Mercury Sable Complaints (1994)

387 consumer complaints on file.

#765729August 16, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
BELT BROKE - MFG. SAYS THAT THIS IS OKAY AFTER 6 YEARS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#567107August 13, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER STATES DUE TO AN ENGINEERING FLAW THE HEAD GASKET AND ENGINE FAILED AT 9000 MILES. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ENGINE WITH A LONG BLOCK. HOWEVER ON THE FACTORY REPLACED ENGINE, THE HEAD GASKET HAS FAILED AGAIN. DEALERSHIP HAS SUGGESTED THAT AN ENGINE REPLACEMENT IS THE BEST CHOICE. CONSUMER HAS ASKED DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AN ENGINE WHICH HAS FAILED TWICE. DEALERSHIP UNWILLING TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY. CONSUMER FILED COMPLAINT WITH BUREAU OF CONSUMER PROTECTION AGENCY. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#566460July 8, 2002
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A CLUNK NOISE, DEALER STATED SUBFRAME BUSHING SLEEVES WERE CRACKED CAUSING BUSHING TO MOVE AND MAKE THE CLUNK NOISE. *SLC *DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8013386July 8, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
ALTERNATOR BROKE WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL OUT. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8013387July 8, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY, AND CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#763629June 29, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
MY CAR STALLS AT ANY SPEED IN HOT WEATHER AFTER DRIVING OVER 20-25 MILES ON THE HIGHWAY OR WHEN DRIVING AROUND TOWN DOING ERRANDS INVOLVING SEVERAL STOPS AND STARTS. THE CAR HAS STALLED AT DANGEROUS IMTERSECTIONS REQUIRING THE ASSISTANCE OF GOOD SAMARITANS TO PUSH THE CAR TO A SAFER LOCATION, OUT OF HARM'S WAY. EACH TIME THE CAR STALLS, I HAVE TO WAIT AT LEAST 30 MINUTES BEFORE IT WILL START UP AGAIN, SO I CAN CONTINUE DRIVING. I HAVE HAD MY CAR TOWED ON 2 OCCASIONS TO A SERVICE STATION, BUT THE MECHANIC COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE REASON FOR THESE STALLING EPISODES. WHAT CAN I DO?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8011940June 17, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT WITHOUT ANY WARNING. CONTACTED DEALER. PROBLEM CAUSED BY A SHUT TRANSMISSION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#565146April 15, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER STATES WHEN THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN IT WILL OVERHEAT AND THE OIL LIGHT FLASHES, CONSUMER STATES HE JUST RECENTLY BECAME AWARE OF THE HEAD GASKET PROBLEM, AND IS REQUESTING THAT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY PROGRAM ISSUED HIM A CREDIT TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF A NEW VEHICLE.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#760567April 11, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DROVE VEHICLE AT 65 MPH FOR ABOUT 70 MILES. AT STOP LIGHT ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AND SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM UNDER VEHICLE. PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD AND A MODERATE AMOUNT OF ENGINE OIL WAS COMING FROM THE OIL PAN SEAL. HAD CARD TOWED BACK TO FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE PURCHASED. DEALER CLAIMS TRANSMISSION HAD NO FLUID IN IT. VECHICLE WAS JUST SERVICED TWO DAYS BEFORE THIS TRIP AND WORKED FINE. WHEN PULLED OFF CHECKED OIL AND TRANSMISSION. OIL WAS DOWN SOME, BUT NOT ALL. TRANMISSION HAD FLUID INDICATING ABOVE THE OK TO DRIVE MARK. WAS ABLE TO MOVE CAR BACK AND FORWARD FOR TOW TRUCK TO ATTACH. TRANSMISISON REBUILT BY FORD AT 88000 IN 1998 TWO MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE OF VEHICLE. OIL PAN GASKET REPLACE JUNE 0F 2001 AT 117,000 MILES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#760554April 10, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I WAS DRIVING CAR FOR EST. 60 MILES AT HIGHWAY SPEED THEN FOR ABOUT ANOTHER 10 MILES AT 30-40 MPH. I CAME TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT WHERE THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE FOR A MOMENT THEN STOPPED. I DROVE TO THE NEXT STOP SIGN WHERE THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE AGAIN. WHEN I TRIED TO DRIVE OUT OF THE INTERSECTION THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#760324April 5, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
SINCE 2000, THE CAR HAS BROKEN DOWN SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE SAME REASONS. WE HAVE JUST REPLACED THE WATER PUMP AND THE RADIATOR AND NOW WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH $800.00 TO GET THE HEAD GASKET FIXED. IF IN ANYWAY PLEASE E-MAIL ME BACK AT [email protected] OR CALL 757-854-4027
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#556778April 1, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
CONSUMER HAS BEEN COMPLAINING OF THE VEHICLE STALLING AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN A FIX FOR IT YET. THERE IS A REPORT THAT SUGGESTS THE PROBLEM IS LIKELY TO BE WITH THE IGNITION DEVICE, THE TFI(THICK FILM IGNITION) MODULE MOUNTED ON THE DISTRIBUTOR. THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT IN TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND NOTHING WAS FOUND TO BE WRONG. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#785643March 29, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE, THE HEATER FAILED. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER OF A PREVIOUS RECALL REGARDING THE ENGINE AND ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN UNTIL ENGINE WAS REPLACED, CONSUMER FEELS THE RECALL INFORMATION SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN PRIOR TO PURCHASE OF VEHICLE. *SLC *SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759815March 25, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ROUGH IDLING YESTERDAY, HEAD GASKET BLEW TODAY. PUFF OF WHITE SMOKE AND USUAL ERUCTION OF ANTIFREEZE. AVOIDED ACCIDENT THOUGH I DID SWERVE INTO NEXT LANE BETWEEN 2 CARS.. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006299March 25, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE TRAVELING HEARD A LOUD GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM FRONT END OF VEHICLE. SOON AFTERWARDS VEHICLE DECELERATED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED, TECHNICIAN NOTICED TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759735March 24, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
FRONT PISTON IN TRANSMISSION CRACKED. THIS CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO LOSE PRESSURE AT SLOW SPEEDS AS IF IT WENT INTO NUETRAL. THIS WAS PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS WHEN STOPPED TO TURN LEFT. WHILE WAITING FOR ONCOMING TRAFFIC TO PASS THE TRANS WOULD LOSE PRESSURE RESULTING IN THE NUETRAL CONDITION. WHEN THE TRAFFIC PASSED AND THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TURN I WOULD STEP ON THE GAS BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. THEN AFTER A COUPLE OF SECONDS, AND SINCE THE ENGINE SPEED HAD NOW INCREASED, THE TRANS PRESSURE WOULD INCREASE AND THE CAR WOULD SUDDENLY GO INTO GEAR AND LURCH INTO THE LEFT TURN. HOWEVER A FEW SECONDS OF TURNING OPPORTUNITY HAD NOW BEEN LOST AND THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC WAS A LITTLE CLOSER THAN I AM COMFORTABLE WITH. I WOULD NOT LET MY FAMILY DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL IT WAS FIXED. I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALER AND HE IMMEDIATLY KNEW THE CAUSE, WHICH INDICATES THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. IN FACT HE HAD ANOTHER CUSTOMER WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, SAME KIND OF CAR, SAME TIME. IT COST ME $1,400 TO GET THE TRANS REBUILT. THE DEFECTIVE PART IS AND ALUMINUM RING THAT IS FORMED FROM SHEET METAL. DURING THE FORMING PROCESS THE METAL WAS STRETCHED TOO THIN. THIS WAS EVIDENT BY THE STRESS MARK OR SMILE ON THE DEFECTIVE PART. THE REPEATED APPLICATION OF PRESSURE EVENTUALLY RESULTED IN THE CRACK WHICH LET THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE TO LEAK PAST THE PISTON. AGAIN THIS VERY DANGEROUS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005972March 20, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
3.8 V6 ENGINE WAS LOSING COOLANT AND OVERHEATING WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER OF A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005431March 12, 2002
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL
WHEN PARKING BRAKE IS ENGAGED IT WILL DISENGAGES BY ITSELF. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8004741February 28, 2002
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL
EMERGENCY BRAKE DISENGAGES BY ITSELF WHEN VEHICLE IS STARTED UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO POSSIBLY ROLL BACK ON AN INCLINE. PROBLEM HAS PROGRESSED. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8003047January 29, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH WARNING LIGHTS ON INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN SYSTEM, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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