Mercury Sable Complaints

5,381 consumer complaints on file.

#544542March 24, 1999
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
FRONT CRADLE BOLT FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#834179March 24, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED, CAUSING ENGINE TO OVERHEAT. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO GARAGE FOR MECHANIC'S INSPECTION, MECHANIC MENTIONED HEAD GASKET LEAKEAGE AND NOT PROPERLY OPERATING. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#836066March 24, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. AFTER SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO NEUTRAL A COUPLE OF TIMES, VEHICLE FINALLY MOVED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC, WHERE THE FORWARD CLUTCH PISTION WAS REPLACED WITH A STEEL PISTON INSTEAD OF AN ALUMINUM PISTON. THE FORD IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#836071March 24, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE HEAD GASKETS ARE LEAKING AND VEHICLE IS INOPERABLE DUE TO HEAT ENGINE LIGHT STAYING ON. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER CONTACTED AND CANNOT REMEDY PROBLEM. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#836081March 24, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:BRAKE FLUID LOW WARNING: LAMP
BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING LAMP REMAINS ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY. VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 96V016000. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#836101March 24, 1999
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY, STEERING:RACK AND PINION, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
INNER TIE ROD BROKE, CAUSING A FUEL LINE TO BE SEVERED. CURRENTLY,FUEL IS BEING PUMPED INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. MECHANIC HAS REPLACED THE RACK AND PINION AND FUEL LINE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#836102March 24, 1999
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
WHILE DRIVING BODY MOUNTS ON THE REAR SUBFRAME BROKE, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704876March 24, 1999
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:POWER STEERING FLUID
POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKS FROM FAULTY CONNECTIONS, CAUSING FLUID TO IGNITE ON EXHAUST
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#544530March 23, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
RECALL REPAIR ON RECALLED COIL SPRING GUARD PERFORMED, BUT NOW THE GUARD HITS WHILE DRIVING(MAKING NOISE).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704789March 23, 1999
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704797March 23, 1999
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH
CONTROL SWITCH FOR WINDSHIELD WIPER SPEED IS INTERMITTENT. IF WIPER IS ON, ACTIVATING TURN SIGNAL CAN CAUSE WIPER TO SHUT OFF. SOME OF THE SPEED CONTROL POSITIONS ARE INACTIVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704810March 23, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704826March 23, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
THE REASON I AM REPORTING THIS BECAUSE IT IS A NEWS RELEASE ON AN NHTSA INVEISTIGATION, ACTION NUMBER PE99015. THE PROBLEM INVOLVES INTERMITTENT WIPERS TURNING OFF AND NOT WORKING. OCCASIONALLY THEY STOP, BUT WHEN TURNING THEM TO RUN FULL TIME THEY FAIL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#835341March 22, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
THE HOSE WHICH LOCATED ABOVE THE SPRINGS THAT KEEPS THE SERPETINE BELT GOING LEAKED, SPRAYING FLUID UNTO THE SPRINGS, CAUSING IT TO BREAK WHICH RESULTED INTO LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. PROBLEM REOCCURRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704729March 22, 1999
SEATS
DRIVER'S SEAT MOUNT BROKE WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL. IF MY FAMILY AND I WERE ON THE OPEN HIGHWAY AND THE MOUNT BROKE, WE COULD HAVE HAD A BAD ACCIDENT. IF THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT AND THE MOUNT BROKE, I WOULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSY INJURED BECAUSE THE SEAT IS THE ANCHOR. THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP WELDED THE MOUNT TO THE FRAME. WHEN THE SEAT MOUNT BREAKS THE SEAT MOVES ALL OVER THE PLACE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704668March 20, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
5YR./60,000MI.-UNLIMITED MI.12/31/98 EXT.TO 1/31/99 UNLIMITED MILES. NO DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704636March 19, 1999
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
SPEEDOMETER PRODUCES SQUEAL AT SPEEDS ABOVE 55 MPH ALSO NEEDLE SWINGS WILDLY USUALLY FROM CURRENT SPEED TO PEGGED AT 85MPH WHEN VEHICLE HITS BUMPS IN ROAD. NEEDLE DOES NOT NECESSARALLY RETURN TO ACTUAL SPEED. BEEN ADVISED BY OTHER FORD OWNERS THAT THEY HAVE EXPERIANCED SIMILAR PROBLEMS. A SPEEDOMETER SHOULD LAST THE LIFETIME OF THE VCEHICLE!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#544325March 18, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE), SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
TRANSMISSION FAILED. (MJS)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#835955March 18, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
AT 42,000 MILES THE VEHICLE HAD WARPED BRAKE ROTORS REPLACED 6 TIMES WHICH CAUSED VIBRATION AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704618March 18, 1999
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, SUSPENSION:FRONT, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
MECHANICS ADVISE AS FOLLOWS: MOTOR MOUNT FAILS BECAUSE TOO MUCH TORQUE IS PLACED ON IT BY ENGINE; POWER STEERING HOSE RUPTURED BECAUSE IT RUBS AGAINST STEERING RACK; REPLACEMENT HOSE ONLY AVAILABLE FROM FORD WHICH REDESIGNED HOSE TO AVOID RUBBING ON STEERING RACK; HEAD GASKET FAILS BECAUSE ONLY 6 BOLTS HOLD ENGINE HEAD TO ENGINE BLOCK, FORD REDESIGNED HEAD GASKET TO MAKE IT THICKER; RADIATOR CRACKS BECAUSE IT IS MANUFACTURED OUT OF PLASTIC AND IS NOT REPAIRABLE. FORD RESPONDS THAT NONE OF THE FOREGOING ARE ITS PROBLEM; FORD STATED THAT ONLY REAR MOTOR MOUNTS ARE COVERED BY A NHTSA RECALL ; FORD STATES THAT IT EXTENDED WARRANTY ON HEAD GASKET ONLY UP TO 60,000 MILES; FORD STATES THAT POWER STEERING HOSE IS NOT SUBJECT TO NHTSA RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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