Mercury Sable Complaints (2001)

430 consumer complaints on file.

#10334272June 2, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
MY CAR STARTED LOOSING BRAKE POWER 3 DAYS AGO AND DUE TO THAT I ENDED UP HITTING A TREE BROKE MY TAIL LIGHT DENTED MY CAR ON BOTH PASSANGERS DOORS. HAD THE BRAKES BLEED THOUGHT MAYBE AIR IN LINES NOTHING THATS WHEN I FOUND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT. NOW I HAVE A CAR NO WORKING MY FIANCE CANT GET TO WORK AND A CAR WITH DENTS OF THE TWO DOORS ANOTHER ONE AT THE REAR AND A MISSING HEAD LIGHT. PLUS I HAVE A BACK INJURY WITH TWO BULDGING DISK THAT HITTING THE TREE AGGRIVATED IT AND HURT MY RIBS. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10317741March 8, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HER 2001 MERCURY SABLE AND WHEN SHE TOOK HER FOOT OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. SHE DIDN'T DRIVE THE CAR FOR A YEAR. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND A COUPLE OF GARAGES AND NOBODY COULD FIND THE PROBLEM. I FINNALY TRIED TO FIX IT MYSELF AND FOUND THE PROBLEM TO BE A BROKEN RETAINER RING AT THE END OF THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE BY THE TROTTLE BODY. I NEVER REPLACED THE RETAINER DUE TO FEAR IT WOULD BREAK AGAIN AND MAYBE CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I TIED THE CABLE BACK WITH A TIE WRAP. I DID CALL AND REPORT THIS INCIDENT, BUT NEVER HEARD ANYTHING. NOW WITH ALL THE NEW RECALLS I WANTED TO REPORT IT AGAIN. THANK YOU. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10315965March 2, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
MY WIFE PURCHASED A 2001 MERCURY SABLE LS ON 1/31/01,I DROVE THE AUTO FOR 2 DAYS, WHEN I PUT THE AUTO IN GEAR THE GAS PEDAL REACTED AS THOUGH THE PEDAL WAS PUSHED TO THE FLOOR BOARD. I CALLED PORT MOTORS AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE SITUATION AND TOLD THEM I REFUSED TO DRIVE THE AUTO. THE NEXT DAY THEY CAME AND TOWED THE AUTO AWAY. WHEN I WENT TO THE DEALER THEY GAVE ME ANOTHER AUTO,FOR WHICH I STILL HAVE THE OLD VIN #. AFTER DRIVING THE NEW AUTO THEY GAVE I BEGAN HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. OVER THE PAST 8 YEARS THE ACCELERATOR PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED ABOUT 9 OR 10 TIMES. WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN GEAR I ALWAYS MAKE SURE MY FOOT IS ALWAYS ON THE BRAKE AS I FEAR THE AUTO WILL ACCELERATE AS THOUGH THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR,MY WIFE REFUSES TO DRIVE THIS AUTO AND I WILL NOT LET ANYONE DRIVE AS I DON'T KNOW WHEN THIS RACING WILL OCCUR. I HAVE REPORTED THIS TO FORD MOTOR BUT GOT KNOW POSITIVE RESPONSE, I ALSO REPORTED THIS TO NATIONAL SAFETY BOARD AND THEY GAVE ME A COMPLAINT #. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10313698February 24, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN GEAR, THE VEHICLE WOULD START TO "RACE" AND THE ENGINE WOULD REV AS IF SOMEONE PUT THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR BOARD; IF HE DID NOT HAVE HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD. HE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE. WHEN HE RE-STARTED IT, THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO CORRECT ITSELF. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 12 TIMES SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. HE PREVIOUSLY OWNED THE IDENTICAL FAILURE WHICH HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. WHEN HE TOWED THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, THE DEALER GAVE HIM THIS VEHICLE (SAME YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL). HE HAD NOT TAKEN THIS VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND HAD NOT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER TO-DATE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 37,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,000. UPDATED 03/26/10. *LJ UPDATED 05/17/10.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10312713February 22, 2010
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOORS WILL NOT LATCH PROPERLY, THE PROBLEM OCCURS MORE OFTEN WHEN IT IS COLD OUTSIDE, BUT DOES OCCUR IN THE SUMMER TOO. THE DOORS WILL NOT LATCH, I HAVE TAKEN THEN TO A MECHANIC AND HE CANNOT SEE ANY PROBLEM. TO FIX THE PROBLEM IN THE PAST I HAVE TAKEN THE DOOR APART AND LUBRICATED ALL THE MECHANICAL PARTS. I ALWAYS HAVE TO CARRY BUNGEE CORDS IN MY CAR IN CASE THE DOOR WILL NOT LATCH. SEVERAL TIMES (AROUND 3-4 TIMES) MY DOOR HAS SWUNG OPEN WHILE DRIVING. SO FAR I NO PROPERTY DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED AND NO PERSON HAS BEEN INJURED, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10312442February 21, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WHEN STOPPING FOR A RED LIGHT, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS LUCKY THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC. THE DEALER REPLACED SEVERAL FEET OF RUSTED BRAKE LINE. THE DEALER TOLD ME THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. WHY IS IT NOT MANDATORY THAT BRAKE LINES ARE STAINLESS STEEL OR COVERED WITH A PROTECTIVE MATERIAL? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10310396February 14, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, SUSPENSION:REAR
MY 2001 MERCURY SABLE HAS NOW FAILED ME OVER 8 TIMES WITHOUT WARNING. I WOULD DRIVE TURN THE CAR OFF THEN TRY TO START IT AGAIN AND IT WOULD NOT START. IT WAS COMPLETELY DEAD. I CALLED AAA HAD THE CAR TOWED. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY CHARGED ME FOR EVERYTHING. A BATTERY, AN ALTERNATOR, WIRING, THE WORKS THEN, THE SAME THING HAPPENED. THE LAST TIME MY CAR WAS AT THE DEALER FOR A WEEK BEFORE I WAS TOLD IT NEEDED A FUEL PUMP. I HAVE NOW DECIDED TO NEVER BUY ANOTHER MERCURY AFTER BEING A LONG TIME CUSTOMER. I NEVER RECEIVED A NOTICE OF A RECALL AND JUST NOW FOUND OUT THE REAR SPRINGS WHICH I REPLACED WAS ALSO HAPPENING TO OTHER CUSTOMERS. THEY HAVE NOT FIXED MY PROBLEM AND THE CAR IS SITTING BECAUSE I'M TO FRIGHTEN TO DRIVE ANYWHERE. IT'S SAD. ALL THE MONEY SPENT COULD GONE TOWARD SOME OTHER CAR WHERE SERVICE PEOPLE CARE OF COURSE, NOW THE WARRANTY IS EXPIRED. THE MILES ON MY CAR IS 58,000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10310111February 12, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I PURCHASED A 2001 MERCURY SABLE, I TOOK THE AUTO AND ON THE SECOND DAY I PUT THE AUTO IN DRIVE, THE MOTOR RACED LIKE THE PEDAL WAS PUSHED TO THE FLOOR,I CALLED THE DEALER AND TOLD THEM I WILL NOT DRIVE THIS AUTO THEY SENT ATOW TRUCK ANDTHE NEXT DAY THEY GAVE ME A NEW SABLE. SINCE I HAVE THIS NEW SABLE THE GAS PEDAL GIVES ME THE SAME REACTION AS THE OLD ONE. IT OCCURRED ABOUT 9 OR 10 TIMES OVER THE LAST 9 YEARS. VERY RARE BUT IT DOES OCCUR. MY WIFE REFUSES TO DRIVE IT. BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENS TO THE ACCELERATOR. EVERY TIME I START THE CAR I MAKE SURE MY FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE. I FEEL ITS THE COMPUTER THAT OCCASIONALLY GOES BESERK. I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE I SEE WHERE TOYOTA IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THERE COMPUTERS ALSO. IT'S VERY FRIGHTENING WHEN THE CAR ACCELERATES LIKE SOMETHING IS CONTROLLING THE GAS PEDAL AT THIS HIGH RATE OF SPEED. WHEN THIS DOES OCCUR I PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND THE ENGINE GOES BACK TO NORMAL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10294288December 2, 2009
AIR BAGS, STEERING:RACK AND PINION
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE DRIVER SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 55000. UPDATED 01/05/10. *LJ THE AIR BAG IN THE DRIVER SEAT DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON. ALSO, THE RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 01/07/10.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10293689November 27, 2009
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS:SWITCH, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
2001 MERCURY SABLE VIN: (SEE OTHER PART OF COMPLAINT) I STOPPED AT A BUSINESS PUT CAR IN PARK GOT OUT. UPON RETURNING THE CAR WOULD START BUT NOT COME OUT OF PARK. I FOUND I HAD NO TAIL LIGHTS. I LATER FOUND ALSO THERE WAS NO CRUISE CONTROL. I PARKED THE CAR A COUPLE DAYS TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT AND WHEN I GOT IN THE CAR I FOUND THE BATTERY HAD GONE DEAD. I JUST GOT DONE RESEARCHING THIS AND FOUND RECALL 01S08 AND NHTSA # 01V078000 SAYING THE RECALL WAS ON A BREAK SWITCH DUE TO GREASE COMPROMISING THE SWITCH. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE MALFUNCTION MATCHES MY PROBLEM EXACTLY! UPON CALLING THE DEALER THAT SOLD THE VEHICLE THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND A RECALL OF THIS BASED ON MY VIN. FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE ALSO STATED THEY COULDN'T FIND A RECALL OF THIS BASED ON MY VIN. WELL OBVIOUSLY THE RECALL SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED MY VIN AS THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED TO MY CAR. NOW WITH THE PROBLEM OF NOT BEING ABLE TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE PROPERLY THE TRANSMISSION IS GIVING AN ERROR DASH LIGHT SAYING THAT THE VEHICLE IS TRYING TO SHIFT AND IS IN THE WRONG GEAR?? AT 70MPH THERE IS ONLY ONE GEAR THAT WILL RUN THE CAR UNDER 3K ON THE TACH SO IT HAS TO BE IN THE RIGHT GEAR.. MAYBE ITS TRYING TO SHIFT OUT.. NOT SURE HAVE TO LOOK INTO THIS MORE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10289920October 26, 2009
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
2001 SABLE WITH 57000 MILES. VEHICLE WILL START, KILL AND THEN CANNOT BE RESTARTED FOR AT LEAST 1/2 HOUR. SOMETIMES WILL NOT START AT ALL. SERVICE PEOPLE HAVE HOOKED UP TO SENSORS BUT CANNOT FIND WHAT IS WRONG. PROBLEM IS SPORADIC, HAPPENING ABOUT 1 TO 2 TIMES PER WEEK. SCOPED FUEL PUMP BUT SAID IT WAS WORKING PROPERLY. SAID FUEL FILTER AND ALL OTHER SYSTEMS CHECKED OUT OK. DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT. FEEL UNEASY ABOUT DRIVING THE CAR ANYWHERE FAR FROM HOME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10287060October 12, 2009
SUSPENSION:REAR
REAL COIL SPRING BROKE WAS IN A ACCIDENT NOT SURE IF THE ACCIDENT CAUSED THE REAL COIL SPRING TO BRAKE REPLACED ONE ON DRIVER SIDE, INSURANCE PAID TO REPLACE IT,BUT COULD NOT AFFORD TO REPLACE PASSENGER SIDE. HAVE REPLACED THE FRONT COIL SPRING. IF THE FRONT ONE BROKE FORD SHOULD BE FORCED TO REPLACE THE BACK ONE SO THERE IS NO CAR ACCIDENT OR DEATH FROM THIS AS THEY COULD PUNCTURE THE TIRE. HOW MANY COMPLAINTS NEED TO BE DONE BEFORE THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS REPAIR? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10284700September 21, 2009
AIR BAGS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SLID INTO A GRAVEL ROAD AND FLIPPED OVER. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT WAS UNCONSCIOUS AFTER THE CRASH AND HAS SUSTAINED SOME MINOR BRUISES AND CUTS. A POLICE REPORT IS AVAILABLE IF NEEDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 167,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10284649September 20, 2009
SUSPENSION:REAR
DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HER CAR FROM SCHOOL AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. LEFT REAR COIL SPRING BROKE, PUNCTURING TIRE. BROKEN END OF COIL SPRING WAS HIGH ENOUGH TO ALLOW USING THE DOUGHNUT SPARE TO DRIVE TO SERVICE SHOP. LOCAL MECHANIC IS REPLACING BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS. APPROXIMATE COST FOR REPLACING TIRE AND COIL SPRINGS IS $395.00. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10280557August 16, 2009
SUSPENSION:REAR
NOTICED THAT CAR WAS LOW IN REAR (BOTH SIDES), BROUGHT CAR IN FOR OIL CHANGE, HAD MECHANIC CHECK REAR SUSPENSION, HE FOUND TWO BROKEN REAR COIL SPRINGS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278058July 23, 2009
SUSPENSION:REAR
I HAVE 2001 MERCURY SABLE WITH 84,000 MILES. BOTH REAR SPRINGS BROKE AND HAVE TO HAVE THEM REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10275265June 29, 2009
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS, SUSPENSION:REAR
BACK IN 2004 A SAFETY RECALL (04S71) WAS ISSUED FOR IN CERTAIN 1999-2001TAURUS AND SABLES. THE ISSUE WAS THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS COULD POTENTIALLY FRACTURE WHEN OPERATED IN HIGH CORROSION AREAS WHERE SALT IS USED ON THE ROADWAYS DURING WINTER MONTHS. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A FRACTURED SPRING TO MOVE PAST THE SPRING SEAT AND CONTACT A FRONT TIRE. IF A SPRING SHOULD FRACTURE AND COME IN CONTACT WITH A TIRE, THE TIRE MAY RUPTURE RESULTING IN A RAPID AIR LOSS, WHICH COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING. WITH THAT SAID, ON JUNE 16, 2009, THIS EXACT SCENARIO HAPPENED TO MY BACK COIL SPRING ON MY 2001 MERCURY SABLE. FORTUNATELY, A CRASH DID NOT RESULT IN MY CASE. HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THE SAME PROTECTIVE SPRING SHIELDS THAT WERE PLACED ON THE FRONT TIRES TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING SHOULD ALSO HAD BEEN AND STILL SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE BACK TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING TO AVOID A POTENTIAL UNSAFE SITUATION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10273213June 9, 2009
SUSPENSION:REAR
I TOOK MY DAUGHTERS 2001 SABLE IN FOR IT'S ANNUAL SAFETY INSPECTION AND WAS ADVISED BY THE MECHANIC THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HE ADVISED ME THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THESE VEHICLES AND HE THOUGHT THERE WAS A RECALL. I CALLED MY LOCAL DEALER AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE RECALL ONLY COVERED THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. I WILL BE CHECKING INTO THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FRONT SPRINGS UNDER THE RECALL. SINCE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED APPROX. 1 YEAR AGO IT'S POSSIBLE THE PRIOR (ORIGINAL) OWNER HAD THEM REPLACED PREVIOUSLY. I BELIEVE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS THAT THE RECALL SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE REAR SPRINGS. SINCE DISCOVERING THIS ISSUE I HAVE PURCHASED REPLACEMENT SPRINGS AND STRUTS AT A COST OF $330.00 AND WILL BE INSTALLING THEM ASAP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10269846May 25, 2009
SUSPENSION
SPRING ON FRONT OF SABLE BROKE ,IT HAPPENS A LOT ON TAURUS AND SABLE SINCE AT LEAST 1995. WONDER HOW MANY HAVE BEEN KILLED AND INJURED? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10268389May 11, 2009
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS, SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR COIL SPRINGS ARE SPLITTING IN HALF ON HIS VEHICLE. THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS MAY ALSO BE FAILING. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE CONTACT WANTS HIS VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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