1994 Mercury Sable complaints

SINCE 2000, THE CAR HAS BROKEN DOWN SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE SAME REASONS. WE HAVE JUST REPLACED THE WATER PUMP AND THE RADIATOR AND NOW WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH $800.00 TO GET THE HEAD GASKET FIXED. IF IN ANYWAY PLEASE E-MAIL ME BACK AT [email protected] OR CALL 757-854-4027

CONSUMER HAS BEEN COMPLAINING OF THE VEHICLE STALLING AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN A FIX FOR IT YET. THERE IS A REPORT THAT SUGGESTS THE PROBLEM IS LIKELY TO BE WITH THE IGNITION DEVICE, THE TFI(THICK FILM IGNITION) MODULE MOUNTED ON THE DISTRIBUTOR. THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT IN TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND NOTHING WAS FOUND TO BE WRONG. *JG

IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE, THE HEATER FAILED. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER OF A PREVIOUS RECALL REGARDING THE ENGINE AND ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN UNTIL ENGINE WAS REPLACED, CONSUMER FEELS THE RECALL INFORMATION SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN PRIOR TO PURCHASE OF VEHICLE. *SLC *SCC

WHILE TRAVELING HEARD A LOUD GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM FRONT END OF VEHICLE. SOON AFTERWARDS VEHICLE DECELERATED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED, TECHNICIAN NOTICED TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

ROUGH IDLING YESTERDAY, HEAD GASKET BLEW TODAY. PUFF OF WHITE SMOKE AND USUAL ERUCTION OF ANTIFREEZE. AVOIDED ACCIDENT THOUGH I DID SWERVE INTO NEXT LANE BETWEEN 2 CARS.. *AK

FRONT PISTON IN TRANSMISSION CRACKED. THIS CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO LOSE PRESSURE AT SLOW SPEEDS AS IF IT WENT INTO NUETRAL. THIS WAS PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS WHEN STOPPED TO TURN LEFT. WHILE WAITING FOR ONCOMING TRAFFIC TO PASS THE TRANS WOULD LOSE PRESSURE RESULTING IN THE NUETRAL CONDITION. WHEN THE TRAFFIC PASSED AND THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TURN I WOULD STEP ON THE GAS BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. THEN AFTER A COUPLE OF SECONDS, AND SINCE THE ENGINE SPEED HAD NOW INCREASED, THE TRANS PRESSURE WOULD INCREASE AND THE CAR WOULD SUDDENLY GO INTO GEAR AND LURCH INTO THE LEFT TURN. HOWEVER A FEW SECONDS OF TURNING OPPORTUNITY HAD NOW BEEN LOST AND THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC WAS A LITTLE CLOSER THAN I AM COMFORTABLE WITH. I WOULD NOT LET MY FAMILY DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL IT WAS FIXED. I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALER AND HE IMMEDIATLY KNEW THE CAUSE, WHICH INDICATES THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. IN FACT HE HAD ANOTHER CUSTOMER WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, SAME KIND OF CAR, SAME TIME. IT COST ME $1,400 TO GET THE TRANS REBUILT. THE DEFECTIVE PART IS AND ALUMINUM RING THAT IS FORMED FROM SHEET METAL. DURING THE FORMING PROCESS THE METAL WAS STRETCHED TOO THIN. THIS WAS EVIDENT BY THE STRESS MARK OR SMILE ON THE DEFECTIVE PART. THE REPEATED APPLICATION OF PRESSURE EVENTUALLY RESULTED IN THE CRACK WHICH LET THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE TO LEAK PAST THE PISTON. AGAIN THIS VERY DANGEROUS.*AK

3.8 V6 ENGINE WAS LOSING COOLANT AND OVERHEATING WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER OF A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN PARKING BRAKE IS ENGAGED IT WILL DISENGAGES BY ITSELF. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

EMERGENCY BRAKE DISENGAGES BY ITSELF WHEN VEHICLE IS STARTED UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO POSSIBLY ROLL BACK ON AN INCLINE. PROBLEM HAS PROGRESSED. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH WARNING LIGHTS ON INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN SYSTEM, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

THERE IS A SQUEAKING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE AND REPLACED BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS BECAUSE OF NORMAL WEAR. . PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

LIGHT INSIDE OF VEHICLE COMES ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE ONTO ENGINE COMPARTMEN. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

TRANSMISSION DISENGAGES AT STOP; LUNGES INTO GEAR AT 1/3 THROTTLE, LIKE POPPING A CLUTCH. *AK

HEADGASKET FAILED AT 56000 MILES. DEALER REBUILT ENGINE, HEADGASKET FAILED AGAIN AT 33000 MILES. *AK

IT PUTTERS CANNOT RUN AIR CONDITIONER CAR STALLS OFTEN AND TAKES A WHILE TO START AGAIN. *AK

WHEN APPROACHING A STOP SIGN OR LIGHT VEHICLE WILL STALL WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. IN ORDER TO DRIVE FORWARD CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO MOVE GEAR SHIFT TO REVERSE AND DRIVE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. MECHANIC AT DEALERSHIP TOLD CONSUMER THAT SHE NEEDESD A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT.*AK

TAIL LIGHTS ARE COMPLETELY OUT. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THE DEALER STATED THE A SWITCH FOR TAIL LIGHTS NEEDED REPLACING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WE PURCHASED VEHICLE IN OCT. OF 2000. WE NEVER RECEIVED ANY RECALL NOTICES. WHEN WE HAD HEAD GASKET FAILURE, WE CONTACTED FORD, AND THEY DENIED COVERAGE. SAID THE EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT THEY PROVIDED HAD EXPIRED. WERE UNWILLING TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE HEAD GASKETS ON MY CAR WHICH IS A 94 MERCURY SABLE W/ A 3.8 LITER V6 ENGINE. THE HEAD GASKET HAS FAILED ON MY CAR AND I WAS NOT INFORMED OF A EXTENDED WARRANTY NOT EVEN WHEN I CALLED MY DEALER AND ASKED FOR A QUOTE ON THE 94 SABLE WHICH I WAS QUOTED1350.00 , IF THE ENGINE IS GONE TO THEN 3000.00. I FEEL IT IS UNFAIR I AM BEING PENALIZED FOR A FAULTY PART I HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF AND ONLY 300 MILES AFTER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, THE COPY OF THE WARRANTY STATES TO HAVE THE HEAD GASKET CHANGED EVEN IF THERE IS NO PROBLEMS.*AK

I HAVE EXPERINCED OVERHEATING W/ MY CAR FROM THE TIME OF PURCHASE THE ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM WAS INSPECTED AND SHOWED IT WAS FINE NOW I HAVE A BLOWN HEAD GASKET AT 90,000 MILES AFTER PAMPERING THE CAR FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. ONE DAY I WAS DRIVING AND AT A STOP LIGHT THE CAR STALLED , I RESTARTED AND A BLUE SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE REAR AFTER HAVEING A MECHANIC LOOK INTO IT , HE DTERMINED IT WAS THE HEAD GASKET.

WHILE PUTTING ON BRAKES THEY SQUEAK VERY LOUDLY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

I FIRST REPORTED THIS TO FORD AND TO THE NHTSA AFTER A TRIP IN AUGUST 1999 WHEN MY CAR STALLED NUMEROUS TIMES DURING A MOTOR TRIP IN IN VERY HOT WHETHER. IT WAS A MIRACLE THAT WE ESCAPED INJURY. LAST WEEK I TOWED MY SMALL BOAT WITH THE CAR IN MILD WEATHER AND AFTER ABOUT 75 MILES THE CAR STALLED AGAIN AND WE WERE AGAIN LUCKY TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. I READ AN ARTICLE IN THE AUGUST 2001 NEWSPAPER THAT FORD HAD AGREED TO REPLACE THE FAULTY IGNITION PART IN CARS WHERE IT HAD FAILED BUT FORD DENIED THIS WHEN I CALLED THEM. WHAT IS GOING ON? I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR IN HOT WEATHER OR TO TOW MY BOAT WITH IT OR TO USE IT IN CONDITIONS WHICH WILL CAUSE HIGH ENGINE HEAT. IF I DON'T GET HELP SOON I MUST GET RID OF MY CAR.*AK

AFTER REPLACING FIRST ENGINE AT 56,000 MILES UNDER FORD CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT, SECOND ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED AFTER 33,000 MILES OF WEAR. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT WARRANTY ON SECOND ENGINE WAS GOOD FOR 2 YEARS OR 22,000 MILES. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA ON THIS MATTER. *AK *JB

THE HEAD GASKET FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT, THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN RECALLED AND A NOTICE WAS SENT OUT, THE CONSUMER WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THIS RECALL. NLM

ENGINE MOUNTS DO NOT PROVIDE ENOUGH SUPPORT TO HOLD ENGINE, BOLTS PREMATURELY BREAK WHICH CAUSES ENGINE TO DROP, ENGINE MOUNTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE. *AKCONSUMER STATED SHE SOLD THE VEHICLE IN OCT, 2001 BECAUSE OF REOCURRING ENGINE MOUNT PROBLEMS.*SLC

WHILE CONSUMER IS DRIVING VEHICLE WILL STALL WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING. IT IS AN INTERMITTEN PROBLEM.*AK

THERE IS CONSTANT CAR SHUTING OFF WHEN FIRST START. THE BATTERY LIGHT STAYS ON. THE WINDOWS DO NOT LET DOWN. THE AIR CONDITIONER BLOWS HOT AIR, EVEN ON COOL DAY. THE DOOR WON'T CLOSE AT TIMES, HAVE TO MESS WITH SCREWS. THE VENTS COVERS FALL OFF. BACK, LEFT WINDOW WILL NOT LET DOWN AT TIMES. LIGHTS GO ON AND OFF, SOMETIMES STAYS ON. WHEN A TRUCK PASSES, THE CAR SWIRVES/

I HAVE THREE CHILDREN. THE YOUNGEST ONE IS OUTGROWING HIS TODDLER CAR SEAT. ALL CAR SEATS FOR OLDER CHILDREN REQUIRE A LAP AND SHOULDER BELT TO WORK, BUT THIS CAR HAS ONLY A CENTER REAR LAP BELT. I TRIED TO INSTALL A HARNESS IN THE CENTER, BUT WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO INSTALL A CENTER REAR TETHER ANCHOR IN THIS CAR. HELP!*AK

HEAD GASKETS FAILED ANTIFREEZE LEAKED THROUGH ENGINE BLOCK CAUSING IT TO CRACK ENGINE TOOK 3 WEEKS TO GET CAR BACK REPLACEMENT ENGINE OVERHEATED CAUSIG ANTIFREEZE TO BOIL OUT HEAD GASKETS LEAKAGE CAR HAD TO BE TOWEDX2 DEALER HAS CAR WILL REPLACE ENGINE AGAIN SAME PEOPLE AS BEFORE SAID AT LEAST ANOTHER 3 WEEKS WITHOUT MY CAR NEED MY CAR FOR WORK GETTING IMPATIENT WITH JD BYRIDERS ATTITUDE ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR WONDERING IF THIS CAR SHOULD'VE BEEN RECALLED FROM DAY 1 OF MANUFACTURING.*AK

HEADLIGHTS COME ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK RECALL 98S01 DEALS WITH THIS PROBLEM, HOWEVER CONSUMERS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL, HEADLAMP SWITCH WAS REPLACED AND A SWITCH PLUG LEAD KIT WAS INSTALLED, THE OLD SWITCH HAD MELTED. *SLC

HEAD GASKET FAILED, RESULTING IN SEVERE ENGINE DAMAGE TO CRANKSHAFT AND BEARINGS. *AK

FRONT END SPRINGS BROKE WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. ALSO SPRING HAS BROKEN ON OPPOSITE SIDE, WHICH SMASHED STRUT INSIDE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO FALL ON THE WHEEL ON PASSENGER'S SIDE. CAR COULD NOT BE MOVED. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

HEADLIGHTS WORK INTERMITTENTLY AND TAIL LIGHTS ARE COMPLETELY OUT.ALSO, CONSUMER CAN SMELL SOMETHING ELECTRICAL. *AK

THIS VEHICLE ONLY HAS A LAP BELT FOR THE CENTER REAR SEAT. I HAVE THREE CHILDREN AND THE YOUNGEST IS TURNING FOUR AND OUTGROWING HIS TODDLER SEAT. HIS TWO OLDER SIBLINGS SIT ON THE SIDES IN THE REAR, USING THE ONLY LAP-AND-SHOULDER BELTS IN THE REAR. I CANNOT FIND A BOOSTER SEAT THAT IS DESIGNED TO HOLD HIS SHOULDERS WHEN HE GROWS PAST 40 LBS, AND CAN BE ATTACHED TO THE CAR WITH ONLY THE LAP BELT. WHAT CAN I DO?*AK

WHEN I STARTED THE ENGINE ON ABOUT 5/1/01, IT CHUGGED AND HAD A HARD TIME STARTING. THIS LASTED FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF. THEN, SUDDENLY WHITE SMOKE EMINATED FROM THE EXHAUST AS SOON AS I STARTED THE CAR ON 5/8/01. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME IT WAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET AND THIS WAS LATER VERBALLY CONFIRMED BY THE FORD/MERCURY DEALERSHIP. SINCE THE RECALL COVERAGE EXPIRED ON 4/8/01, I AM TOLD I CAN HAVE IT REPAIRED FOR HALF PRICE ONLY BY THE FORD/MERCURY DEALERSHIP. I BELIEVE I SHOULD HAVE IT COVERED FOR THE FULL AMOUNT SINCE MY CAR HAS SO LITTLE MILEAGE AND SINCE THE HEAD GASKET BLEW SO CLOSE TO THE COVERAGE DEADLINE (AND SINCE IT APPEARS THIS WILL BE AN ONGOING PROBLEM I'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS OR SO ACCORDING TO THE FORD/MERCURY DEALERSHIP. I FEEL I'VE BEEN SOLD A LEMON AND AM EXTREMELY DISATISFIED WITH THE SERVICE (OR RATHER, LACK THEREOF) PROVIDED BY FORD/MERCURY. THE CAR HAS HAD PROBLEMS EVER SINCE I BOUGHT IT AND THE FORD/MERCURY DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO EFFECT REPAIRS! I'D REALLY PREFER A CASHIER'S CHECK SO I CAN TAKE IT TO A REPUTABLE CAR REPAIR ESTABLISHMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WEBSITE. SINCERELY, [XXX] AND [XXX]. *AK PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

PRIOR TO MANUFACTURER'S RECALL NOTIFICATION IN WHICH CONSUMER STATES HE NEVER RECEIVED, HE STATES AS HE WAS DRIVING, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO MAKE SOUNDS AND THEN THE TEMPERATURE WARNING GAUGE AND AUDIBLE ALARM SIGNALED A PROBLEM, CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER AND IT WAS THEN DETERMINED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A HEAD GASKET FAILURE, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING MANUFACTURER TO REPAIR VEHICLE FREE OF CHARGE OR COMPENSATE HIM THE RETAIL VALUE OF THE VEHICLE, EVEN THOUGH FAILURE OCCURRED AFTER THE 7 YEAR OR 100,000 MILES AND ALSO BECAUSE HE WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL AND AS OF 04-28-01 THE VEHICLE REMAINS AT THE DEALER. *JB

I HAD THE HEAD GASKETS FIXED IN MARCH 2000, AND THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THAT MALFUNCTION ON THIS VEHICLE, I SPOKE WITH FORD MOTOR CO. AND TOLD THEM THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE WARNED ME OF POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE RESULTING FROM THE HEAD GASKET PROBLEM AND FORD MOTOR SHOULD BE LIABLE FOR THE ENGINE FAILURE AND REPAIR THEREFORE.*AK

DRIVING UP A GRADE, CAR OVERHEATED. BELIEVE THE HEAD GASKET FAILED AND ENGINE FAILURE RESULTED.*AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WILL SLIP OUT OF GEAR,/OWN SHIFT AT HIGH SPEEDS WHEN DRIVING AT OR ABOVE 65 MPH. DEALERSHIP REPLACED VSS SENSOR WHEN THIS HAPPENED FIRST TIME. WHEN CONSUMER STARTS OUT, VEHICLE WILL AUTOMATICALLY DOWN SHIFT INTO NEXT LOWEST GEAR, REGARDLESS OF SPEED. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT IT WAS AN INTERNAL PROBLEM WITH FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON. A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST STATED THAT EXTREME TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE STEEL PISTON TO CRACK CAUSING THIS DEFECT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

CAR IS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE,THROUGH ENGINE BLOCK, CAUSING ENGINE TO BLOW UP.*AK

PRIOR TO PURCHASE THE DEALER NEVER DISCLOSED TO THE CONSUMER THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A REMANUFACTURED ENGINE INSTALLED IN IT, WITHIN THE FIRST WEEK OF OWNING THE VEHICLE THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE REQUIRED ABOUT TOW QUARTS OF OIL EVERY SEVERAL DAYS AND THE OIL LIGHT WAS CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATING WHILE DRIVING, THE DEALER REFUSED TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE STATING THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SOLD AS IS. NLM

HEAD GASKET WENT OUT WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. IT CAUSED SMOKE TO LEAK AT TAIL LIGHT, AND ANTI-FREEZE TO SPILL IN MUFFLER. PLEASE FILL ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE STALLS MOSTLY AT SLOW SPEEDS, AND ENGINE IS KNOCKING. ALSO, OIL LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY.*AK

ENGINE FAILED AT NIGHT, SO I WAS NOT ABLE TO THAT THERE WAS BLACK SMOKE TRAILING AFTER THE CAR UNTIL I PULLED INTO THE GARAGE. MECHANIC REPORTED THAT IT WAS A RUPTURED MOTOR GASKET WITH ANTIFREEZE SEEPING INTO THE MOTOR. *JB ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS****742671

VEHICLE WILL STALL AND HAS TO BE TURNED OFF BEFORE VEHICLE WILL START AGAIN. *AK

PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE. FORD PART NUMBER F1DZ*5461202*AA. BUCKLE QUIT FUNCTIONING. ORIGINAL PART WAS REPLACED 09 APRIL 1998 ($16.93). THIS PART FAILED. IT WAS REPLACED 23 FEBRUARY 2001 ($35.33). INCLUDING THE ORIGINAL, THIS WILL BE THE THIRD BUCKLE AND CABLE THAT IS INSTALLED ON THIS CAR. BOTH TIMES, I ASKED THE DEALER IF THERE WAS A RECALL AND HE SAID THERE WAS NOT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 45-55MPH ENGINE STARTED SMOKING. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, ANTIFREEZE WAS LOW, AND HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN. *AK