Mercury Sable Complaints (1999)

258 consumer complaints on file.

#8015142July 30, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE HAD A MASSIVE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK AND BROKE DOWN. VEHICLE CHECKED BY DEALER, WHO REPLACED TRANSMISSION. TWO WEEKS LATER, LEAK BEGAN AGAIN. VEHICLE WAS CHECKED AGAIN BY DEALER ,WHO DETERMINED THAT GASKET WAS IS LEAKING. GASKET WAS REPLACED. APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS LATER, VEHICLE VEHICLE HAD 2 OIL LEAKS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8015152July 30, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION WILL SLIP OUT OF GEARS, CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT TO HAVE ANY POWER. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8014604July 24, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED AT 50MPH PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8013975July 16, 2002
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WHILE TURNING STEERING WHEEL THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. MECHANIC STATED THEATPOWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8013584July 10, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, STRUCTURE:BODY
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 40 MPH, AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE ASH TRY WOULD NOT STAY INPLACE DUE TO CENTER COSOLE FAILURE AND WAS REPLACED. *YH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8012900June 28, 2002
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, POWER STEERING WENT OUT. UNABLE TO STEER VEHICLE.*AK DEALER REPLACED POWER STEERING PUMP, STEERING RACK AND IDLER PULLEY. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8011669June 12, 2002
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
SPEEDOMETOR KEEPS GOING DOWN TO 0, SOMETIMES ENGINE RACES, AND VEHICLE WILL SLOW DOWN, LIKE IT'S IN NEUTRAL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#762841June 9, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
TRANSMISSION SHIFT LINKAGE CABLE BROKE AT A BEND. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8007647April 15, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE SHUTS OFF ALL THE TIME. MECHANIC KEEPS REPLACING ALTERNATORS.*AK *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8007384April 11, 2002
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEATBELT DOES NOT RELEASE FROM RETRACTING MECHANISM, CAUSING SEAT BELT TO BECOME INOPERABLE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#760164April 2, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED TWIC WITHIN 8 MONTH PERIOD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#760053April 1, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE PARKING ON TWO OCCASIONS SINCE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING STARTED TO RACE AND ONLY QUICKLY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL IN A HARD FASHON PREVENTS A POSSIBLY SERIOUS ACCIDENT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759077March 7, 2002
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES PER HOUR ON A TWO LANE ROAD I SAW A TIRE TREAD SHOOT IN FRONT OF MY VECHICLE. I THEN HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF MY AUTOMOBILE I ATTEMPTED TO PULL OVER AND STOP. THE ENTIRE CAP PART OF THE TIRE WAS MISSING. ONLY THE SIDE WALLS REMAINED. IT TOOK ME QUITE SOME TIME TO OBTAIN TOW SERVICE BECAUSE I HAS IN A DEAD ZONE FOR MY CELL PHONE. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER WHICH CHANGED MY TIRE SAID HE WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE OLD CAP. I WAS SO TIRED FROM THIS ORDEAL AND LONG WAIT FOR THE TOW TRUCK AFTER HAVING TO WALK UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO GET A CELL SIGNAL THAT I DID NOT THINK TO SAVE THE CAP. CONTROLLING THE CAR TO A STOP WAS VERY STRESSFULL. THERE IS DAMAGE TO THE MAG WHELL AND TO THE GUARDS THAT SURROUND THAT TIRE. I HAD THE DEALER EXAMINE THE REMAINING 3 TIRES BUT FOUND THEM TO LOOK OK. THE CAR HAD BEEN SERVICED BY THIS DEALER AT A LITTLE OF 35000 MILES.I AM FEARFULL THAT THE REMAING TIRES WILL FAIL WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER TOOK DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS TO BE FORWARDED TO THE ENGINEERS AT FORD.*AK (DOT NUMBER: ADUR442368 TIRESIZE: P205/65R15)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8004516February 25, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHEN COMING TO A STOP WITH FOOT ON BRAKES, VEHICLE WILL BEGIN TO ACCELERATE. DRIVER HAS TO PUT CAR IN NEUTRAL, AND THEN BACK TO DRIVE FOR VEHICLE TO STOP RACING. *JG *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#758023February 9, 2002
STEERING:RACK AND PINION, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
1) RACK & PIONION ROD: AT APPROXIMATELY 55000 MILES, THE RACK AND PINION SEAL BLEW OUT. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED THE POWER STEERING TO FAIL AND RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. THERE WAS NO VIABLE REASON FOR THIS COMPONENET TO FAIL. THE CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN ANY KIND OF AN ACCIDENT. REPAIRS WERE APPROXIMATELY $700. 2) FRONT AXLE/ABS: A PROBLEM WITH BRAKING BEGAN AND RESULTED IN BRAKES SLIPPING AND VIBRATING, CAUSING A SOUND OF METAL ON METAL. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE RING/GEAR ON THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE OF THE AXEL WAS ORIGINALLY INSTALLED INCORRECTLY. THE GEAR SHOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 3/8" FROM THE BOLTS FOR THE FRONT WHEELS. HOWEVER, IN THIS INSTANCE, THE GEAR HAS BEEN GRINDING AWAY THE BOLTS. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF THE GEAR "SLIPPING" IT IS AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN THE SAME SPOT. THIS CAUSES METAL SHAVINGS TO FALL ONTO THE ABS SENSOR AND RESULTS IN THE ABS NOT WORKING. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND COULD RESULT IN A CRASH DUE TO THE ABS NOT WORKING. FORD DOES NOT SEEM TO WANT TO FIX THIS ITEM EVEN THOUGH IT IS CLEAR THAT THE CAR ORIGINALLY CAME FROM THE MANUFACTURER WITH THIS PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#757478January 29, 2002
STEERING:RACK AND PINION, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
RACK AND PINION FAILED CAUSING POWER STEERING TO FAIL MAKING THE CAR UNSAFE TO DRIVE. WHILE NO ACCIDENT OCCURED, IT WAS BY LUCK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#757150January 21, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
HARD UPSHIFT AND DOWNSHIFT WHILE COMING TO A STOP OR PULLING AWAY. ONCE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED IT WOULD HAVE A TENDENCY AT TIMES TO LURCH FORWARD WHILE BRAKE WAS ON.. UPON TAKING THE TRANSMISSION DOWN, THE DEALER FOUND CLUTCH MATERIAL IN TRANSMISSION THE SS3 WAS STICKING, THE ACCUMULATOR O-RING WAS CUT THE FORWARD DRUM CK.VALL STICINT OVERDRIVE BAND BURNED AND NEEDED TO EXCHANGE THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION. THANKFULLY THE TRANY WAS UNDER WARRANTY. HOWEVER, NOW THE REPAIRED ASSY IS ONLY COVERED FOR 12000 MILES OR 12 MONTHS WHICHEVER COMES FIRST AND WE ARE NATURALLY CONCERNED THAT THIS MIGHT BE A DEFECT AS THE FORD TAURES SEEMED TO HAVE TRANY PROBLEMS IN THE 1197 TO 1999 RANGE WHICH IS WHY WE DID NOT BUY ONE BUT WENT WITH THE SABLE AFTER CHECKING NHTSA REPORTS RE: THE VEHICLE ITSELF. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#756961January 16, 2002
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON, FOR 1 TO 3 SWIPES THEN SHUT BACK OFF, STARTLING THE DRIVER. SOON TO HAVE YOUNG DRIVER IN HOUSEHOLD. I HOPE THIS DOESN'T END IN ACCIDENT FROM DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8002230January 15, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
ON RIGHT SIDE OF VEHICLE WHEEL BEARING HAS GONE BAD, VEHICLE IS NOT MAKING NOISES, AND STEERING HAS BECOME HARDER TO CONTROL. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8001626January 7, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 30 MPH SIDE IMPACT COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONT AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH SIDE AIRBAGS, HOWEVER THE FRONT AIRBAG SENSORS SHOULD HAVE BEEN TRIGGERED BECAUSE SIDE OF VEHICLE WAS SMASHED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK ONE PERSON WAS INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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