Mercury Sable Complaints (2002)

440 consumer complaints on file.

#10484739November 14, 2012
POWER TRAIN
THIS MECHANICAL PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED TWO TIMES. THE FIRST TIME WAS AT APPROXIMATELY 120,000 MILES.THE CAR IS ALWAYS SERVICED, WELL MAINTAINED AND RUNS TERRIFIC. I WAS DRIVING FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES ON THE PARKWAY. SUDDENLY I EXPERIENCED THE CAR STICKING LIKE IT WAS CHOKING, LOSING POWER AND THEN SURGING AHEAD. I WAS SHOCKED, CONTINUED TO DRIVE AND IT EVENTUALLY CLEARED ITSELF. I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY OTHER SYMPTOMS OR INCIDENTS LIKE THIS IN THE PAST. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A CLOGGED FUEL INJECTOR SO I IMMEDIATELY ADDED SOME FUEL INJECTOR CLEANER. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC THE NEXT MORNING BUT HE COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED WAS ABOUT 3 - 4 WEEKS LATER AND I CALLED THE MECHANIC AGAIN. WE ONLY FOUND A SMALL TRANSMISSION LEAK BUT NOTHING ELSE. I HAPPENED TO MENTION THE INCIDENTS TO A MECHANIC FRIEND OF MINE AT WORK AND HE TOLD ME IT SOUNDED LIKE THE THROTTLE. HE SAID HE ALSO THOUGHT THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY CAR. I BELIEVE THIS IS A POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE AND NEED THE DEALER AND THE NHTSA TO ADVISE IF THERE IS A RECALL! IF THERE ISN'T THEN THERE SHOULD BE ONE. PLEASE ADVISE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10484069November 12, 2012
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS, SUSPENSION
FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING FRACTURED WHEN I GOT INTO MY CAR. CAR WAS PARKED. COIL SPRING PENETRATED THE FRONT TIRE AND RUPTURED IT. THIS IS IDENTICAL TO THE FAILURE REPORTED IN 04V332000, BUT MY CAR IS ABOUT 6 MONTHS OLDER THAN THE MANUFACTURING RANGE OF THAT RECALL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10483418November 5, 2012
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT REMOVED HER FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED ACCELERATING. THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT ALSO BEGAN TO OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY. AS THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE IDLE WAS ADJUSTED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 99,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10482765October 31, 2012
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SITTING IDLE WHEN IT LUNGED FORWARD ABNORMALLY WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10482663October 30, 2012
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS DRIVING ON ROUTE 31 WEST IN MEDINA NY AND THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP I HAD TO PUT MY CAR IN PARK AND MY TRANSMISSION WAS REALLY GRINDING. THANK GOD NO ONE WAS IN THE AREA OR SOMEONE WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY HURT ? I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND THE CAUSE WAS THE CRUISE CONTROL AND IT WAS REMOVED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10482586October 29, 2012
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, GAS PEDAL WAS STUCK DOWN TO FLOOR, RPM AND SPEEDOMETER CONTROLS WERE AT THE MAXIMUM AND THE ENGINE REVVED UP. VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE SO I DEPRESSED BRAKE PEDAL SLOWING THE VEHICLE DOWN ENOUGH TO SHIFT IT INTO PARK AND SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. A PASSERBY STOPPED BY AND TAPED THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE BACK TOGETHER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10478091October 1, 2012
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2002 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO MERGE TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD, SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED BACK ON THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL CABLE SNAPPED AND THREW THE VEHICLE INTO A FULL THROTTLE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 131,000. ..UPDATED 11/14/12 *BF UPDATED 11/19/2012 *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10472019August 23, 2012
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THERE WAS AN INCREASE ON ENGINE RPMS AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER, ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND THEN PARK HE WAS ABLE TO TURN THE ENGINE OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSE THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE FAILED. THE CONTACT HAD THE CABLE DISCONNECTED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 131,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 132,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10469670August 8, 2012
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD SPORADICALLY ACCELERATE INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO APPLY THE BRAKES TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM ACCELERATING FURTHER. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10467920July 27, 2012
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE WAS BROKE AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT REQUESTED THE CRUISE CONTROL BE DISCONNECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE CASE WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 86,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10464682July 9, 2012
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH. THE ACCELERATOR WAS RELEASED, THE BRAKE WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. THE GEAR WAS PLACED IN THE NEUTRAL AND THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE ONTO THE SHOULDER AS THE RPMS INCREASED TO 4,000. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER NOR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 144,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10463903July 1, 2012
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, POWER TRAIN
MY DAUGHTER HAD JUST MERGED ONTO THE HIGHWAY GOING APPROXIMATELY 65MPH. INITIALLY IT FELT DIFFICULT TO GET THE CAR UP TO SPEED. SHE NOTICED SHE WAS EDGING UP ON THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER AND TOOK HER FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR TO SLOW DOWN BUT INSTEAD THE CAR SPED UP. SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES WHICH DID NOT SLOW THE CAR DOWN. SHE APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR IN AN ATTEMPT TO "UNSTICK" IT WHICH HAD NO EFFECT ON THE SPEED OF THE CAR. SHE THEN ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES FURTHER AT WHICH TIME THE BRAKES BEGAN SMOKING. THE CAR HAD REACHED 90MPH AT THIS POINT AND WAS SHAKING. WHILE CONTINUING TO KEEP HER FOOT ON THE BRAKES, SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO THE BREAKDOWN LANE AND PUT THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL BUT THE VEHICLE ONLY SLOWED DOWN MINIMALLY AT WHICH TIME SHE PUT THE CAR INTO PARK. THE VEHICLE THEN STOPPED BUT SHE KEPT HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE BECAUSE THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV BETWEEN 3,000 - 4,000 RPMS AND SHE COULD FEEL RESISTANCE AS IF THE CAR WANTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD DESPITE BEING IN PARK. AT THAT TIME SHE SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND CALLED FOR ASSISTANCE. WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I ARRIVED ON SCENE MY HUSBAND VERIFIED THAT THE ACCELERATOR WAS NOT STUCK ON ANYTHING, SUCH AS A FLOOR MAT. ONCE HE SAW THAT THE ACCELERATOR APPEARED TO BE IN A NORMAL POSITION HE STARTED THE VEHICLE AND IMMEDIATELY THE ENGINE WAS REVING WITH RPMS AGAIN BETWEEN 3,000 - 4,000. THE ENGINE WAS AGAIN SHUT OFF AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10463123June 26, 2012
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS RECENTLY PARKED WHEN THE COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PIERCED THROUGH THE FRONT DRIVER'S TIRE. THE VEHICLE OPERATED PROPERLY PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 72,000. UPDATED 09/05/12*LJ UPDATED 09/10/2012 *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10458262May 13, 2012
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WE WERE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE & THE CAR ACCELERATED AS THOUGH I HAD PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, BUT THE FIRST TIME GOING IN REVERSE. BOTH OTHER TIMES THE CAR WAS IN DRIVE. THE FIRST TIME I WAS ON THE FREEWAY AND I ASSUMED MY FOOT HAD ACCIDENTALLY PUSHED THE GAS, SO I IGNORED IT. THE SECOND TIME I WAS ON A COUNTY ROAD, AND AGAIN I ASSUMED IT WAS MY FAULT. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I COULD HAVE REALLY HURT SOMEONE, AND THIS COULD POTENTIALLY BE VERY DANGEROUS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10458045May 10, 2012
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE CRUISE CONTROL GAS CABLE BROKE OFF THE HOLDER BY THE THROTTLE VALVE, RESULTING IN JAMMING THE THROTTLE VALVE IN OPEN POSITION, THE CAR BECAME OUT OF CONTROL AS THE BRAKES ARE NOT ABLE TO SLOW DOWN THE CAR, ONLY TURNING OFF THE IGNITION HELPED SLOWING DOWN THE CAR SO NO BRAKE BOOSTER. ONE VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE DESIGN AND MATERIAL ARE OF SUBSTANDARD. I HAVE IT DOCUMENTED WITH PICTURES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10457115May 2, 2012
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, VISIBILITY
WIRE HARNESS FAILURE IN RUBBER BOOTS FROM BODY OF CAR TO REAR LIFT GATE ON STATION WAGON MODEL. INSULATION CRACKING AND WIRE BREAKING COMPLETELY IN FLEXIBLE RUBBER BOOT CAUSES ERRATIC BEHAVIOR AND ULTIMATE FAILURE OF HIGH BRAKE LIGHT, BACK UP LIGHTS, LICENSE PLATE LIGHTS, REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER, REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER, OPEN LIFT GATE AND OPEN REAR WINDOW SAFETY SENSORS AND STEREO SPEAKERS. INSULATION AND WIRING WITHIN BOOT HAS BECOME BRITTLE AND FATIGUED. CLEAN BREAKS IN WIRES FROM OPENING AND CLOSING LIFT GATE ARE EVIDENT. WIRES WHERE INSULATION HAS BROKEN THROUGH ARE COMING IN CONTACT WITH OTHER CIRCUITS WHERE THAT INSULATION HAS BROKEN THROUGH AND RESULTS IN "CONFUSING" OPERATION OF LIGHTS. IE PUT CAR IN REVERSE AND HIGH BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON - PUT FOOT ON BRAKE AND HIGH BRAKE LIGHT GOES OUT. BACKUP LIGHTS DON'T COME ON AT ALL. IE TURN ON REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER AND LICENSE PLATE LIGHT COMES ON. WIRING DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF MULTIPLE INTERNAL COPPER STRANDS OR SUPPLE ENOUGH INSULATION TO PROVIDE NEEDED FLEXIBILITY DURING REGULAR OPENING AND CLOSING OF REAR LIFT GATE. BELIEVE THIS TO BE A LATENT SAFETY DEFECT. MANUFACTURER SHOULD HAVE KNOWN DURING DESIGN THAT WIRING IN BOOT TO STATION WAGON LIFT GATE WOULD BE PRONE TO CATASTROPHIC FAILURE WITH REGULAR USE. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10455510April 17, 2012
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HEARD A BANGING NOISE WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE WAS DAMAGED AND CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE MECHANIC DISCONNECTED THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10454249April 5, 2012
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD SUDDENLY BEGAN TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT HAD TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND THEN SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. THE FAILURE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED AND HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 88,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10452213March 19, 2012
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH IN SNOWY WEATHER, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE HE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS DEFLATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE COIL SPRING HAD FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10451699March 14, 2012
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHEN CRUISE CONTROL IS ON AND ACTIVE AND GAS PEDAL MANUALLY DEPRESSED ( TO PASS CAR) THROTTLE WILL STICK OPEN. BALL ON THROTTLE PLATE COMES OUT OF SADDLE ON CRUISE CONTROL CABLE. WHEN FOOT TAKEN OFF GAS BALL ON THROTTLE PLATE DOES NOT RETURN TO ORIGINAL SADDLE POSITION AT END OF CRUISE CONTROL CABLE. BALL ON THROTTLE PLATE GETS STUCK ON EDGE OF ENTRANCE TO CABLE SADDLE. THROTTLE STICKS PARTWAY OPEN WITH AMOUNT OPEN DEPENDING ON CRUISE CONTROL CABLE POSITION / AMOUNT OF THROTTLE COMMANDED BY CRUISE CONTROL. I FIXED BY PLACING A PIECE OF 1/2" O.D. TUBE OVER CABLE (SLIT ALONG LENGTH AND THEN OVER CABLE, CABLE TIE IN POSITION). THIS IS ENOUGH TO KEEP BALL ON THROTTLE FROM COMING OUT OF SADDLE ON CRUISE CABLE. BASICALLY SNAP LOCK IN SADDLE IS WEARING OUT AFTER REPEATEDLY PRESSING ON GAS WHILE CRUISE CONTROL IS ON AND ACTIVE. NO MORE PROBLEMS FOR 20,000 MILES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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