1993 Mercury Sable complaints

HEAD GASKET FAILED PREMATURELY, THE 1994 AND 1995 SABLE VEHICLE'S WERE RECALLED FOR HEAD GASKET FAILURE, HOWEVER VEHICLE DENIED DUE TO MODEL YEAR. *MJS

3.8 LITER V-6 ENGINE HAS BLOWN HEAD GASKETS WITH LESS THAN 69,000 MILES. *AK

3.8 LITER V-6 ENGINE HAS BLOWN HEAD GASKETS WITH UNDER 69,000 MILES, CONTACTED FORD AND WAS TOLD THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE HONORING WARRANTIES ON THIS ENGINE FOR THEIR 1994 & 1995 CARS,THEY ARE NOT DOING THIS FOR THE 1993 CARS WITH THE SAME ENGINE.I THINK THIS IS COMPLETELY UNFAIR,SINCE I HAVE HEARD THAT THIS ENGINE HAS HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH BLOWN HEAD GASKETS .I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT I CAN DO ABOUT FORD PAYING FOR ITS REPAIR OR REPLACMENT. *AK

METAL WIRE ATTACHMENT TO REAR WINDOW DEFOGER FELL OFF DEALER WANTED TO CHARGE $ 800.00 TO REPLACE ENTIRE REAR WINDOW I HAD IT REPAIRED FOR $25.00 AT A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP . WHEN I NOTIFED DEALER ABOUT THE PREMATURE FAILURE OF THE HEADGASKET AND THE RECALLS ON THE 1994 AND 1995 MODELS AND ASKED IF THE SAME PARTS WERE USED I WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT HELP ME. I HOPE YOU CAN THANK YOU.

CONSUMERS TRANSMISSION MOUNT WAS REPLACED AT HIS EXPENSE, FORD HAS ONLY REPAIRED MOUNTS IN CERTAIN GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS (RECALL), FORD REFUSES TO REIMBURSE CONSUMER FOR THE REPLACEMENT. NLM

WHILE DRIVING THE TEMPERATURE GUAGE INDICATED HIGH AND EXHAUST WAS FUMING DUE TO HEAD GASKET FAILURE. YH

WHILE COMING OUT OF DRIVEWAY ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC AND HE REPLACED THE HEAD GASKET. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AUTOMOBILE OVERHEATED AND WHITE SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE EXHAUST PIPE, SMELLING LIKE ANTIFREEZE. CONSUMER LET AUTOMOBILE TO COOL OFF FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. THEN TOOK IT TO MECHANIC WHO TOLD HIM HE HAD A BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET. FORD HAS A RECALL ISSUED FOR 95 MERCURY AND TAURUS FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT NOT THE 93 MODELS. *AK *ML

OUR MECHANIC TOLD US THAT THIS ENGINE TYPE HAS THIS FAILURE AT 60,000 MILES. OTHER FRIENDS FORD/MERCURY'S HEAD GASKETS WERE RECALLED AND COVERED. FOR SOME REASON 1993 HASN'T BEEN RECALLED YET EVEN THOUGH IT HAS THE PROBLEM. IT COST US NEARLY $1000 TO HAVE REPAIRED (THE DEALER WANTED $1800). WE WOULD LIKE MERCURY TO REIMBURSE US FOR THIS DEFECT. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE WOULDN'T TURN OVER. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER SHE HAD A CRACKED ENGINE HEAD GASKET. *AK

AFTER DRIVING TURNED OFF ENGINE, AND A CLOUD OF SMOKE CAME FROM THE ENGINE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP WHERE TECHNICIAN SAID IT WAS A HEAD GASKET FAILURE. DEALER INSTALLED FORD AUTHORIZED REBUILT ENGINE AT OWNER'S COST. *AK *ML

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEM WITH COOLANT LEAKAGES. WAS TAKEN TO DEALER, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PROBLEM WAS DUE TO A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. ALSO, VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S EXTENDED WARRANTY. *AK *ML

FORD REFUSES TO FIX PRE-1994 3.8L ENGINES (EVEN W/LOW MILAGE). *AK

STARTED "MISSING" AS I BACKED OUT OF DRIVE. QUIT RUNNING WITH IN A FEW MILES. GOT HOT. *AK

MOTORS MOUNTS MUST BE REPLACED FOR THE 3RD TIME IN 4 1/2 YEARS. *AK

REPAIRS DONE AT A COST OF $1251.08. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED WITHIN SUMMARY. *AK

THE PROBLEMS WITH THE HEAD GASKETS AND TRANSMISSIONS IN THE SABLE/TAURUS IS LEGENDARY IN THE INDUSTRY. WHY CAN'T SOMETHING BE DONE?>AK

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME. AFTER DRIVING VEHICLE FOR ABOUT 10-15 SMILES, THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOUR TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO LOCATE WHAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

FIRST TIME ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT WAS AT 43100 MILES, AND THE SECOND TIME HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT WAS AT 74100. CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RELIEF FROM MANUFACTURER. ENGINE WAS LEAKING OUT WHITE SMOKE. *AK

PRIOR TO RECALL HEAD LIGHTS GO OFF AND TURN ON AGAIN ALSO INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS ARE INOPERATIVE DUE TO SWITCH FAILURE AT THE CONNECTOR (98V-009). YH

HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

I'M AN OLDER WOMAN AND DO NOT DRIVE MY CAR FAST AND KEEP IN IN GOOD CONDITION. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX 45 MPH WHITE PLUMES OF SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE CAR AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE MOVED ALL THE WAY TO HOT. I THEN STARTED TO SMELL A FOUL SMELL. . IT COST OVER $1000.00 TO REPLACE THE GASKETS. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, CAUSING ANTI- FREEZE TO LEAK INTO V6 3.8 LITER ENGINE. PROBLEM CAUSED BY FAULTY SEALS BETWEEN THE CYLINDERS AND ENGINE BLOCKS OF THESE ENGINES. OXYGEN SENSORS WERE ALSO DAMAGED BY THE COOLANT LEAK AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. FORD HELPING TO FIX THE 94 AND 95 SABLE, BUT NOT THIS 93 SABLE, WHICH HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK.

HEAD GASKET FAILER&SUBFARME BUSHING FAILED. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILED AT 58,000 MILES. A PROBLEM FORD ACKNOWLEDGES FOR THE 3.8L ENGINE BUT WILL ONLY TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR 1994 AND NEWER CARS. *AK

HEAD GASKET BROKE, FORD WILL NOT COVER UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY DUE TO MODEL YEAR. NLM

HEAD GASKET CRACKED AND SHORTLY AFTER (1000 MILES) THE ENTIRE ENGINE BLEW AS A RESULT OF THE INITIAL HEAD GASKET FAILURE.

WHEN WE ENCOUNTERED THIS PROBLEM, WE SPOKE TO FORD AND THEY DENIED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH OUR PARTICULAR ENGINE TYPE. WE HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT THAT THERE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THE 3.8 LITERS SINCE 1988. FORD RECENTLY DID A RECALL AND REIMBURSED PEOPLE WITH 94 AND 94 SABLES WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. I CALLED AGAIN AND WAS TOLD THE SAME THING, MY ENGINE HAS NO PROBLEM, I HAVE BILLS THAT SAY OTHERWISE. *AK

HEAD GASKET BLOWN

ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED, LEAKING ANTIFREEZE INTO OIL, OIL PRESSURE DROPPED AT IDLE AT STOP LIGHT. DEALER SAID ENGINE WOULD NEED REPLACEMENT, POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO MAIN AND ROD BEARINGS. *AK

GAUGE GOES TO HOT AFTER 5 MINUTES OF DRIVING. WHITE SMOKE POURS FROM TAIL PIPE. LOW ON WATER. DIFFICULTY STARTING. ROUGH IDLE WHEN STOPPING. REPLACED BATTERY AND STARTER. STILL HAVE OCCASIONAL PROBLEMS STARTING. ( ASO, BRAKES HAVE SQUEALED WHEN WE BOUGHT IT. )

FAULTY HEAD GASKET CAUSED ERRATIC ENGINE PERFORMANCE. NLM

ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED ON TWO OCCASIONS. FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED AT 40,000 MILE UNDER WARRANTY, AND SECOND FAILURE OCCURRED AT CURRENT 80,000 MILES. REPAIRS DONE AT AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. 94 AND 95 MODELS WERE GIVEN EXTENDED WARRANTY, 93 WASN'T, BUT HAS THE SAME HEAD GASKET. OWNER WANTS REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILURE CAUSED THE HEATING SYSTEM TO BECOME ERRATIC. YH

FORD REFUSES TO EXTEND WARRANTY TO BLOWN HEADGASKET REPAIR; HAVING IT REPAIRED ELSEWHERE -VIN IS NOT AVAILABLE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO IT. I WILL BE SUING FORD TO RECOVER REPAIR COST FOR DEFECTIVE ENGINE. DOT MUST REQUIRE FORD TO COVER ALL 3.8L FAULTY HEADGASKETS PRODUCED. PLEASE HELP CONSUMERS. *AK

THE VEHICLE'S HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING. YH

NOTICED COOLANT LEAKAGES . VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER, AND INFORMED CONSUMER OF A BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET(3.8L ENGINE). *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND GOING OVER A BUMP HEARD A CLUNKING NOISE LIKE SOMETHING WAS LOOSE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THE DEALER SAID CONSUMER NEEDED NEW SPRINGS. *AK

TWO 3.8L MERCURY SABLE ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILURES: THE FIRST 22JAN98, 70418 MILES, REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY BY CHERNER LINCOLN MERCURY, VIRGINIA. THE SECOND 27 JAN 2000, 77,266 MILES, REPAIRED BY FORD DEALER SOO MOTORS, COST ME US $1571.19. SOO MOTORS SVC SAID IN ESSENCE I'D HAVE TO LOOK TO FORD FOR RELIEF. FORD CUSTOMER SVC, TOLD ME "SO SORRY" VIA PHONE. THANKS, DICK COUCH. *AK

1993 MERCURY SABLE (58,500 MILEAGE) HEAD GASKET FAILURE: A FEW DAYS AGO, THE TEMPERATURE GUAGE BEGAN FLUCTUATING FROM COLD TO HOT; AND WOULD THEN RETURN TO MID-RANGE ONLY TO GO BACK TO "HOT" -- THIS CYCLE CONTINUALLY REPATED ITSELF. WHILE IT WAS IN THE "HOT" RANGE, A WHIRRING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE COULD BARELY BE DETECTED. HEATER WOULD NOT HEAT UP WHILE ENGINE WAS IN IDLE AND WOULD BEGIN HEAT OUTPUT ONLY AFTER THE CAR HAD BEEN DRIVEN FOR ABOUT 25 MINUTES. TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP ON TUESDAY, 03/21/00, ONLY A FEW DAYS AFTER NOTICING THIS SUDDEN CHANGE IN THE VEHICLE PERFORMANCE. ESTIMATED COST AS OF 03/21/00 IS: $1,000 - $1,500 (FINAL ESTIMATE FROM DEALERSHIP DUE ON 03/22/00). WILL ALSO BE CONTACTING FORD MOTOR CO. ON 03/22/00. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILURE AS REPORTED ON OTHER 3.8L MODELS. ENGINE WAS REBUILT. *AK

NO HEAT; DEFROST. HAD 2 THERMOSTATS INSTALLED; STILL NO HEAT. TOOK BACK TO MERCHANIC; DISCOVERED BLOWN HEAD GASKET-ONLY 40,000 MILES ON CAR. WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT HE HAD SEEN MANY OF SAME YEAR AND MODEL WITH SAME PROBLEM. PAID $1200 FOR HEAD GASKET AND THE TWO THERMOSTATS. WOULD LIKE REIMBURSEMENT.

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

HEAD GASKETS FAILED PREMATURELY. FORD CURRENTLY RECALLING 1994-1995 TAURUS/SABLE VEHICLES WITH IDENTICAL ENGINES/IDENTICAL FAILURES, BUT FORD REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE OWNERS OF 1993 VEHICLES WITH THE SAME ISSUES. THIS IS UNJUST EXCLUSION FOR WHICH I HAVE RECEIVE NO LOGICAL REASON FROM FORD. *AK

CHRONIC COOLANT LEAK APPROX. HALF PT. MONTH-CRUISE CONTROL FAILURE-WATER LEAKS REAR WINDOW- RATTLES DURING BITTER WINTER WEATHER. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS HAVE BLOWN, CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE. *AK

BLOWN HEAD GASKET. FORD COVERS COST OF REPAIRS FOR THIS PROBLEM IN THE 1994-95 ENGINES, BUT NOT IN THE 1993. *AK *ML

ENGINE HEAD GASKET PREMATURE FAILURE. *AK

CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE HEAD GASKETS AND MOTOR MOUNTS REPAIRED AT HER OWN COST. THERE WAS 60,426 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. ALSO, VEHICLE WASN'T INCLUDED IN RECALL 97V01900/ ENGINE COOLING FAN. *AK *ML