1998 Mercury Sable complaints

THE DRIVER PRESSED DOWN ON THE ACCELERATED PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS. THE DEALER FOUND INTERNAL FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. *NLM

WHILE THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET AT 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED THEN RESTARTED BY ITSELF. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WAS IN THE SWITCH AND A LOOSE WIRE. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED ON IT'S OWN AND WAS SOMETIMES HARD TO START. (HARD TO START, HOT OR COLD) WHEN THE VEHICLE DIED AT LOW SPEEDS, IT DID NOT RESTART AND WAS HARD TO START IMMEDIATELY AFTER BUT WOULD START WITHIN 2-3 MINUTES. *SCC *JB

THE AIRBAGS AND SHOULDER HARNESS BOTH FAILED IN A FRONT END COLLISION AT HIGHWAY SPEED RESULTING IN INJURIES TO THE DRIVER. *LA

WHILE WAITING AT A STOP VEHICLE SHOOK/VIBRATED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER,AND VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. *AK

I HAVE HAD A OIL LEAK SEVERAL TIMES REPLACED OIL PAN AND GASKET 4 TIME,S STILL HAVE PROBLEM, HEADLIGHTS WORK INTERMITTENTLY, AND ARE NOW COMPLETELY OUT.*AK

TURN SIGNALS ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. DEALER REPLACED THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH. *AK

THE RADIATOR COOLANT SYSTEM HOSE COME OFF, AND LEAKED TRANSMISSION FLUID. THIS RESULTED IN THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE SERVICE SHOP INDICATED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE HOSE COMING OFF COULD BE CAUSED BY PRESSURE BUILD UP. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS.

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH OUTER RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEWOUT . CONSUMER CHANGED TIRE, NOTICING REAR SPRING STRUTS BROKE AND CAUSED BLOWOUT OF TIRE. *AK

REAR PASSENGER SEAT BELT IS STUCK, IT ALWAYS GETS STUCK, AND NOW IT CAN'T BE USED AT ALL. *AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO APPLY BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

ALL FOUR SEATBELTS WILL NOT CLICK IN/ RETRACT AND WILL NOT HOLD. *AK

NAR 05/28/2003 *MR FAILURE IN THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM. *CB

AUTOMOBILE 1998 MERCURY SABLE ENGINE RPM SURGES FIXED SEVERAL TIMES AT DEALER REPLACING SENSORS AND OTHER PARTS STILL SURGES PERIODICALLY IN 2002 THE ENGINE SURGED AND THE BRAKES DID NOT HOLD COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE THE CAR WAS IN THE SHOP 5 TIMES BEFORE THE CRASH FOR THE SAME PROBLEM SINCE 2002 ANOTHER 4 TIMES AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL NOT FIXED ALSO AFTER SHUTTING OFF CAR, THE FAN STILL RUNS ALSO FIXED 4 TIMES NOW ONLY REASON WE DID NOT BUY A NEW, AND OTHER BRAND VEHICLE IS LACK OF FUNDS TO PURCHASE A NEW CAR THIS CAR IS DANGEROUS NOT SURE OF ACCIDENT DATE EXACTLY WILL CHECK POLICE REPORT . *NLM

WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH, THE FRONT COIL SPRING FAILED, AND PUNCTURED THE PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. *NLM

WHEN THE CONSUMER REMOVED HIS REMOVED HIS FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. ALSO, WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO SURGE. *JB

THE TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH DID NOT ENGAGE AT TIMES, WHICH CAUSED A HARD SHIFT. *JB

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN AT A STOP AND WITHOUT WARNING THE ENGINE WOULD START RACING AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

WHILE EXITING VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING FOR ABOUT TWENTY MINUTES, VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. THERE WERE NO WARNING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

CONSUMER STATED ON 2 SEPARATE INCIDENTS WHILE DRIVING, THE ALTERNATOR OVERCHARGED AND BLEW OUT CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. *MR *TT

CONSUMER STATES AIR BAGS DEPLOYED W/O WARNING WHILE PARKING VEHICLE. DRIVER'S BAG DID NOT DEPLOY COMPLETELY. MR

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE. *AK

ABS BRAKING LIGHT APPEARS ON THE DASHBOARD. THE MECHANIC FROM THE DEALERSHIP TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THE MODULE HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT FORD SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS PART. *SCC

I'VE NOTICED SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, THAT IT SOMETIMES HESITATES WHEN YOU STEP ON THE GAS FROM A DEAD START AND YOU MUST MAINTAIN YOUR FOOT ON THE PEDAL UNTIL IT SHIFTS OR IT WOULD JERK. I'VE NEVER DRIVEN A VEHICLE THAT PERFORMED THIS WAY AND NOT KNOWING MUCH ABOUT CARS, DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A PROBLEM. NOW IT'S STUCK IN GEAR AT 60MPH. IT HAS ALSO DROPED INTO NEUTRAL FOR NO APPARENT REASON BUT ONCE I SHIFTED IT INTO REVERSE AND THEN DRIVE, THE GEAR KICKED IN.*AK

CAR HANDELS POORLY AND GOES ALL OVER THE ROAD AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG, CONTACTED FORD AND WAS IGNORED. NOW THE SEAT BELT IN THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR SEAT ISN'T OPERATING PROPERLY AND IS UNSAFE TO USE.IS THERE A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE?*AK

WHEN VEHICLE IS IN PARK OR FOOT IS TAKING OF GAS PEDAL TO BRAKE, IT WILL ACCELERATE.HAS TO APPLY A LOT OF PRESSURE TO BRAKES TO STOP VEHICLE. THIS CAUSES BRAKES AND ROTORS TO WARP. REPLACED PART; HOWEVER, PROBLEM REOCCURRED. *AK

WHILE SITTING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE VEHICLE WENT COMPLETELY DEAD, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DELERSHIP WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*JB

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY,TOOK AN EXIT, APPLIED BRAKES AND BRAKES DIDN'T HOLD.*AK

NO BRAKE LIGHT APPEARING ON LIGHT BULBS SOCKET. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK BRAKE LIGHT IS ONLY WORKING WHEN CAR IS IN REVERSE, THERE IS NO FUSE INFORMATION FOR BRAKE LIGHT IN THE USERS MANUAL AND FORD MOTOR CO CAN NOT FIND SPECS. *MJ

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE REVVED UP WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO SURGE FORWARD. CONSUMER HAD TO APPLY BRAKES EVEN HARDER TO STOP VEHICLE. DEALER CONTACTED.*AIK

I TOOK THIS CAR IN FOR ROUTINE TIRE ROTATION AND WHEEL ALIGNMENT AND WAS TOLD ABOUT THE DEFECTIVE REAR CAMBER. THEY SAID IT NEEDS A KIT 20% OF THE TIME BEFORE 60,000 MILES. THIS ROTATION AND ALIGNMENT COST ME $206.09. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE IN MY OPINION.*AK

BRAKE PEDAL AND GAS PEDAL ARE DESIGNED TOO CLOSE TOGETHER. DRIVER CAN UNINTENTIONALLY APPLY BOTH AT THE SAME TIME OR GAS PEDAL WHEN INTENDING TO APPLY THE BRAKE PEDAL. *AK CONSUMER HAS ALMOST HAD THREE ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION OF THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE GAS PEDAL. *JG

AFTER TURNING A CORNER TRANSMISSION HESITATES IF I TRY TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY. I THINK IT IS "HUNTING" BECAUSE IT WILL DROP DOWN TO 1ST GEAR AND ACCELERATE RAPIDLY. IT DOES HESITATE LONG ENOUGH TO BE DANGEROUS.*AK

WHEN CONSUMER MOVED THE VEHICLE FROM THE DRIVEWAY, FRONT SPRING BROKE CAUSING FRONT LEFT TIRE TO BLOWOUT. *NLM *YD

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE WHILE IN PARK AND WOULD LURCH FORWARD WHEN SHIFTED INTO DRIVE. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO CORRECT OR DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. NLM DEALER REPROGRAM THE ENGINE PROCESSOR, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. CONSUMER ALSO STATES THE SEAT BELT DOES NOT ENGAGE PROPERLY AND CONSUMER DOES NOT REALIZE IT, UNTIL LEANING FOWARD. *TT

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BUCKLE WOULD COME UNLATCH INTERMITTENTLY. NLM

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE HAD TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM, THE FIRST OCCURRED AT 62,000 MILES, AND I FEEL FORD IS DRAGGING THEIR FEET IN A SIMILAR FASHION TO THE 3.8 LITRE MOTOR INCIDENT. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

THE REAR SEAT BELT RETRACTORS NEVER WORKED WELL, BUT LAST MONTH ONE FAILED COMPLETELY. THE MANUFACTURER SAID THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE FIXED UNDER WARRANTY. I BELIEVE THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND SHOULD BE COVERED BY MERCURY. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE WILL SHAKE WHILE APPLYING BRAKES. ALSO, MOTOR MOUNTS WERE DEFECTIVE. *AK

PRIOR TO RECALL REGARDING OBDII, CONSUMER EXPERIENCED FAINTNESS, NAUSEA AND DIZZINESS, FOLLOWED BY HEADACHES AND WEAKNESS WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER BECAME AWARE OF THE RECALL AND HAD REPAIRS COMPLETED ON THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER CONSUMER SOUGHT A SECOND OPINION AND EMISSION LEAKS WERE FOUND IN THE MANIFOLD AREAS AND THE CATALYTIC CONVERSION PIPE, CONSUMER DOES NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE DUE TO THE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH ACCIDENT OCCURRED, AND DRIVER WAS INJURED. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

ENGINE INCREASES RPM IN PARK OR NEUTRAL WITHOUT ACCELERATOR BEING PRESSED. THIS CONDITION IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T NOTICE THE ENGINE IS INCREASING IN RPM, AND YOU PLACE THE SHIFT LEVER IN DRIVE, THE CAR LEAPS FORWARD.

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED, HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY EITHER SIDE. DRIVER WAS INJURED. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *YH

I HIT SAND THAT IS ON THE ROAD TO HELP YOU FROM SLIDING ON BLACK ICE,BUT IN MY CASE IT MADE MY CAR GO SLIDING AND I HIT CURB ON RIGHT SIDE OF ME,WHICH KNOCKED MY HANDS OFF STEERING WHEEL.BY THE TIME I HAD MY HANDS BACK ON THE WHEEL AND BRAKING I WAS ON LEFT SIDE OF ROAD.AT THIS POINT I WAS OFF THE ROAD AND ON THE MUD, WHICH MY BRAKES DIDN'T DO ME ANY GOOD I JUST KEEP GOING UP AND OVER INTO THE CANYON WHERE I WENT DOWN ABOUT 15-20 WHERE I HIT AN OAK TREE HEAD ON.THE BACK OF MY CAR WENT UP IN THE AIR AND WENT SIDE WAYS SLAMMED DOWN ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF CAR.DURING ALL THIS NEITHER OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.I RECEIVED 31 STITCHES IN FACE AND SEPARATED RIBS AND BRUISED WREST AND BUMPS AND BRUISES. *AK

SPRING CLIP FOR REAR BRAKE PADS HAS SNAPPED AND DISCONNECTED DURING OPERATION OF VEHICLE TWICE. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED WITH 17,000 AND 19,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN UNABLE TO EFFECTIVELY REMEDY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

VEHICLE OVERHEATED. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT DIDN'T COME ON. CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC. MECHANIC CHANGED THERMOSTAT. NEXT DAY WATER WAS ALL OVER THE GROUND. PROBLEM WAS STILL OCCURRING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT DUE TO A SPRING WITHIN STEERING BOX. *AK CONSUMER LISTS PROPERTY DAMAGE AND AN INJURY, HOWEVER DOES NOT MENTION ANY ACCIDENT. *YH

INTERIOR LIGHTS STAY ON & WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE ELECTRONIC DOOR LOCK MALFUNCTIONS AT THE SAME TIME

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT GOES OFF AND ON,WAS CHECKED BY DEALER,STILL GOES OFF AND ON