1993 Mercury Sable complaints

COIL SPRINGS BROKE, AND WERE REPLACED WITH FORD REPLACEMENT PARTS. HOWEVER, THEY BROKE AGAIN WITHIN A 1 YEAR AFTER RECALL REPAIRS. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. 98V-094. *AK

DEFECTIVE OIL PAN RUSTED THROUGH, CAUSING AN OIL LEAK WHICH MAY RESULT IN A FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

EXHAUST SMELL COMING INTO CAR. I WAS TOLD THERE WERE BROKEN BOLTS ON EXHAUST MANIFOLD. THEY NEEDED TO BE DRILLED OUT AT COST OF $1,500+. THEY COULD FIX IT OR IT COULD WAIT. LOCKS ON DOOR WILL ENGAGE WITHOUT TOUCHING. TOUCHED PAD ON EXTERIOR DOOR, HAS NEVER WORKED. *AK

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE BRAKE ROTORS EXPERIENCED FAILURE. *YC

VEHICLE NOT ELIGABLE FOR REPAIRS - (98V-323). *YC

NO SUMMARY. *MJS

UNABLE TO SUBFRAME-MOUNT NUTS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL DUE TO UNAVAILABILITY OF PARTS. (98V-323)

VEHICLE BLOWS WHITE SMOKE. ANTI-FREEZE IS BEING LOST. VEHICLE RUNS HOT. DEALER CONTACTED, AND STATED HEAD GASKET WAS DEFECTIVE. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. ALSO, REAR LAP SEAT BELT DOES NOT TIGHTEN/ WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT OPERATE PROPERLY. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON, WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES TO RELEASE THE CRUISE CONTROL, THERE WERE NO BRAKES. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND DID NOT RESPOND UNTIL IT WAS AN INCH AWAY FROM THE FLOOR. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL IN ALL INTERMITTENT SETTINGS AND DELAY SETTING.

I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT FORD HAS HAD BLOWN HEAD GASKET PROBLEMS FOR SOME TIME OVER THE YEARS, AND THAT FORD HAS PAID FOR REPAIRS FOR 1994 AND 1995 VEHICLES WITH THE 3.8 ENGINE. THEY REFUSED TO HELP ME OUT AT ALL. I ALSO CONTACTED DETROIT MICHIGAN AND THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED. EVEN THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT IT WAS A BAD ENGINE. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING DURING RAIN STORM.TOOK TO DEALER-DEFECTIVE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH. IT COST ME $166.94 TO FIX. THIS WEEK I HEARD OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVING SAME PROBLEM. *AK

CAUSE OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS DUE TO TRANSMISSION FLUID BOILING. *AK

THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SPRING CRACKED, AND PUT A HOLE IN THE TIR, CAUSING THE TIRE TO DEFLATE. I WAS PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND LOST COMPLETE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. WHAT WOULD HAVE THIS BEEN LIKE IF THIS HAD HAPPENED SATURDAY ON THE WAY BACK FROM BALTIMORE AT 65 OR 70 MPH? BOTH SPRINGS WERE REPLACED AT FORD'S EXPENSE LAST YEAR WHEN BOTH WERE BROKEN. THESE ARE FORD REPLACEMENT PARTS, I THOUGHT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE CORRECTED THIS PROBLEM. I HAD MY WIFE, SON-IN-LAW, AND MY TWO GRANCHILDREN IN MY CAR THIS AFTERNOON ON THE INTERSTATE AT 65MPH. I AM CALLING FORD TOMORROW (MONDAY) ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND PROBABLY WON'T BE TO NICE. THANK YOU AND PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU NEED ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

PE99015, WINDSHIELD WIPERS; WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATION. SOMETIMES THE WIPERS DO NOT COME ON AT ALL. THE DEALER IS NOT AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. *AK *ML

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

THE REASON I AM REPORTING THIS BECAUSE IT IS A NEWS RELEASE ON AN NHTSA INVEISTIGATION, ACTION NUMBER PE99015. THE PROBLEM INVOLVES INTERMITTENT WIPERS TURNING OFF AND NOT WORKING. OCCASIONALLY THEY STOP, BUT WHEN TURNING THEM TO RUN FULL TIME THEY FAIL. *AK

RECALL REPAIR ON RECALLED COIL SPRING GUARD PERFORMED, BUT NOW THE GUARD HITS WHILE DRIVING(MAKING NOISE).

HEAD GASKET FAILED, LEAD IN THE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILED ALSO CAUSING ANTI-FREEZE TO LEAK RESULTING IN OVERHEATING OF THE ENGINE.

DEFECTIVE ENGINE HEAD GASKET MALFUNCTIONED WHICH MAY CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT. DEALER IS REPLACING THE GASKET, BUT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED SUDDENLY WITH NO WARNING

RECALL 98V094000, FRONT COIL SPRING . DEALER COULD NOT PLACE THE SPRING CATCHER BRACKET/SHIELD IN WHICH PREVENTS THE FRONT COIL SPRING FROM PUNCTURING THE TIRE WHEN IT BREAKS. BUT THERE WAS NO ROOM FOR THE SHIELD WHICH CAUSED A BANGING NOISE, AND RUB AGAINST THE TIRE WHICH COULD RESULT IN A BLOWOUT. DEALER REMOVED BRACKET AFTER THREE TRIES AT INSTALLING BRACKET, LAST TIME IT WA SRUBBING ON TIRE. MANUFACTURER SAID CASE WAS CLOSED. *AK

CONSUMER OWNS A VEHICLE THAT IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE RECALL CONCERNING REAR SUBFRAME MOUNTS. CONSUMER HAS BEEN TOLD THAT HIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. RECALL 93V-106.002. *AK

THE FUEL TANK BRACKET WHICH CONTROLS THE FUEL FROM MOVING SIDE TO SIDE BROKE, FUEL TANK BAFFLE CAME LOOSE. MAY CAUSE A FUEL LEAK. *AK *ML

THE CAR NOW WHEN COMING TO A STOP AND TURNING TO THE RIGHT IT LOCKS UP HARD TO TURN. AND HAS A HUMING LIKE LOW OIL, IN AN OLD FASHION CAR. THE NOISE SPEEDS UP AND DOWN WITH THE CAR . WHAT IS UP WITH THAT WINDOW THOUGH ? I DON'T KNOW WHY MY BRAKES WERE SO WORN LAST TIME THAT IS JUST SO SAD.

2 OUT OF 4 ENGINE MOUNTS HAVE BROKEN, POSING A POTENTIAL HAZARD AS NOW THE MOTOR WILL LIFT OFF OF THE MOUNTS DURING ACCELLERATIONA ,POTENTIALLY POSING STEERING / HANDLING PROBLEMS. WE HAVE CONTACTED FORD MULTIPLE TIMES WITH NO SUCCESS, WE WERE FIRST TOLD THAT THERE WAS A RECALL BUT THAT IT EXPIRED IN 1996. THEN WE ATTEMPT TO GAIN SATISFACTION FROM A LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND WERE TOLD THAT THE RECALL WAS STILL ACTIVE BUT THAT OUR VIN WAS NOT LISTED IN THEIR DATABASE AS QUALIFYING. IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT VIN NUMBERS ASIDE, IF THE CAR SUFFERS FROM THE SAME AFFLICTION IT SHOULD BE COVERED BY FORDS RECALL. I AM VERY FRUSTRATED IN OUR EFFORTS TO GAIN SATISFACTION FROM FORD AND FEEL STRONGLY THAT THIS IS A DESIGN DEFECT THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD PAY TO CORRECT. ANY ASSISTANCE THAT YOU COULD PROVIDE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

NO SUMMARY

RECALL REPAIR WORK NOT COMPLETED ON TWO COMPONENTS (HEADLAMP SWITCH 98S01 AND COIL SPRINGS), DUE TO DEALERSHIP PROBLEMS.

THE DIAGNOSTICS SHOWED THAT THE VEHICAL NEEDED A HEAD GASKET A FRONT COVER GASKEST AND A NEW RADIATOR. THE CAR LOSES HEAT AND THERE WAS OIL LEAKING AROUND THE FRONT COVER AND WITH THE COMPRESSION TEST SHOWED THE HEAD GASKET AND SOME OF THE COOLANT WAS SEAPING FROM THE RADIATOR. THESE TEST WERE ALL COMPLETED AT OUR LOCAL FORD DEALER. WE WERE TOLD THE COST TO FIX WOULD BE ABOUT $1700.00

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A RECALL CONCERNING THE FRONT COIL SPRING. MANUFACTURER RECALL #98S15/98MO2, NHTSA RECALL #98I002000. IT WAS REPAIRED ONCE WITH A SHIELD TO PROTECT THE TIRE AND THE SPRING FINALLY BROKE. THE SHIELD DID NOT PROTECT THE TIRE COIL SPRING, SPLIT TIRE IN HALF WHILE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT 15MPH. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

LOWER SUBFRAME MOUNT PLATE NUT BROKE DUE TO CORROSION WHICH RESULTED IN AN COLLISION. VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 98V323000. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

LOWER SUBFRAME MOUNT PLATE NUT BROKE DUE TO CORROSION WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION. VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL NUMBER 98V323000. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

THE CAR WAS BEING MOVED FROM THE FRONT OF MY HOUSE INTO THE DRIVEWAY. THE BRAKES WOULD NOT ENGAGE TO MAKE THE TURN, INSTEAD VEHICLE ACCELERATED. MY SON WAS DRIVING AND HE TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT TO TRY TO SLOW IT DOWN. HE THEN PANICKED AND JUMPED OUT. THE CAR PROCEDED TO CONTINUE CRASHING THROUGH OUR NEIGHBOR'S CHAIN LINK FENCE, CONTINUED THROUGH HIS YARD. THEN CRASHED THROUGH THE FENCE ON THE OTHER SIDE, ENDING UP BACK IN OUR YARD AND HITTING ANOTHER CAR PARKED IN OUR YARD, AS WELL AS A TRAMPOLINE, AND ENDED UP HITTING THE CORNER OF THE GARAGE WHICH STOPPED IT. *AK

THE HEAD GASKETS FAILED AT JUST OVER 50,000 MILES ON A VEHICLE THAT HAD BEEN WELL MAINTAINED. THE DEALER AND MECHANIC WHO FIXED THE VEHICLE SAID THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS ENGINE. THE MANUFACTURE, WHEN I CALLED THE CONSUMER OFFICE, SAID THE

HORN BUTTONS ARE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN AN EMERGENCY DUE TO THEIR SIZE AND LOCATION. THERE ARE 2 BUTTONS. AT APPROXIMATELY THE 10 O'CLOCK AND 2 O'CLOCK POSITIONS ON THE INSIDE OF THE STEERING WHEEL. IT REPRESENTS A REAL DANGER WHEN THE DRIVER IS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE BUTTONS TO ALERT ANOTHER DRIVER OR PEDESTRIAN. IT IS EXCEPTIONALLY DIFFICULT TO LOCATE THE BUTTONS,ESPECIALLY IF AN EMERGENCY SITUATION CALLS FOR TURNING THE WHEEL IN AN EVASIVE ACTION. WHILE I HAVE NOT HAD AN ACCIDENT CAUSED BY THIS PROBLEM, I HAVE HAD SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS. *AK

TIMING COVER GASKET FAILED.

BROKEN PLASTIC CLIP POSSIBLY JAMMED THE THROTTLE LINKAGE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE EVEN WITH FOOT ON BRAKE.

ONE MORNING WHEN I STARTED MY CAR I NOTICED THAT IT FELT FUNNY AND WHEN I SHIFTED THE TRANSMISSION TO R IT MADE AN HORRIBLE NOISE AND THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE. I ENDED UP PAYING AROUND $1450 TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION.

TRANSMISSION REQUIRED REBUILDING DUE TO WORN PISTON IN THE CLUTCH. MJS

VEHICLE WAS RUNNING FINE AT 60MPH WHEN ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH AND SMOKE CAME OUT OF EXHAUST. SMELL OF COOLANT IN EXHAUST ALSO. THE ENGINE HAD BLOWN A HEAD GASKET WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER TURNING VEHICLE OFF, ENGINE WOULD NOT START AGAIN SINCE FLUID HAD FILLED UP THE CYLINDERS. TRYING TO START THE CAR CAUSED A SECONDARY PROBLEM, I.E.,THE STARTER BROKE.

NO SUMMARY LISTED ON THIS VEHICLE. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS ARE LEAKING INTO THE COOLANT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN. *AK

VEHICLE HAD NO PRIOR WARNING THAT THE MOTOR MOUNTS WERE DEFECTIVE. DEALER NOTIFICATION WAS GIVEN WHEN VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOR OIL CHANGE. NO WARRANTY. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

TRANSMISSION JERKS WHILE INCREASING SPEED

WHILE DRIVING THE INSTRUMENT PANEL MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE GAS GAUGE/SPEEDOMETER AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE TO GO OUT. ALSO HAD A SMOKING SMELL WHEN THIS HAPPENED. *AK

NO SUMMARY PROVIDED BY CONSUMER

SEE TSB 98030298-4-9/ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO COOLANT LEAKING INTO CYLINDERS DESTROYED RINGS/ENGINE REPLACED AS A RESULT

ERRATIC OPERATION OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, THEY SUDDENLY STOP WORKING AND COME BACK ON UNEXPECTEDLY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND HAS ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE WIPERS AND REPLACED THEM, BUT PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. *AK

COMPLETE TRANMISSION FAILURE WITHOUT WARNING

HEAD GASKET FAILED (KNOWN DEFECT ACCOR. TO MECH.) RESULTING IN $1337 REPAIR