Mercury Sable Complaints

5,381 consumer complaints on file.

#880571February 14, 2001
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
WHEN AIR CONDITIONOR OR HEATER IS ON VEHICLE FILLS UP WITH EXHAUST FUMES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740895February 14, 2001
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
THIS IS VERY SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS AFTER ADDING OIL TO THE ENGINE OF THIS VEHICLE YESTERDAY I MADE SURE THE HOOD WAS SECURLY LATCHED ( BECAUSE IT HAS COME OPEN ON ME PREVIOUSLY WHILE IN MOTION ) I PULLED UP ON THE HOOD AND IT WOULD NOT OPEN. I LEFT THE GAS STATION AND GOT ON THE INTERSTATE. WHILE IN THE FAST LANE DOING APPROXAMATLY 70 MPH THE HOOD CAME COMPLETELY OPEN BENT BACK AND SMASHED THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. I WAS TOTALY BLINDED BY IT. I WAS LUKY TO GET THE CAR STOPED WITH OUT GETTING KILLED IN THE PROCESS. I WOULD LIKE THIS CHECKED OUT TO SEE IF IT IS A DEFAULT. I WOULD HATE TO SEE ANYONE DYE OVER THIS TYPE OF THING. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740898February 14, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR,UNABLE TO STOP IN 150-200 FEET DISTANCE...CRASHED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#740839February 13, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
ADJUSTABLE GAS AND BRAKE PEDALS TOO CLOSE-TURNING INTO SPACE OR PULLING INTO GARAGE-IF NOT TO LEFT SIDE OF BRAKE PEDAL-TENDENCY TO ALSO APPLY GAS SAME TIME AS BRAKE-CAR LUNGES FORWARD/CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF DO NOT REACT QUICKLY. NEED TO CHANGE SHAFT ON BRAKE PEDAL TO BEND IT FURHER TO LEFT TO PROVIDE MORE SPACE FROM THE GAS PEDAL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880358February 12, 2001
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
RECALL FOR SUBFRAME CORROSION WAS REPAIRED. SOME YEARS LATER THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED AGAIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740759February 12, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
BLOWN HEAD GASKET PER DEALER LADIN LINCOLN MERCURY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740751February 11, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
STARTED CAR, PROCEEDED TO LEAVE PARKING LOT AND SABLE STALLED. UNABLE TO RESTART. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHERE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. FIRST ATTEMPT AT REPAIR REPLACED FUSE TO FUEL PUMP. LEFT DEALERSHIP AND VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN, 3 MILES AWAY FROM DEALERSHIP. VEHICLE TOWED BACK TO SAME DEALERSHIP. INVOICE 177076 READS "PREVIOUS REPAIR AS STATED ON RO-FUSE BLOWN. FOUND UND FAULTY SENDER AND PUMP TO FUEL TANK. PERFORMED MED EXTENSIVE TESTS TO REVEAL PROBLEM. REMOVED FUEL TANK FROM VEHICLE AND TESTED SENDER UNIT AND PUMP ASSEMBLY. FOUND CHAFFED WIRES INSIDE FUEL CELL WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. REPAIR PARTS AND REASSEMBLED TANK TO VEHICLE. RETESTED AND PARTS SEEM TO BE WORKING AS DESIGNED."
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740757February 11, 2001
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
AFTER 5 VISITS AND ALMOST $1,000, MARSHALL FORD WEST IN CLEVELAND, OH FINALLY REALIZED THE ORIGNAL POPPING NOISE WAS THE RECALL - WHICH I HAD ADVISED THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME IT WAS THE RECALL ITEM WHICH WAS THE SUBFRAME REAR MOUNT BOLTS. I HAD TAKEN THE CAR IN AT LEAST ON 5 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, HAD TO LEASE A CAR ONE TIME, THEY GAVE ME A RENTAL ON THE NEXT 2 OCCASIONS ONLY AFTER I COMPLAINED. THEY ADVISED THAT IF THEY HAD HAD THE PARTS IN STOCK, THEY WOULD HAVE INSTALLED THE FRONT MOUNT BOLTS ALSO. AFTER 1 WEEK, THE REAR MOUNT BOLTS BEGAN POPPING AGAIN. I NEED SOMEONE TO CHECK TO SEE IF THIS WORK WAS DONE CORRECTLY. THEY BLAMED IT ON OTHER PROBLEMS, BUT THIS WAS THE PROBLEM I ORIGINALLY BROUGHT IT IN FOR. PLEASE ADVISE WHAT I CAN DO AT THIS TIME. I AM VERY UNHAPPY AND THE NOISE JUST KEEP POPPING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740710February 10, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I PURCAHSED A 1993 MECURY SABLE WITH 60,000 MILES IN OCT 99 IN ORANGEBURG SOUTH CAROLINA. ABOUT 6 MONTHS THE TEMPERATURE BEGAN TO FLUXUATE AND THE THERMOSTAT WAS REPLACED. IT SEEMED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM FOR ABOUT THREE MONTH AND THEN THE OVERHEATING PROBLEM STARTED AGAIN. IN OCT 200 THE VEHILCE WAS USING WATER AND THEN RADIATOR WAS REPPLACED AT A COST OF $475.00. AND AFTER THE REPAIR THE MECHANIC NOTIFIED ME THAT THE HEADGSKETS WERE BLOWN. I PARKED THE CAR BECAUSE I NO MONEY TO REPAIR IT. I HEARD FROM A FREIND THAT THE 3.8 ENGINE IS NOTORIOUS FOR HEADGASKETS IN THE 3.8L ENGINE IN THE 1993 SABLE. AFTER GOING TO POMOCO MECURY AND CONTACTING FORD THEY STATE THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS ENGINE. HOW CAN THEY SEEL A DEFECTIVE ENGINE AND NOT OWN UP TO IT. THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY REPORTS AND COMPLAINTS ON THIS PIECE OR CRAP ENGINE. I STILL OWE $4,000.00 ON THIS CAR AND REPAIRS WILL RUN FROM $1,000 TO $2,000 DEPENDING ON THE DAMAGE. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE FROM A AUTO COMPNAY THAT MAKES BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND DIDN'T SPEND DIME ON RESEARCH. I AM STEAMED, JUST LIKE THE STEAM COMING OUT OF MY HEADGASKETS!!!! AND I AM READY TO BLOW!!!!!FURIUOS .*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880239February 9, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM
UPON STARTING VEHICLE THERE WAS A LOUD BOOM WITH A CLOUD OF BLUE SMOKE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMEN, DESTROYING INTAKE MANIFOLD. WARRANTY COVERED REPAIRS. DEALER COULD ONLY GUESS WHAT PROBLEM WAS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880284February 9, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER'S VEHICLE REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE. PEDAL WENTDOWN TO THE FLOOR, AND VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. WAS TRAVELING 40MPH. AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *AK BLOWN 5 AMP FUSE (RADIO,RCC,IPC CIRCUTE) WERE FOUND AFTER THE ACCIDENT. *YH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880136February 8, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 50 MPH FRONT TIRES WERE MAKING NOISE LIKE RUBBING WIRE TO METAL OF VEHICLE. THEN, CONSUMER STOPPED AND FOUND OUT THAT FRONT TIRES HAD A TREAD SEPARATION. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. CONSUMER HAD FILED A COMPLAINT BEFORE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880171February 8, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER HAD FOUND OUT A STRONG SMELL OF OIL JUST LIKE A FRYING PAN. HADN'T TAKEN VEHICLE TO A DEALER, BUT BELIEVED THAT VEHICLE HAD A BLOWN HEAD GASKET.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880014February 7, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
REAR MIDDLE SEAT BELT BUCKLE IS BROKEN, CAUSING SEAT BELT TO BECOME INOPERABLE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879932February 6, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
A LACK OF HEAT IN VEHICLE WHEN NEEDED. TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT 3.8L ENGINE EXPERIENCED A HEAD GASKET FAILURE. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. MANUFACTURER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879758February 5, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ENGINE HEAD GASKET WENT OUT AFTER CONSUMER HAD STARTED VEHICLE. TEMPERATURE GAUGE STARTED TO GO UP ,AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT KEPT COMING ON, BUT ENGINE WAS NOT TOTALLY WARMED UP.CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING BECAUSE IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. *AK SHORTLY AFTER REPLACING OF HEAD GASKET, THE OXYGEN SENSORS FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD ADMITTED THAT THE HEAD GASKET WAS DEFECTIVE, AND THE CONSUMER WAS ASKING FOR REIMBURSEMENT. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879847February 5, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
DEALER CANNOT FIND OUT WHY AUTO STOPS WHEN ENGINE IS HOT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879848February 5, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE CONSTANTLY OVERHEATED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879849February 5, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
DEALER CANNOT FIND OUT WHY ENGINE JUST DIES.*AK AFTER THE VEHICLE STALL, THE FUEL FILTER WAS REPLACED AS A POSSIBLE CAUSE, BUT THE VEHICLE STALL AGAIN AND THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT WAS DOING NOTHING TO SOLVE IT. *YH
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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