BRAKES FAILED.
1992 Mercury Sable complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1992 record →
RECALL # 97V025000, RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE IN APRIL OF 97. .MADE APPOINTMENT ON 7/10/97. AFTER ARRIVING AT DEALERSHIP CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. DEALER WILL CONTACT WHEN AVAILABLE. *AK
BRAKES FAILED.
THERE IS PLENTY OF PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL DUE TO A LOOSE STEERING RACK.
WHILE DRIVING CHANGED GEARS VEHICLE JERKED, FRONT END SHIMMIED. ARRIVED HOME & LOOKED. FRONT MOUNTS BROKE, KNOCKED OUT AIR CONDITIONER. TOOK TO MECHANIC & TOLD MOUNTS WERE WEAK & NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ALL AROUND BY ATTACHING THEM TO FRAME OF VEHICLE. *AK
ENGINE MOUNTS WORN.
ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED.
RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE FROM MANUFACTURER IN MAY ,CALLED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO TAKE VEHICLE IN. DEALER SAID THEY DON'T HAVE THE PARTS FOR THIS RECALL, AND DON'T KNOW WHEN PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE. MFR. RECALL #97S65. *AK
RECALL RELATED, 97V025, THROTTLE CONTROL, CONTACTED DEALERSHIP ON 21 MAY, SAID PARTS ARE AVAILABLE, IN FOR REPAIR, NO PARTS AVAILABLE. *AK
DOORS CAN STILL BE OPENED FROM INSIDE AFTER BEING LOCKED.
BRAKE SYSTEM CONTINUALLY MALFUNCTIONS, SEVERAL REPAIRS MADE, HOWEVER FAIL TO RECTIFY FAILURES.
OXYGEN SENSOR FAILED.
OWNER STATES THAT WHILE TURNING OFF IGNITION VEHICLE CONTINUED TO RUN. OWNER HAS NOT FIXED PROBLEM. *AK
PARKED VEHICLE, COULD NOT TURN OFF IGNITION. KEY WOBBLED AROUND, CAUSED BY BROKEN IGNITION SWITCH ROD, DEALER REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH ROD. *AK
MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED.
HORN IS LOCATED ON THE RIGHT/LEFT SIDE OF THE STEERING WHEEL CROSSBAR. WHEN THE WHEEL IS TURNED THE LOCATION OF THE HORN BUTTONS ARE UNKNOWN, UNLESS YOU LOOK FOR THEM.
DIGITAL DISPLAY CANNOT BE READ DURING DAY WHEN HEADLIGHTS ARE ON.
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING WHEN 3/8"X 3/8" PLASTIC "T" ON THE VACUUM SYSTEM SNAPPED. *AK
MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED AFTER RECALL REPAIR.
TRANSMISSION HAS SLOW PICKUP AND HAS LOST ALL GEARS BEFORE, THE DEALER REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING. *AK
SIDEWALL OF TIRE CRACKED, CAUSING FLAT.
TRANSMISSION FAILED.
ARM REST BRACKET UNSECURED.
THE TRANSMISSION FELL OUT OF THE VEHICLE WHILE IN MOTION, VEHICLE LOST CONTROL. *AK
AT 30,00 MILES THE RACK AND PINION FAILED, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. PLEASE ADD FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
RACK AND PINION STEERING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE STEERING WAS PULLING TO RIGHT. ALSO, REPLACED OXYGEN SENSOR/MOTOR MOUNTS/RIGHT AND LEFT OUTER CV BOOT. *AK
DIFFICULTY ACCESSING HORN BUTTONS IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.
ENGINE MOUNTS FAILED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE POWER STEERING GIVES OUT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL. HAD THE POWER STEERING RACK REPLACED 6 TIMES BUT VEHICLE STILL HAS THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEERING. *AK *JB
THE HIGH PRESSURE POWER STEERING HOSE IS LEAKING FLUID ONTO THE ENGINE AND THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. *AK *JB
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AT HIGH SPEED THERE WAS A SLIGHT SHIMMY IN THE FRONT END. AT 48,000 MILES THE ROTORS HAVE TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE PITS ARE TOO DEEP TO MACHINE OUT. *AK CONSUER WAS ADVISED THAT ROTORS WERE CORRODED TO TURN DOWN AND WOULD BE TO THIN FOR SAFE BRAKING BEYOND LIMIT, ALSO BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED AT 48,000.*JB
GOING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT THE CONSUMER PLACING HIS FOOT ON THE GAS; IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE GEAR HAD TO BE PLACED IN NETURAL. PLEASE DESCRIBE IN DETAIL. *AK
BRAKE ROTORS REPLACED TWO TIMES.
DRIVERS SEAT BELT COMES ACROSS SHORTER PEOPLES THROATS.
WINDSHIELD PROVIDING POOR VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING UNDER SUNNY CONDITIONS.
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS MACHINED DUE TO FAILURE. *AK
VEHICLES MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED 2 TIMES AT 28,000 THEN 60,000. *AK
TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *SD
THE BRAKES LOCK UP WHEN TRYING TO SLOW DOWN FROM HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND A STRONG ODOR IS PRESENT, HAS ANTI LOCK BRAKES.*AK
AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON/STAYS ON OR FLASHES. *AK
WHEN TRYING TO LOCK IN SEAT BELT SEAT, BELT DOESN'T LOCK, IT COMES LOOSE , PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
WHEN TRYING TO LOCK IN THE SEAT BELT SEAT BELT DOESN'T LOCK, IT COMES LOOSE , PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, AND MOTOR CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK
FAILURE OF THE BRAKE PEDAL, WHEN YOU APPLY FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL THE BRAKE PEDAL STAYS IN THE DOWN POSTION AFTER TAKING FOOT OF THE BRAKE PEDAL. *AK CONSUMER WAS ADVISED BY DEALER THAT VACUUM POWER HOSE BOOSTER HAS A DEFECT.*JB
ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP ON DRY SURFACE W/SOME SMOKINGON LEFT FRONT. BRAKE PEDAL MUST BE PULLED UP TO RELEASE BRAKES WHEN THEY HANG UP/STICK FOR NO REASON ON INTERMITTENT BASIS. *AK
TURNS IGNITION SWITCH AND NOTHING HAPPENS. SHAKES THE STEERING COLUMN AND IT WILL CATCH. *JB
HEADLIGHT SWITCH FAILED THREE TIMES. *AK
ENGINE PROBLEMS. *DH
TRANMISSION FAILED. *SD
STEERING FAILED 8 TIMES. *SD.
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