Mercury Sable Complaints (2001)

430 consumer complaints on file.

#10130632July 29, 2005
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND THEY HAVE TRACED IT TO THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND NEEDS NEW ELECTRICAL WIRING. THE AIR BAG HAS NEVER BEEN DEPLOYED, SO WHY IS IT BAD? THE CAR HAS BEEN CHECKED SEVERAL TIMES FOR THIS AIR BAG LIGHT PROBLEM. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10129494July 20, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
CAR WOULD STALL WHILE IDILING. BROUGHT THE CAR IN AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THE PLASTIC MANIFOLD HAD CRACKED. THEY REPLACED THE MANIFOLD AND THE DEALER AND FORD PAID FOR THE REPAIR AFTER I AGREED TO PAY $200.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10128653July 13, 2005
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
DT: THE CONSUMER STATES HIS 2001 MERCURY SABLE REAR COIL SPRING BROKE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. WHEN THE SPRING BROKE IT PUNCTURED A HOLD IN THE TIRE AND CAUSED IT TO GO FLAT. THE VEHICLE HAD A RECALL FOR THE FRONT SPRINGS AND IT WILL BE FIXED TOMORROW. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN #04V332000, HE RECEIVED THIS NOTICE A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO AND HE CALLED FORD AND WAS TOLD THE REAR COIL SPRINGS WAS NOT COVERED. THIS HAPPENED ON JUNE 3, 2005. THE SPRINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130206July 12, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
2001 MERCURY SABLE OIL PAN GASKET FAILED.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE DEALER SHOULD HAVE NOTIFIED HER OF THE SERVICE BULLETIN DURING HER ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WHICH STATED THAT THE OIL PAN GASKET HAD BEEN REDESIGNED. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10125104July 8, 2005
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
DT: WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RESPONDING CORRECTLY. THE DRIVER NOTICED SOMETHING WAS WRONG. THE DRIVER HEARD A HISSING, SOUND, AND NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE RIGHT REAR TIRE, ALTHOUGH TIRE WAS NOT FLAT, THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE COIL SPRING BROKE AND SLASHED THE TIRE. THE MECHANIC SUGGESTED THAT A NEW COIL SPRING AND TIRE WOULD BE NEEDED AND TO COME BACK NEXT MONDAY. THE REPAIR WAS DONE BY A PERSONAL MECHANIC. THE CONSUMER CALLED FORD, BUT THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS ONLY A RECALL ON THE FRONT COIL SPRING AND WON'T DO ANYTHING TO HELP ABOUT THE REAR COIL SPRING PROBLEM. *AK *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127594July 6, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES
DT: CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THROUGH HOTEL PARKING LOT AT LOW SPEED WHEN THE VEHICLE QUICKLY ACCELERATED STRIKING 2 CARS AND SCALING A 3 1/2 FEET WALL, DROPPING OVER AND FINALLY COMING TO A REST. THE ATTENDING OFFICER DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS A BROKEN THROTTLE CABLE AND SUSPECTED THIS WAS THE CAUSE OF LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. IT WAS TOTALED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10126823June 28, 2005
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
DT: CONTACT OWNES A 2001 MERCURY SABLE. BOTH BACK COIL SPRINGS ON THE BUSTED. ONE WENT THROUGH A TIRE. DEALER SAID BOTH BACK SPRINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED. FORD WILL NOT STAND BEHIND THE FACT THAT THESE WERE WEAK SPRINGS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122020June 28, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DT: CAR ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING THREE DIFFERENT TIMES WHILE DRIVING, ONCE TO CONSUMER, AND TWICE TO HER SISTER. WHEN SHE HIT THE BRAKES THEY DID NOT HOLD. HER SISTER HAD TO THROW THE CAR INTO REVERSE TO GET THE CAR TO STOP. THEY ALMOST HAD A CRASH ALL THREE TIMES, SHE NEVER KNEW WHEN IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN UNTIL IT HAPPENED. DEALER SAID THEY COULD NOT HELP UNLESS IT HAPPENED WHILE THEY WERE DRIVING THE CAR. MANUFACTURER SAID THE SAME THING.*AK *SB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115013June 28, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V332000 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRING FAILURE. CONSUMER MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO GET THE DEALER TO HONOR THIS MANUFACTURER RECALL SINCE MID DECEMBER 2004, EVERY TIME CONSUMER CALLED THE DEALER, HE INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. *AK EVOQ RETURNED, INSUFFICENT ADDRESS. * TT *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10126694June 27, 2005
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS
MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE CAR ( MERCURY SABLE LS ) ON SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN SHE EXPERIENCED A HIGH SPEED ( 55 MPH ) RIGHT REAR TIRE BLOW OUT. THE INSIDE WHEEL WELL OF THE TIRE WAS PEELED OFF. THESE ARE BRAND NEW MICHLEN P225-60R16 TIRES WITH APPROX. 10,000 MILES OF USAGE. SOMEONE HELPED HER CHANGE THE TIRE. AFTER I PURCHASED A NEW TIRE AND WENT TO CHANGE THE SPARE TIRE I SAW THAT THE RIGHT REAR SPRING HAD COME OFF THE SHOULDER OF THE STRUT. THIS VEHICLE IS ON RECALL FOR THE FRONT SPRINGS WHICH COULD CAUSE A FRONT TIRE BLOW OUT BUT FORD MOTOR COMPANY SAID THAT THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR SPRINGS. THE CAR GOES IN THE SHOP ON THURSDAY 6-30-2005 FOR THE FRONT SPRING RECALL AND I'M GOING TO LET THEM LOOK AT THE FAILURE ON THE RIGHT REAR SPRING. IF I DON'T GET SATISFACTION FROM THEM I WILL REPALCE THE SPRING AND STRUT AT A COST FOR MATERIALS OF APPROX. $300.00..
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122207June 20, 2005
SUSPENSION
DT: CONSUMER STATED: HEARD A LOUD BANG, THERE WAS A RUBBING SOUND. TOOK VEHICLE TO A TIRE STORE, LEFT REAR SPRINGS BROKE. IT WENT THROUGH THE SIDE OF THE TIRE. *AK TWO STRUTS ALSO HAD TO BE REPLACED. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10122358May 27, 2005
SUSPENSION:REAR
SEPARATION OF REAR COIL PART OF REAR SUSPENSION SYSTEM STRUT ASSEMBLY. THIS VEHILCE HAD A RECALL FOR THE SHEILD TO PREVENT THIS SITUATION ON THE FRONT SUSPENSION. NOW I HAVE THE REAR GIVE WAY. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 16,000 MILES ON IT AS WELL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121060May 16, 2005
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
DT: WHILE IN FLORIDA, HEARD A RUBBING NOISE ON DRIVER'S SIDE REAR. TOOK TO GOODYEAR AND FOUND THAT THE REAR COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN AND IT WAS STICKING IN THE SIDEWALL OF TIRE. TOOK TO A DEALER TO SEE IF VIN# WAS IN RECALL AND HAVE THEM FIX THE REAR SPRING. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE FRONT SPRINGS, BUT NOT THE REAR SPRINGS. PROBLEM WAS FIXED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. MANUFACTURER WILL NOT HELP WITH EXPENSES. WORK WAS DONE IN FLORIDA BY MAROONE LINCOLN MERCURY, 3626 NORTHLAKE BLVD, LAKE PARK, FLORIDA 33403. 561-622-0700. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10118635April 28, 2005
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS
NO SPECIFIC EVENT LEAD TO FAILURE. REAR SPRING BROKE CAUSING SPRING TO RUB INSIDE SIDE WALL OF TIRE. DEALER IS REPLACING BOTH REAR SPRINGS. PART WOULD BE AT DEALER: T.E. CLARKE FORD HUDSON OHIO
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10116275April 2, 2005
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
DRIVING AT 70MPH HEARD A LOUD BANG, BUT NO OBVIOUS CAUSE. CONTINUED DRIVING. A FEW MINUTES LATER, HEARD A FLAPPING NOISE INDICATING A FLAT TIRE. PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND REPLACED FLAT LEFT REAR TIRE WITH A SPARE. DROVE TO NEARBY AUTO SERVICE CENTER. MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT REAR COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. AS OF YET, BROKEN LEFT REAR COIL SPRING HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED, AND IS STILL ATTACHED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10116278April 2, 2005
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY HEARD A LOUD BANG AT THE REAR OF THE CAR. NO OBVIOUS CAUSE. CONTINUED TO DRIVE A FEW MINUTES, THEN HEARD A FLAPPING NOISE INDICATING A FLAT TIRE. PULLED OVER AND REPLACED FLAT, LEFT REAR TIRE WITH A SPARE. DROVE TO AUTOMOBILE SERVICE CENTER, WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT/REAR COIL SPRING BROKE, PUNCTURING THE TIRE. PUT ON NEW TIRE. BROKEN COIL SPRING HAS NOT YET BEEN REPAIRED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117772March 30, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
PROBLEMS GETTING RECALL REPAIR COMPLETE ON 2001 MERCURY SABLE.*MR WHEN THE CONSUMER ARRIVED AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR HIS APPOINTMENT, HE WAS TOLD NO VEHICLES WOULD BE FIXED IN THE STATE OF MONTANA. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117350March 30, 2005
SUSPENSION
2001 MERCURY SABLE'S BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*MR *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10111763March 18, 2005
SUSPENSION
WHILE HAVING RECALL REPAIRS DONE FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRING DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE REAR COIL SPRING BROKE, AND WAS CUTTING A GROVE IN THE REAR LEFT TIRE. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114193March 16, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
MERCURY SABLE HAD ACCELERATION WHILE USING CRUISE CONTROL AT HIGHWAY SPEED. CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE IN SPITE OF TURNING OFF CRUISE, PULLING UP THE ACCELERATOR, AND ONLY STOPPED WHEN THE CAR WAS PUT INTO NEUTRAL, STOPPED AND THE ENGINE TURNED OFF. COULD NOT STOP WITH THE BRAKES TO THE POINT OF THE BRAKE PADS SMOKING WHILE THE CAR KEPT ACCELERATING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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