Mercury Sable Complaints (1993)

674 consumer complaints on file.

#547400July 20, 1999
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
CONSUMER UNABLE TO HAVE RECALL REPAIRS MADE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS RESULTING IN THE BODY MOUNTS SEPARATED CAUSING DRIVER TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE RESULTING IN VEHICLE COLLISION. NLM (RECALL 98S36)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#708858July 20, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK TO FLOOR; BRAKES DID NOT WORK; SEE ODI ID 460653,543622,703422,838058,942316,941502,942869,944210,954379,971219,977939,977168,987238 FOR SIMILIAR PROBLEMS-FORD 2X REFUSED TO PAY FOR 2ND OPINION/INVESTIGATION OF PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#547327July 16, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET FAILED. MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#842422July 15, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
HEADLIGHTS OVERHEATED, BURNNING UP THE WIRE HARNESS LOCATED BEHIND IT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#841204June 25, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET FAILED, CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THIS APPEARED TO BE COMMON WITH THESE VEHICLES. CAN NHTSA PROVIDE ADDTIONAL INFORMATION AND HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#840721June 22, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THERE IS A REDUCTION OF BRAKING AT MOST TIMES, ALSO SOUNDS OF GRINDING, CONSUMER REPLACED THE ROTORS APPROX. (7) TIMES ALSO TURNED (7) TIMES, DUE TO WORPING FROM VIBRATION OF APPLYING THE BRAKES, THIS HAPPENS WORP ROTORS EVERY (3,000)MILES AND EVERY (10,000) THEY WOULD NEED REPLACING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#839954June 16, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER RECALL 98V094000, FRONT COIL SPRINGS. THE FENDER HAS BEEN TRIMMED VERY SLOPPY. DEALER SAID IT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE BETTER, BUT IT'S TOO LATE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#547152June 14, 1999
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
ON THREE OCCASIONS THE AIR CONDITIONER UNIT (EVAPORATOR) WAS LEAKING, DUE TO FAILURE. *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#839720June 14, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:SWITCH/WIRING
THE WINDSHIELD WIPER'S INTERMITTENT SWITCH FAILS TO WORK SOMETIMES. ALSO HARD TO LOCATE ON BUTTON WHEN TRYING TO USE. SOMETIMES WOULD STOP OR GO ON ITS OWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#545924June 3, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET OVERHEATED DUE TO THE BLOCK BEING CAST IRON CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE CRANKSHAFT. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#707000May 30, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING INTO CYLINDERS 3 AND 4. THIS HAS APPARENTLY BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THE 1993 SABLE ENGINE. I CONTACTED MERCURY AND THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD NEVER ISSUED A RECALL ALTHOUGH THE DEALER HERE (PB LINCOLN MERCURY) TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD. MY CAR HAD ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PLUS THE ADDITIONAL CLEANING OF THE THROTTLE BODY AND WHEN I DROVE TO A LOCAL GROVERY STORE, IT SPEWED WHITE SMOKE OUT OF THE TAILPIPE. I CALLED THE GARGAGE WHERE THE MAINTENANCE HAD BEEN PERFORMED AND I HAD IT TOWED THERE AS THEY SAID THAT THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY THEY COULD DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. WHEN I GOT IT TOWED HOME AFTER THEIR DIAGNOSIS OF HEAD GASKET PROBLEMS, IT WAS LEAKING COOLANT OUT OF THE TAIL PIPE. IT HAS NOT DONE THAT BEFORE. I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THERE HAS BEEN A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS ON THE 1993 MERCURY AND I FEEL THAT THE FORD MOTOR CO. SHOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#707004May 30, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
REPLACED WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR WITH REMANUFACTURED AFTERMARKET MOTOR. REPLACEMENT MOTOR HAS WORKED PROPERLY TO DATE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#706926May 27, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
AFTER READING THE INTERNET, I SEE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE. I ASKED FORD FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THE REPAIR EXPENSES, BUT THEY REFUSED. I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM, OR AN ITEM FOR AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#838222May 20, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE TEMPERTURE WENT UP HIGH AND VEHICLE WAS RUNNING ROUGH. ENGINE WAS JERKING AND THE HEAT DIDN'T WORK DUE TO BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#838058May 18, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES
AFTER STOPPING AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN AND BRAKE PEDAL IS RELEASED, VEHICLE ACCELERATES WITHOUT APPLICATION OF THE GAS PEDAL. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES TO SPEEDS UP TO 30 MPH. DEALER HAS NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#706500May 14, 1999
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
FRONT SUBFRAME RUSTED OUT. THIS WAS DISCOVERED PRIOR TO COMPLETE FAILURE AS A RESULT OF NOISES IN THE FRONT END. FIRST THERE WAS A RECALL TO PROTECT THE TIRES FROM FRONT SPRINGS WHICH RUST OUT/ BROKE, AND PUNCTURED THE TIRES. THEN THERE WAS A RECALL TO REPLACE TWO BOLTS IN THE SUBFRAME WHICH RUST OUT. NOW THE SUBFRAME ITSELF HAS RUSTED OUT. THIS SERIES OF RUST PROBLEMS IN CRITICAL FRONT END COMPONENTS SEEMS TO BE MORE THAN COINCIDENCE. THE SERVICE MANAGER AT SUMMIT LINCOLN MERCURY SAID HE HAS SEEN MANY CARS WITH THIS PROBLEM, BUT MOST OF THEM ARE DISCOVERED IN TIME TO WELD THE SUBFRAME RATHER THAN COMPLETELY REPLACE THE ASSEMBLY. MY CAR'S SUBFRAME COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT WHERE THE HOROZONTAL STRUT ARMS MOUNT. FORD DENIES THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#837896May 13, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON THE THROTLE CONTROL. SHE CONTACTED DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT BECAUSE SHE DID NOT LIVE IN THE STATES LISTED ON THE NOTICE THE RECALL WILL NOT BE DONE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#545578May 12, 1999
POWER TRAIN
SPEEDOMETER BROKEN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#837732May 11, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
FRONT SPRING COIL BROKE WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. CONSUMER HAS HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. CONSUMER CAME ACROSS A RECALL FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS , THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#837643May 7, 1999
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
DEALER HAS NO PARTS AVAILABLE TO REMEDY RECALL PROBLEM. RECALL NUMBER 98V323000. VEHICLE HAS SINCE BEEN REPAIRED. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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