Mercury Sable
Owners filed 4,894 complaints across 19 model years of the Mercury Sable. The 1993 drew the most (674).
Model years19
Complaints4,894
Recalls79
Fires109
Deaths6
Which Mercury Sable years should you avoid?
Going by 4,894 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Mercury Sable years to avoid are 1993 and 1990.
- 1993674 complaints, 2.6× a typical Sable year, most often about the engine.
- 19902.3× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (18 fires, 12 crashes).
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Mercury Sable model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 20 | 0 | — | 2 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 2008 | 61 | 1 | 3 | 8 | Steering | Routine | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | Electronic Stability Control (esc) | Routine | |
| 2005 | 83 | 1 | — | 3 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 2004 | 52 | 2 | — | 3 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 2003 | 201 | 4 | 1 | 13 | Vehicle Speed Control | Above average | |
| 2002 | 440 | 4 | 5 | 32 | Suspension › Front › Springs › Coil Springs | Fatalities reported | |
| 2001 | 430 | 9 | 7 | 32 | Suspension › Rear › Springs › Coil Springs | Above average | |
| 2000 | 464 | 7 | 8 | 34 | Suspension › Front › Springs › Coil Springs | Above average | |
| 1999 | 258 | 5 | 4 | 22 | Suspension › Front › Springs › Coil Springs | Above average | |
| 1998 | 190 | 2 | 3 | 28 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 1997 | 228 | 3 | 5 | 10 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Above average | |
| 1996 | 304 | 5 | 10 | 20 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Above average | |
| 1995 | 350 | 6 | 14 | 11 | Power Train | Above average | |
| 1994 | 387 | 5 | 9 | 16 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Above average | |
| 1993Avoid | 674 | 8 | 7 | 21 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Fatalities reported | |
| 1992 | 364 | 5 | 6 | 12 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Fatalities reported | |
| 1991 | 221 | 5 | 9 | 11 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Above average | |
| 1990Avoid | 166 | 7 | 18 | 12 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.