Air Bags › Frontal1 injured
Filed Apr 16, 1996MD
DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT ANY FRONTAL COLLISION WHILE TRAVELING ON HWY AT 55-65 MPH, VEHICLE IS A RENTAL FROM HERTZ RENTAL. *AK
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1996 Mercury Sable complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1996 record →
Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection System
Filed Mar 15, 1996MD
PURCHASED CAR NEW THERE IS A BAD RAW GAS SMELL LIKE THERE IS A GAS LEAK TOOK TO DEALER CAN'T FIND PROBLEM. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
Steering › Rack and Pinion
Filed Mar 15, 1996PA
WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL, THE STEERING WHEEL GETS STIFF AND MAKES IT DIFFACULT TO STEER. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
Visibility › Windshield
Filed Jan 23, 1996AL
SAFETY DEFECT WITH THE WINDSHIELD CAN NOT SEE OUT OF WINDSHIELD. TT
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