1995 Mercury Sable complaints

I HAVE A 1995 MERCURY SABLE THAT HAS A BAD HEAD GASKET. I WAS TOLD BY MY MECHANIC THAT THERE WAS A RECALL BY FORD, BUT AFTER CALLING AND LEAVING MESSAGES, I AM UNABLE TO CONFIRM THIS. PLEASE ADVISE. THANK YOU! I AM ALSO LISTING NUMEROUS PROBLEMS THAT HAVE OCCURRED WITH THE SUSPENSION AND BRAKES IN THE LAST YEAR.

FREQUENT FAILURE OF ANALOG SPEEDOMETER. I HAVE A 95 MERCURY SABLE THAT HAS IT'S THIRD SPEEDOMETER. FIRST TWO REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. IT HAS FAILED AGAIN. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE AN ABNORMAL FAILURE RATE. I CALLED A SPEEDOMETER REPAIR SHOP AND THEY WERE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PROBLEM ON THE 95-96 SABLE AND TAURUS. *NLM

MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN ACTING UP EVER SINCE I PURCHASED MY CAR IN 1999. IT ONLY HAD 86000 MILES ON IT AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR NEEDED TO BE DRIVEN FOR A WHILE AND IT WOULD STRAIGHTEN ITSELF OUT. WELL, NOW IT'S SITTING IN MY FRONT YARD NEEDING A $1700 TRANSMISSION IN IT. LUCKY FOR ME, I WAS ON MY WAY HOME ON A BACK ROAD INSTEAD OF ON A HIGHWAY WITH TRAFFIC ZOOMING BY.

MY COMPLAINT RELATES TO FORD AND ITS HANDLING OF THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 3.8 ENGINE. WHEN NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL BECAUSE OF THE GASKET PROBLEM I TOOK MY 1995 SABLE TO A FORD DEALER FOR CORRECTION. THE CAR IS NOT USED TOO MUCH, AND CONSEQUENTLY THE TIME EXTENSION(TO 7 YEARS) RAN OUT, BUT WITH ONLY 28,000 MILES ON THE NEW GASKETS (72,000 MILES TOTAL ON THE VEHICLE), THEY FAILED LAST MONTH. FORD HAS NO INTEREST IN PROVIDING ANY RELIEF. MILEAGE TO THEM IS IRRELEVANT, ONLY THE TIME. PRETTY LOUSY APPROACH TO FIXING AN ENGINEERING DESIGN FLAW. PURCHASES OF FORD PRODUCTS ARE A THING OF THE PAST. JUST HAD TO ENTER A FORMAL COMPLAINT AND GET IT OFF MY CHEST. IF YOU CAN USE ME AS ANY KIND OF A WITNESS AGAINST THEM GIVE A CALL. *AK

DRIVER WAS DRIVING CAR ON STATE ROAD 84. CAR WAS STALLING. DRIVER PULLS OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD, OPENS HOOD ENGINE COMPARTMENT ENGULFED IN FLAMES AS STATED IN FIRE MARSHALL'S REPORT. FIRE MARSHALL STATES THE FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. CAR WAS TOTALLED.

ENGINE MOTOR MOUNTS WERE DEFECTIVE. *AK *JB

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE GOES FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND WILL NOT REGISTER THE CORRECT SPEED. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION . *NLM *DT

HEAD GASKET BLEW ON DEC. 25 2002

BLOWN HEAD GASKET ON ALL FORD 3800'S. TS

WHILE DRIVING THE FRONT SUSPENSION COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND PUNCTURED THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE. TS SCC

WHEN DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT OF TAIL PIPE. MECHANIC STATED THAT THE HEAD GASKETS WERE BLOWN. TS CONSUMER NEVER RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATION REGARDING HEAD GASKETS, THEREFORE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. HEAD GASKETS HAD TO BE REPLACED THREE TIMES AT OWNERS EXPENSE. *TT

WHILE HAVING THE AIR CONDITIONING SERVICED THE ENGINE OVER HEATED DUE TO THE FAN NOT RESPONDING TO TEMPERATURE RAISING. A SERVICE CAMPAIGN WAS ISSUED BY THE MANUFACTURE BUT THE FAILURE OCCURED (2) WEEKS AFTER THE DEADLINE. THE MANUFACTURE IS NOT ASSISTING WITH THIS CAMPAIGN. NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 01I011 ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE FAN ON THE VEHICLE STOPPED AND THE ENGINE OVERHEATED. THE CONSUMER COULD NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE DEALER REPLACED THE ENGINE COOLING FAN. BUT WAS ADVISED THAT THE FAN WILL NOT OPERATE DUE TO A BLOWN OR SHORTED CONSTANT CONTROL RELAY MODULE. *SCC

VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND LEAKED COOLANT DUE TO A DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET. CONSUMER STATED THAT MANUFACTURER HAD ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ON THE DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET, AND ISSUED A WARRANTY. HEAD GASKET FAILED AFTER THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. MANUFACTURER REFUSES TO REPLACE HEAD GASKET. *YH *JB SERVICE BULLETIN #98-4-9. HEAD GASKET FAILED WHEN IT WAS SEVEN YEARS AND SEVEN MONTHS. *SCC

I OWN A 1995 MERCURY SABLE STATION WAGON. AT 69,000 MILES THE HEAD GASKET FAILED. FORD MOTOR COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGED THE DEFECTIVE PART IN TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 98-4-9. FORD ISSUES A 5 YR/60,000 WARRANTY IN 1998 AND A 7 YR/100,000 MILE WARRANTY IN 2000. THE HEAD GASKETS ON MY VEHICLE DID NOT FAIL UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS 7 YEARS AND SEVEN MONTHS --WHICH WAS OVER THE WARRANTY PERIOD. THIS PART SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR SAFETY REASONS. IT IS UNFAIR TO MAKE THE PUBLIC PAY FOR A DEFECTIVE PART. NLM

PARTS FOR RECALL 01V390000 CONCERNING ENGINE COOLING FAN BEARING WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR MONTHS. WHILE WAITING FOR PARTS, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE.*AK

LIONEL BARNET, P.A. WHO IS WRITING ON BEHALF OF MR. BADER STATES THAT THE OWNER RECEVIED NOTICE OF SAFETY RECALL 01S30/O1M09 RELATING TO COOLING FAN MOTOR FAILURE. PRIOR TO RECEIPT OF RECALL NOTICE, MR. BADER, A QUALIFIED AUTOMOTIVE MECHANIC, FOUND IT NECESSARY TO REPAIR HIS VEHICLE DUE TO OVERHEATING AND DISCOVERED THAT THE FAN MOTOR HAD SEIZED. MR. BADER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT OF THE REASONABLE CHARGES HE INCURRED IN REPAIRING HIS VEHICLE WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY. *TT

THIS WAS REPAIRED AT BERGE FORD IN MESA, AZ. THIS IS THE SECOND COMPLAINT RELATED TO THIS ENGINE COOLING FAN FAILURE. I HAVE HAD TO TAKE THE CAR BACK FOR ADDITIONAL WORK THAT I BELIEVE WAS CAUSED BY THE COOLING FAN FAILURE. THE HARMONIC BALANCER WARPED FROM THE ENGINE HEAT AND WELDED ITSELF TO THE CRANK SHAFT. BOTH HAD TO BE REPLACED AT AN ADDITIONAL COST OF $1460.00 I FEEL THAT BERGE FORD OR FORD MOTOR COMPANY SHOULD REIMBURSE ME FOR THE REPAIRS DUE TO THE NEGLIGENCE OF THEIR SERVICE PEOPLE.*AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

RECALL O1I011000 DEALER REPLACED ONLY THE RESISTOR IN APRIL. WHEN I QUESTIONED THEM ABOUT THIS REPLACING THE COOLING FAN I WAS TOLD "IF THE COOLING FAN WAS GOING TO FAIL, IT WOULD HAVE FAILED AT THAT TIME." ON 06/14/2002 THE ENGINE COLING FAN FAILED. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO BERGE FORD IN MESA, AZ. 480-497-7600. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE RADIATOR EXPLODED FROM THE HEAT. SERGIO TOLD ME THAT THE ENGINE COOLING FAN FAILURE IS WAS THE ROOT OF ALL THE DAMAGE. THE DEALER REFUSED TO COVER THE COST OF THE REPAIRS. THEY DID COVER THE COST OF THE ENGINE COOLING FAN. THEY ALSO REFUSED TO PROVIDE A RENTAL CAR PER DIRECTION OF THE RECALL LETTER. THAT WAS AN ADDITIONAL $157.15 COST TO ME. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT ACTION I CAN TAKE TO RECOVER MY COSTS? ONE LAST THING, AS I WAS FILLING OUT THIS FORM I NOTICED BERGE FORD HAD RECORDED THE VEHICLE MILEAGE INCORRECTLY FOR MY VEHICLE. JOHN REDIKEN IS MY NORMAL SERVICE CONSULTANT.*AK

RECALL O1I011000 REPAIRS WERE DONE, DEALER REPLACED COOLING FAN RESISTOR. WHILE DRIVING ENGINE COOLING FAN FAILED. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE. ON 14-JUN-02 AT BERGE FORD MESA, AZ 480-497-7600.*AK *YH

HEAD GASKET HAS CRACKED AND ENGINE OVERHEATED WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. CONTACTED DEALER WHO WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK CONSUMER ADDS MALFUNCTION OF FAN MOTOR RECALL WAS THE CAUSE OF THE HEAD GASKET. *TT

HEAD GASKET GOES OUT PREMATURELY, CAUSING ENGINE TO OVERHEAT. HAD PART REPLACED , PROBLEM REOCCURRED. *AK

RECALL 98 V 323 000/SUBFRAME CORROSION: UPON ACCELERATION FROM A STOP POSITION, DRIVER HEARD A CLUNK SOUND, AND THEN THE STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK THIS VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE EXACT PROBLEMS AS OUTLINED IN THE RECALL. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE CONSIDERATION FOR VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED AS PER RECALL. *JG

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED TO SLOW DOWN TO 30 MPH, CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP, TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE RECONDITIONED.*AK *MJ

THE NEEDLE ON THE SPEEDOMETER BOUNCES AT ABOUT 45MPH OR MORE. THE DEALER SAID THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. IT WILL COST OVER $700 TO FIX IT. IF THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, THEN FORD SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS REPAIR.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THE A/C WAS INOPERATIVE. OUTSIDE SHOP FOUND A/C MANIFOLD LINE WAS LEAKING AND HAD TO BE REPLACED CAUSED BY STRESS FROM SUSPENDED SUBFRAME. OUTSIDE SHOP CLAIMED WHEN RECALL REPAIRS TO REPLACE SUBFRAME BOLTS WHICH ENTAILED LIFTING THE ENGINE AND / OR LOWERING IT PUT STRESS ON THE FRONT BOLTS, THUS SHEARING OFF THE BOLT LOCATED ON THE FRONT END RIGHT SIDE. THIS CAUSED THE ENGINE TO DROP WHICH CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE A/C. DEALER CLAIMED THAT DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY OUTSIDE SHOP WHO REPAIRED A/C SEVEN MONTHS PRIOR. THERE WERE IMPACT MARKS INDICATION THAT THE SERVICE PERFORMED WHEN REAPIRING THE A/C OR VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHICH CREATED THE PROBLEM. *TT

VEHICLE WAS GOING DOWN THE HILL AND BLACK SMOKE WAS COMING FROM REAR. DRIVER'S FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT DUE TO COIL SPRING SLIPPING DOWN OVER THE STRUT WHICH PUSHED UP AGAINST THE TIRE AND PUNCTURING IT. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THE HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING COOLANT INTO ENGINE.*JB.*JB

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THERE WAS A RECALL LETTER SENT TO CONSUMER, (01I011000) THE FIRE WAS DUE TO THE CONDITIONS STATED IN THE RECALL LETTER. CONSUMER IS LOOKING FOR ASSISTANCE TO COVER THE COSTS OF REPAIR TO VEHICLE. *JG

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED OUT AND DIED WITH OUT WARNING. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. NLM

WHILE TRYING TO MAKE A TURN VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN ON ITS OWN. ALSO, IS HARD TO START UP VEHICLE.*AK

VEHICLE WAS IN FOR A OIL CHANGE. CONSUMER NOTICED HIGH BEAMS WERE NOT SHINING RIGHT DISTANCE. ALSO, DEALER NOTICED THAT BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE BROKEN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. CONSUMER FELT BOTH COIL SPRINGS SHOULD NOT HAVE BROKEN AT THE SAME TIME. FEELS ITS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT, ENGINE HEADS CRACKED, AND THERE WAS ALSO DAMAGE TO THE INTAKE. VEHICLE BECAME INOPERABLE. CONSUMER IS ASKING FOR A REFUND OF REPAIR COST. *AK *YD

CONSUMER STATES ENGINE COOLING FAN FAILED PRIOR TO RECEIVING SAFETY RECALL 01S30 RELATING TO THE ENGINE COOLING FAN. CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS PAID OUT OF POCKET. CONSUMER NO LONGER HAS VEHICLE IN HER POSESSION DUE TO AN ACCIDENT. *TT

OUR 1995 MERCURY SABLE HAD 54,500 MILES ON IT AND THE HEAD GASKETS FAILED. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER AND THEY EXPLAINED THAT THE HEAD GASKETS FAILED AND THAT WE MAY POSSIBLY NEED A NEW ENGINE. WE HAD PREVIOUSLY REC'D SEVERAL RECALL NOTICES FROM MERCURY REGARDING 1994 AND 1995 SABLE AND DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKETS. WHEN WE REC'D NOTICES WE TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY EXPLAINED THAT THEY COULD NOT REPLACE THE HEAD GASKET UNLESS IT WAS DEFECTIVE AT THE PRESENT TIME. WELL, NEEDLESS TO SAY IT WAS THREE MONTHS OVER THE SEVEN YEAR OR 100,000 WARRANTY FOR THE DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKETS AND OURS FAILED. I QUESTION WHY MERCURY DID NOT REPLACE ALL HEAD GASKETS IF THEY WERE AWARE THAT THEY WERE DEFECTIVE. SPOKE WITH OUR MERCURY DEALER AND HE SAID THAT THERE IS NOTHING HE CAN DO. I'VE BEEN DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE PROBLEM AND I NOTICED THAT THERE ARE A LOT MORE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE. WHAT CAN WE AS CONSUMERS DO TO HAVE MERCURY REPLACE ALL DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT? WE ARE NOW OUT $1200.00 BECAUSE OF A KNOW DEFECTIVE PIECE OF EUQIPMENT.*AK

NEED TO BE REIMBURSED BY FORD FOR REPAIR COSTS FOR TWO EVENTS--- AS ORDERED IN CALIFORNIA SUIT SETTLED 10/25/2001 IN WHICH FORD MUST REIMBURSEOWNERS NATIONWIDE WHO PAID OR WILL PAY TO REPAIR FAILED IGNITION SYSTEMS. (SUP[ERIOR COURT JUDGE MICHAEL E. BALLACHEY . ) PLEASE ADVISE HOW WE CAN RECEIVE PAYMENT. *AK

WE BLEW A HEAD GASKET AND THEN DISCOVERED THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THIS ON 1995 SABLES. FORD SHOULD HAVE DONE A RECALL TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM.*AK

4 MONTHS AFTER BUYING THE CAR, THE ENGINE STARTED TO HEAT UP, AND LEAK. I TOOK IT TO THE NEAREST MECHANIC FOR REPAIR. I HAD PURCHASSED EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT THE DEALER REIMBURSED ONLY $19.84 OUT OF $544.00. FORD DIDN'T RESPOND TO MY PREVIOUS QUERIES CONCERNING ANOTHER VEHICLE. SO I'M CONTACTING YOU, HOPING FOR A HELP. HAD TO REPLACE RADIATOR AND BELT SERPENTINE. PLEASE HELP ME IN GETTING MY MONEY BACK. LOU.*AK

VEHICLE SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY SURGED FORWARD WHEN VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO DRIVE, RESULTING IN A COLLISION.*AK

CONSUMER STATES SPEEDOMETER BROKE TWICE. *TT

THERE WAS A RECALL IN JUNE 1995 92M77 FOR 1993 TAURUS. LOOKING AT THE NHTSA WEBSITE IT APPEARS THAT THE MOTOR MOUNT PROBLEMS WASN'T SOLVED UNTIL AT LEAST 1998. THUS THE RECALL SHOULD BE EXTENDED. THANK YOU. *AK

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 01 I 011 000. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP, AND WAS INFORMED NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. CHECKED LATER, AND GIVEN SAME INFORMATION. THIS HAS BEEN A MONTH AND A HALF SINCE RECEIVING NOTICE.*AK

BY PASS KITE FOR HEATER COIL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED TO DUE TO RUST IN RADIATOR. DEALER HAS SERVICED AND REPAIRED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

REAR DEFOGGER INSIDE OF VEHICLE DOESN'T PRODUCE ENOUGH HEAT TO DEFOG WINDOW LOCATED IN BACK. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

TIMING COVER GASKET, CRANKSHAFT, MOTOR MOUNTS AND RADIATOR ASSEMBLY FAILED. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT ALL THESE REPAIRS WERE MADE AFTER THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED, AN UNDER HOOD FIRE OCCURRED ON 02-JAN-2002, THE NEXT DAY CONSUMER BECAME AWARE OF RECALL 97V019 REGARDING POSSIBILITY OF COOLING FAN BEARING SEIZING CAUSING VEHICLE FIRE. *YH

VEHICLE OVERHEATS, RUNS ROUGH WITH A HEAVY WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM TAIL PIPE BECAUSE HEAD GASKETS HAVE FAILED PREMATURELY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS IN REFERENCE TO NHTSA RECALL 01V390000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 01S30. DEALER HAS STATED THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE, PARTS WERE ON BACKORDER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THE ORIGINAL SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONED AND WAS REPLACED BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, HOWEVER THE REPLACEMENT HAS ALSO MALFUNCTIONED.*JB

NHTSA RECALL 01V390000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 01S30. TOOK VEHICLE IN TO BE REPAIRED. DEALER REPLACED CIRCUIT BREAKER, BUT DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE DEFECTIVE COOLING FAN MOTOR. *AK