITE THE USE OF BRAKES, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL INCREASE IN SPEED. THIS WAS IMMEDIATLEY FOLLOWED BY A SERIES OF ENGINE STALLS. DEALER UNABLE TO LOCATE A DEFECT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#544649March 29, 1999
STEERING
CONSUMER EXPERIENCING LOOSE/POOR STEERING WHEEL CONTROL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#705020March 28, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH
IN APRIL 1996 WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD STOPPED WORKING IN RAIN AND ICE STORMS. WE HAD TO PULL OFF OF THE HIGHWAY MANY TIMES TO TRY TO CLEAN THE WINDOWS WHILE ON A COUPLE DIFFERENT TRIPS. THEY WOULD STOP ANYWHERE ON THE WINDSHIELD. IN DECEMBER 1996, FED UP TOOK CAR INTO THE FORD DEALER. THE DEALER COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG AND DIAGNOSED THE STEERING COLUMN/DASH SWITCH ASSEMBLY AND REPLACED THE SWITCH-MULTI-FUNCTION/WINDSHIELD WIPER ASSEMBLY. I LEFT THE DEALER, WAS CAUGHT IN RAIN AND THE WIPERS DID NOT WORK AGAIN. THE FORD DEALER HAD ME RETURN THE NEXT WEEK. THEY STILL COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I THEN WAS ABLE TO FIND SOMEONE WHO COULD HELP SOME AND REPLACED THE WIPER MOTOR. THIS SEEMED TO LESSEN THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THE WIPERS STILL STOP WHERE THEY WANT TO ON THE WINDSHIELD. I AM HOPING THAT AFTER HEARING THE NEWS ABOUT THE 1993 AND 1994 MERCURY SABLE WIPER PROBLEM THAT SOMEONE HAS ARRIVED AT A RESOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM AND, CAN ASSIST AND POSSIBLY COMPENSATE FOR MY EXPENSES IF THIS WAS A MANUFACTURER'S PROBLEM. WHEN I SPOKE TO MERCURY IN FEBRUARY FOR THE LATEST RECALL THEY STATED THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY REPORTS ON THE WIPER PROBLEM. PLEASE LET ME KNOW MY NEXT STEP, IF ANY. THANK YOU, JANICE L. ROWLAND. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#705032March 28, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SPRING CRACKED, AND PUT A HOLE IN THE TIR, CAUSING THE TIRE TO DEFLATE. I WAS PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND LOST COMPLETE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. WHAT WOULD HAVE THIS BEEN LIKE IF THIS HAD HAPPENED SATURDAY ON THE WAY BACK FROM BALTIMORE AT 65 OR 70 MPH? BOTH SPRINGS WERE REPLACED AT FORD'S EXPENSE LAST YEAR WHEN BOTH WERE BROKEN. THESE ARE FORD REPLACEMENT PARTS, I THOUGHT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE CORRECTED THIS PROBLEM. I HAD MY WIFE, SON-IN-LAW, AND MY TWO GRANCHILDREN IN MY CAR THIS AFTERNOON ON THE INTERSTATE AT 65MPH. I AM CALLING FORD TOMORROW (MONDAY) ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND PROBABLY WON'T BE TO NICE. THANK YOU AND PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU NEED ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#544681March 26, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
WATER PUMP/COOLANT REPLACED DUE TO NOISE FROM ENGINE PULLEY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#836162March 26, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
PE99015, WINDSHIELD WIPERS; WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATION. SOMETIMES THE WIPERS DO NOT COME ON AT ALL. THE DEALER IS NOT AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#836186March 26, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
CONSUMER BEGAN EXPERIENCING SHORT CIRCUITS IN 1996 WHICH CAUSED HEADLIGHTS TO SHUT DOWN AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND DISTANCES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704964March 26, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER, AIR BAGS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#544636March 26, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
AIR BAG MONITOR AND SENSOR FAILED. *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#544637March 26, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED CAUSING ENGINE VIBRATION / MOVEMENT. *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#544604March 25, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
ENGINE MOUNTS REPLACED PRIOR TO RECALL DUE TO BEING LOOSE, HOWEVER RECALL DOES NOT INCLUDE MOTOR MOUNTS, ONLY SUBFRAME MOUNTS. (98V-323)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#544584March 25, 1999
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
BODY MOUNTS REPLACED PRIOR TO RECALL. (98V-323), ALSO REPLACED INNER/OUTER TIE ROD AND THE DRIVE AXLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#836136March 25, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
CONSUMER BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR DEFECT SINCE DECEMBER,97. WHEN TURNING WINDSHIELD WIPERS OFF THE BLADES REMAIN IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704909March 25, 1999
STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID
THIS POROBLEM AFFECTS ALL 1996 THROUGH1999 MERCURY SABLES &FORD TAURUSES. IT IS NOT ADVERTISED NOR LISTED IN EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS ON THE MSRP. THE TRUNK LID IS NOT MANUFACTURED WITH GALVANIZED STEEL . IT WAS MANUFACTURED WITH EITHER PLASTIC OR ALUMINUM. THE ONLY WAY I FOUND OUT ABOUT THI S WAS WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO PUT MY MAGNETIC C.B. ANTENNA ON THE TRUNK. THE ANTENNA WOULDN'T ATTACH TO THE TRUNK. I TRIED THE MAGNET ON ALL SABLE AND TAURUSES FROM '96 THROUGH 99,AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I TRIED THE MAGNET ON CONTOURS,MYSTIQUES,ESCORTS,FORD CROWN VIC'S,GRAND MARQUI'S,LINCOLNS AND THE MAGNETIC ANTENNA WORKED. I SERIOUSLY THINK THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I BELIEVE IF THESE AUTOMOBILES ARE INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION IT WOULD CAUSE GREATER INJURIES THAN IF THE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED WITH STEEL. I WILL APPRECITE HEARING FROM YOU AGENCY SINCE THE PERSON I SPOKE WITH ON THE PHONE SAID I SHOULD CONTACT YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JAMES H. LANE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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