1993 Mercury Sable complaints

CONSUMER STATED THE HEAD GASKET AND THERMOSTAT WERE REPLACED.*JB

CONSUMER STATES ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW. DEALER NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *TT *TT

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

EVERYTIME WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IT WILL STALL OUT AT 35MPH. WOULD HAVE NO WARNING WHEN THIS HAPPENED. INTERMITTENT STALLING PROBLEM. HAD NOT BEEN TO DEALERSHIP.*AK *JG

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE STALLS WHEN ACCELERATING ONTO A MAJOR HIGHWAY OR THROUGH AN INTERSECTION.*AK. *JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER FAILED. *SLC

ANTIFREEZE LEAK DUE TO BLOWN HEAD GASKET. *AK THERE WAS A RECALL ON BLOWER HEAD GASKET AT ONE TIME, BUT THE DEALER POINTED OUT THAT THE RECALL TIME WAS OVER. THE CONSUMER REPLACED A MOTION SENSOR ON THE TRANSMISSION WHICH WAS ALSO WAS ON RECALL A LONG TIME AGO. *YH

ENGINE DIED DURING ICED OVER ROAD CONDITIONS. *AK

CONSUMER STATED THERE IS CONSTANT COOLANT FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT THE HEAD GASKETS WERE DAMAGED.*AK *SLC

CONSUMER STATED ANTI-COOLANT IS LEAKING ON ENGINE AND ON EXHAUST SYSTEM, CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THAT ENGINE GASKET HAD BLOWN, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THER WAS A RECALL ON THE VEHICLE.*AK *JG

A FRIEND TOLD ME THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS ENGINE FOR THEIR CAR AND RECEIVED A LETTER. WE NEVER RECEIVED ANY INFO ON THIS CAR, HOW DOES THAT GET DETERMINED? SEEMS THIS SHOULD BE COVERED BY FORD AS THIS ENGINE/S OBVIOUSLY IS DEFECTIVE! THANKS FOR YOUR HELP! NO MORE FORD PRODUCTS HERE!*AK

IN 1998 FRONT PASSENGER SIDE ENGINE MOUNT BROKE DUE TO CORROSION. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AND MADE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS. THE, ON 15-DEC-2001, REAR ENGINE MOUNTS BROKE WITH APPROXIMATELY 130,000 MILES ON VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS OUTSIDE OF 50,000 MILE SERVICE PROGRAM, AND ANY SERVICE WORK WILL BE MADE AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE WOULD OVERHEAT AND WHITE SMOKE WOULD COME FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT, DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER OF A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

STEERING HAS BINDING NOISE, FRONT END SUSPENSION RATTLES AND VIBRATES.

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE THROTTLE STUCK AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT, HOWEVER FORD WILL NOT ASSIST CONSUMER. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE BEGAN TO OVERHEAT. CONSUMER PULLED INTO A SERVICE STATION TO HAVE VEHICLE EVALUATED. MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT HEAD GASKETS HAD BLOWN OUT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

FORD CLAIMS THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR NHTSA RECALL # 98V009000/ HEADLIGHTS CIRCUIT BREAKER, EVEN THOUGH IT IS EXACTLY THAT PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL GOES HALFWAY AND IT HESITATES. ABS BRAKING SYSTEM LIGHT COMES ON DASHBOARD. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN TURNING WINDSHIELD WIPERS OFF THE STOP IN THE UP POSITION DOESN'T WORK. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THE ENGINE RUNS ROUGH, HOWEVER THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*JB

AIR BAG LIGHT ON INSTRUMENT PANEL FLASHES ON AND OFF WHILE VEHICLE IS IN OPERATION. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT A CONTROL MODULE IN STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

RECEIVED ABRASIONS/BURNS FROM AIRBAG.SEATBELT NOT SECURED. *AK

ENTIRE VEHICLE STARTS TO VIBRATE UNCONTROLLABLY. DEALER DENIED PROBLEM. AK SCC ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS****751026

THE CAR STALLS BOTH WHEN BEING DRIVEN AND WHEN STOPPED IN TRAFFIC OR AT A STOP LIGHT. THERE IS NO ADVANCED WARNING AND THE CAR DOES NOT SEEM TO BE OVERHEATING WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURS, BUT IT OCCURS MORE FREQUENTLY ON HOT DAYS.*AK

THE ENGINE OVERHEATED..HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER.THEY FINALLY FOUND A LEAK IN THE HEADGASKET.THEY DID NOT MENTION THAT THIS WAS A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THE 3.8 ENGINE. I LATER WROTE TO FORD MOTOR CO. DIRECTOR OF VEHICLE SERVICE,STATING THE PROBLEM I HAD WITH THE ENGINE REFERED TO A NEWS ITEM THAT SAID FORD WAS EXTENDING THE ENGINE WARRANTY ON THE 3.8 ENGINES TO INCLUDE THE 1994 AND 1995 MODELS. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE 1993 MODELS WERE NOT INCLUDED. SINCE THAT TIME I HAVE READ THE LONG LIST OF COMPLAINTS FROM 1993 MERCURY OWNERS ON YOUR WEBSITE....THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM WITH THE 1993 3.8 ENGINE! A MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT HE BELIEVED THAT FORD (MERCURY) WAS NOW TAKING CARE OF THE PROBLEM(REIMBURSING REAIR COSTS)......IS THIS TRUE? I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY UPDATED INFORMATION YOU COULD SEND ME ABOUT THIS PROBLEM.*AK

THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED FROM A MERCURY DEALERSHIP AND HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS OVER 30 TIMES. THE ENGINE HAS ALWAYS RAN HOT WITH THE TEMPERATURE NEAR OR AT THE RED LINE. DEALERSHIP SAYS THIS IS NORMAL AND NOT A PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THE EXCESSIVE HEAT CONSTANTLY BOILS OUT THE ENGINE COOLANT AND HAS CAUSED EXCESSIVE WEAR INSIDE THE COOLANT LINES WITH FAILIURES ABOVE THE THERMOSTAT, AND ABOVE THE ENGINE AT THE FIREWALL, AND OF THE UPPER AND LOWER HOSES, AS WELL AS TWO THERMOSTATS. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT HAS ALSO PREVENTED PROPER COOLING OF THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WHICH HAS RESULTED IN SHIFTING PROBLEMS AND EVENTUAL FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE MOTOR MOUNTS ON THIS VEHICLE HAVE BEEN REPLACED AT LEAST 8 TIMES (WE HAVE AN INTERNAL LETTER FROM FORD THAT INDICATES THEY KNOW THE MOUNTS ARE DEFECTIVE AND WILL REPLACE THEM FOR FREE IF THE OWNER HAS THIS LETTER). THE ENGINE OIL LIGHT IS NOW BEGINNING TO FLICKER AND THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY, AGAIN. THE VALVE COVER AND TIMING COVER GASKETS WERE REPLACED 5,000 MILES AGO BECAUSE THEY WERE LEAKING OIL ONTO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND EXHAUST SYSTEM, WHICH CAUSED CONSTANT BURNING ODOR AND SMOKE. I BELIEVE THIS VEHICLE, AND ALL MODELS OF IT WITH THE SAME ENGINE, POSES A SERIOUS FIRE AND ACCIDENT HAZARD DUE TO THE CONSTANT HIGH ENGINE TEMPERATURES WHICH ARE NOT NORMAL, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE MANUFACTURER SAYS. THE HIGH TEMPS ARE CAUSING TRANSMISSION FAILURES, GASKET FAILURES, COOLANT LINE FAILURES, AND SENSOR FAILURE

WHENEVER VEHICLE WAS IN OVERDRIVE, IT WOULD JERK AND THEN STALL OUT WHEN TURNING CORNERS. THIS CAUSED POWER STEERING TO LOCK UP. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND WAS INFORMED NOTHING COULD BE DONE ABOUT IT. VEHICLE WAS NOT RECALLED.*AK CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT HIS VEHICLES VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL, SO CONSUMER HAD THE HEAD GASKET AND THERMOSTAT REPLACED AND PAID FOR REPAIRS. TRANSMISSION IS NOW GOING OUT. RIGHT OUTER TIE ROD END REPLACED, WAS CAUSING A SQUEAKING NOISE WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL. WINDSHIELD WASHER PUMP FAILED AND CAUSED A LEAK. HEADLIGHT SWITCH FAILED. *SLC

SOMETIMES THE ABS BRAKES SEEM TO ACTUATE EVEN THOUGH THE ROAD IS DRY AND THE BRAKES ARE NOT APPLIED HARD. THE RATE OF ABS APPLICATION SEEMS MUCH LESS THAN NORMAL, 2-3/SEC RATHER THAN THE NORMAL 10/SEC. THE STOPPING DISTANCE IS INCREASED SO THAT THERE IS AN INCREASE IN CHANCE FOR AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE DISCONNECTED THE ABS SO THAT THE BRAKES ACT NORMALLY BUT WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF ABS WHICH MAY BE OK FOR THE SUMMER BUT HAVING ABS ON ICY WINTER ROADS WILL BE CRUCIAL TO AVOIDING ACCIDENTS.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 66MPH ON HIGHWAY, APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT SHE APPLIED BRAKES, AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THERE WAS NO BRAKE POWER. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

ENGINE BLEW HEAD GASKET.

WHILE DRIVING ENIGNE BLEWOUT. VEHICLE WAS NON DRIVEABLE. HEAD GASKET COULD BE ONE OF REASONS. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK

ENGINE AND RADIATOR REPLACED, VEHICLE ALSO EXPERIENCED OIL LEAK. *SLC

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS JUMPING AND HAS DIFFICULTY SHIFTING INTO HIGHER GEARS. CONSUMER WAS ORIGINALLY INFORMED THAT THIS DEFECT WAS DUE TO BROKEN MOTOR MOUNTS. CONSUMER HAD MOTOR MOUNTS REPLACED. HOWEVER, TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS HAVE REMAINED.*AK CONSUMER WAS ADVISED THAT PROBLEM WAS A SPEED SENSOR, IT WAS REPAIRED .*JB

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS FAILED AT 49,000 AND AT 51,000 MOTOR MOUNTS HAD TO BE REPLACED, OIL PAN IS RUSTING FROM THE OUTSIDE AND NEEDS REPLACEMENT, STARTER HAS A CLIP TO ATTACH CONNECTION, COMES LOOSE AND MUST GET UNDER CAR TO RE-ATTACH (SOME ENGINEERING WIZ HERE) FRONT BODY MOUNT IS UNDER OIL FILTER AND WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED SOON. HAVE CONTACTED FORD AND THEY ARE HAPPY FOR MY BUSINESS, BUT ARE NOT GOING TO HELP

THE TRANSMISSION IS JUST ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE HAD WITH THIS CAR.THE AIR CONDITIONING NEVER WORKED VERY WELL. DECEMBER 1998 THE AIR CONDITIONING QUIT WORKING COMPLETELY. THE CRUISE CONTROL QUIT WORKING IN 1996. ONE OF THE POWER WINDOWS QUIT WORKING IN 1997. THE HEADLINER NEAR THE BACK WINDSHIELD STARTED HANGING DOWN IN 1998. OUR LATEST PROBLEM IS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. WE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPAIRED 11/1/98 AT A COST TO US OF $1,788.00. PLUS IT COST US OVER $100.00 TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED. THE FORD COMPANY HASN'T DONE ANYTHING TO HELP US.

CONSUMER STATES HEAD GASKET FAILED WITHOUT WARNING, CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT HEAD GASKET DISINTEGRATED. *JB

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILURE IN WHICH WATER ENTERED INTO THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER, SINCE WATER IS NOT COMPRESSIBILE THE CONNECTING RODS AND PISTONS WRIST PINS FAILED FROM EXCESSIVE FORCE DESTROYING THE ENGINE, PARTS ENDED UP IN THE OIL PAN AND PUNCHED HOLES IN THE PAN, CONSUMER STATES MANUFACTURER DENIED RESPONSIBILITY EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD A RECALL FOR FAULTY HEAD GASKETS FOR REPLACEMENTS AND HAD REPLACED NUMEROUS ENGINES THAT FAILED, THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS IMPROPER MATERIAL SELECTION FOR THE HEAD GASKETS WHICH WAS A DESIGN ERROR, MANUFACTURER ADVISED CONSUMER THAT SINCE THE ENGINE WAS BEYOND THEIR 5 YEAR, 60,000 MILE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY THEY HAD NO RESPONSIBILITY, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING THAT CLAIM BE RECONSIDERED BECAUSE VEHICLE IS WELL WITHIN THE 60,000 MILE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. *JB

MOTOR OVERHEATED AND CAR QUIT.*AK

PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, CONSUMER STATES THROTTLE STUCK IN CAR WOULD NOT STOP, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO CRASH INTO SHOPPING CARTS CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, WHEN CONSUMER INQUIRED ABOUT THE RECALL HE WAS TOLD THAT IT DID NOT APPLY TO THE STATE HE WAS LIVING IN, EVEN THOUGH HE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN RECALL. *JB

HEAD GASKET FAILURE! ENGINE OVERHEATED. BIG BUCKS TO FIX. SMALL CLAIMS COURT HERE I COME! *AK

WHILE DRIVING, NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM REAR OF CAR AND ENGINE HEAT INDICATOR NOTED TO BE RED LINED. CAR TAKEN TO NEARBY DEALER WHO HAD SOLD ME THE VEHICLE 10 MONTHS AGO. DEALER/REPAIR AGENT FOUND ENGINE HEAD GASKET TO BE BLOWN.*AK

WHILE VEHICLE IS IN PARK ENGINE IDLES HIGH. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

REPEATED FAILURE OF ICM/TFI IGNITION MODULE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. ENGINE DIES AT IDLE OR VERY LOW SPEEDS. AFTER OPENING THE HOOD AND LETTING ENGINE COOL , CAR WILL START. *AK

VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER. ANTI-FREEZE HAD BACKED UP AND LEAKED OUT. DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED THEY HAVE HAD SOME COMPLAINTS, BUT NO RECALL WAS ISSUED. SENSOR ASSEMBLY, TRANSMISSION PAN GASKET, CYLINDER HEAD GASKET AND THERMOSTAT HAD TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER WAS RESPONDSIBLE FOR $1700. *AK

"EXCITER RING" IN FRONT ABS SPLIT/SHEARED, CAUSING BRAKE PEDAL TO KICK BACK TOWARDS DRIVER WHEN T BRAKE PEDAL WAS PRESSED. THIS RESULTED IN A LOSS OF BRAKE EFFECTIVENESS. CONSUMER WAS UNSURE ABOUT SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO HEAD GASKET FAILURE. HEADS WERE DAMAGED AND COOLANT HAD DAMAGED CRANK SHAFT AND BEARINGS. ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED WITH A REBUILT ENGINE. TOTAL COST IS OVER $4800 (CDN). CONTACTED FORD CANADA CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD NOT COVER REPAIR OF THIS MANUFACTURERS DEFECT. ENGINE ONLY HAD 81017 KM ON IT AT TIME OF FAILURE (50,000 MILES). THIS APPARENTLY IS A WELL KNOWN DEFECT FOR THIS ENGINE AND SOME MODELS AND YEARS HAVE BEEN COVERED. THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON FOR AN ENGINE TO FAIL THIS WAY AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE - THIS IS AN OBVIOUS MANUFACTURERS DEFECT AND SHOULD BE COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER.*AK

WHILE CONSUMER WAS ADJUSTING REAR VIEW MIRROR ENTIRE WINDSHIELD CAME APART. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

CONSUMER PULLED OUT OF DRIVEWAY WHEN THICK WHITE STEAM STARTED COMING OUT OF THE TAIL PIPE. ENGINE STARTED TO OVERHEAT AFTER DRIVING 3 MILES AND RUNNING ROUGHLY. MECHANIC LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE AND INFORMED HIM THAT IS WAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. ENGINE IS A 3.8L FUEL INJECTED V6.*AK