2001 Mercury Sable complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH DRIVER HEARD A RUBBING SOUND, AND SHORTLY AFTER, THE TIRE BLEW OUT. OWNER HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED AT A TIRE SHOP WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE ON THE RIGHT REAR. *AK

THE REAR COIL SPRING, NOT THE FRONT PER THE RECALL, CRACKED AND NEARLY RUPTURED THE TIRE. WE HEARD A RUBBING SOUND AND STOPPED THE CAR. I HAVE SINCE CHANGED THE SPRINGS.*AK

THE POWER STEERING IN THE CONSUMER'S 2001 MERCURY SABLE STATION WAGON FAILED. THE CONSUMER OPENED THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE BELT WAS LOOSE AND THAT THE SPRING LOADED BELT IDLER PULLEY WAS HANGING IN PARTS ON THE ENGINE BLOCK. *NM IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PULLEY ASSEMBLY COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED THAT FORD REIMBURSE HIM FOR THE COST OF REPLACING THE DEFECTIVE SPRING LOADED IDLER PULLEY ASSEMBLY. *SC

BLOWER FAILURE AND STANDING WATER ON DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S FLOOR BOARDS. *NM

THE CONSUMER WENT INTO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE FRONT COIL SPRING REPAIRED ON A RECALL AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THE REAR COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN. THE CONSUMER MADE CONTACT WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND CONTACT WILL BE MADE ON THE REPAIR. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE , AND VEERED INTO THE OTHER LANE. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND DRIVER'S REAR TIRE SHREDDED. CONSUMER CALLED AAA, AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THE REAR COIL SPRING FRACTURED, CAUSING THE TIRE TO FLATTEN.*AK *ER *JB

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE. OWNER TURNED ON THE IGNITION SWITCH AND THERE WAS A LOUD BANG LIKE A SHOT GUN WENT OFF. THE OWNER LATER DISCOVERED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD BLEW APART. THE MANIFOLD WAS MADE OF PLASTIC. THE OWNER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND WAS INFORMED THAT WHAT HAPPENED WAS NOT UNCOMMON. THE DEALER WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE DEFECT, AND THE ESTIMATED CHARGE OF REPAIR WOULD COST ABOUT $600.00.*AK *EH *JB

AFTER GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE. CONSUMER GOT OUT OF VEHICLE AND MADE AN INSPECTION. NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. CONSUMER GOT BACK INTO THE VEHICLE SHIFT IT INTO REVERSE, AND VEHICLE MADE A LOUD SCRAPPING NOISE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE RIGHT REAR SPRING FRACTURED AND PUNCHED THE TIRE.*AK

MERCURY SABLE 2001, FAULTY SUSPENSION REAR SPRINGS. *BF THE SPRINGS ALSO PUNCTURED THE TIRE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH LEFT REAR TIRE RUPTURED. PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD, AND THE TIRE WAS CHANGED. THAT TIRE WAS REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES. MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PART OF THE COIL SPRING WAS STICKING OUT, AND THAT CAUSED THE TIRE TO RUPTURE. *AK

REAR COIL SPRING FRACTURED WHILE DRIVING CAUSING THE RIGHT REAR TIRE TO BLOW OUT......DIDN'T REALIZE THE CAUSE UNTIL IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND WAS INSPECTED FURTHER.*AK

NHTSA CAMPAIGN 04V332000; FORD ISSUED A FRONT COIL SPRINGS RECALL. THIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, BUT THE DEALER DID NOT HAVE THE PARTS AVAILABLE IN ORDER TO REPAIR.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS, AND TO DATE THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT MADE CONTACT TO ADVISE THE CONSUMER THAT THE PARTS WERE IN AS THE LETTER STATED.*AK

MY 2001 SABLE LS HAD THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLOW OUT THIS MORNING. I TOOK IT TO THE TIRE SHOP AND IT TURNS OUT THAT THE REAR COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. I TOOK THE CAR TO STU EVAN LINC MERC IN GARDEN CITY, MI AND I WAS TOLD THAT ONLY THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS ARE COVERED BY THE RECALL, NOT THE REAR COIL SPRINGS. IT'S THE SAME PART, JUST AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION ON THE VEHICLE - AND IT HAD THE SAME EXACT FAILURE AS THAT DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. SEEMS THAT THE REAR SPRINGS SHOULD ALSO BE COVERED BY THE RECALL. DEALER WILL REPLACE THE REAR COIL SPRING AND PERFORM THE RECALL ON THE FRONT - I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THEY COULD RECALL JUST THE FRONT AND NOT THE REAR. *NM

CORRECTED/COMPLETED ODI # 10104563. *JB

NHTSA RECALL 04V332000; FORD HAS ISSUED A FRONT COIL SPRINGS RECALL. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE PARTS STILL WERE UNAVAILABLE FROM THE MANUFACTURER. CONSUMER HAS BEEN WAITING SINCE SEPTEMBER FOR THE PARTS.*AK

WHILE TURNING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY TO THE RIGHT, THE LEFT SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED (WITHOUT INFLATING). NO COLLISION, JUST A TURNING MANUVEUR TO THE RIGHT. 2001 MERCURY SABLE.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 04V332000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 04S17/04M04. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP, AND WAS INFORMED NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRING REPAIRS. *AK

VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. VEHICLE JUMPED FORWARD. TRANSMISSION POPPED INTO GEAR ON ITS OWN. THE RPMS ACCELERATED, THEN VEHICLE WOULD STALLED. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS PLACED ON DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE, AND COMPUTER WAS REPROGRAMMED. CONSUMER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THAT THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN, AND HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING WITH MY LIGHTS ON, THE LIGHTS IN THE DASH WENT OUT. THEN AFTER 10 TO 15 MINUTES, THE LIGHTS CAME BACK AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED QUITE FREQUENTLY. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON 11/24/2003 AND THE DEALER SAID THAT HE FIXED IT BUT THE LIGHTS IN THE DASH KEPT GOING OF AND ON OCCATIONALLY. THE LIGHTS IN THE DASH WENT OFF COMPLETELY IN OCTOBER 2004. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AGAIN AND THE DEALER SAID THAT IT WAS A DEFECTIVE SWITCH AND REPLACED IT ON 11/24/2004. THE SAME NIGHT THE LIGHTS IN THE DASH WENT OUT. I WILL BE TAKING THIS CAR TO THE DEALER AGAIN ON THE 5TH OF DECEMBER.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE TURN SIGNALS WERE INOPERATIVE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DETAILS. *JB

THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR COIL SPRING BROKE AND CAUSED THE TIRE TO BE PUNCTURED WHILE DRIVING. THE CAR WAS TAKEN IN FOR REPAIR AND FOUND THAT THE PASSENGER REAR COIL SPRING WAS ALSO BROKEN. CALLED FORD AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE FRONT SPRINGS ONLY. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. MY SABLE HAS 23,000 MILES ON IT.*AK

THE ACCELERATOR CABLE SNAPPED WHILE DRIVING ON A BRIDGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND REPAIRED. *JB *TC

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED A COMPOUND FRACTURE TO THE RIGHT THIGH, AND MANY OTHER MAJOR INJURIES. *AK

THE VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE CONDITION MAYBE DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. *JB

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GEAR INDICATOR WAS MISSING FROM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONSUMER DID KNOW WHAT GEAR THE VEHICLE WAS IN. *AK *JB

RECALL NOTICE FOR DEFECT IN FORD AND LINCOLN MERCURY. *BF SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS RECALL ID NUMBER : 04V332000. *TC

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL FOR THE VEHICLE'S COIL SPRINGS. THE REPAIRS CAN NOT BE MADE UNTIL DECEMBER 2004 BECAUSE THE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. *NM *NM

WHILE DRIVING REAR COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE REAR TIRES. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

REAR PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE , PUNCTURING THE TIRE. RECALL 04V332000 WAS ISSUED CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRING. HOWEVER, THE MANUFACTURER STATED THE REAR WAS NOT AFFECTED, AND THE CLAIM COULD NOT BE HONORED. *AK

RECALL REGARDING FRONT COIL SPRINGS ON 2001 MERCURY SABLE. *MR MERCURY/FORD STATED THE PART WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL DECEMBER. *SC *JB

REAR DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING PUNCTURING THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE.*MR THE MANUFACTURER HAS ISSUED A RECALL ON THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS BUT NOT THE REAR. *NM

VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL WOULD VIBRATE WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AT 45 MPH. VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALER. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT BOTH FRONT ROTORS NEEDED TO BE TURNED. THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT THE ROTORS ARE WEARING EXCESSIVELY ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE IS UNDER 29,000 MILES OF WEARS. *LA *NM

VEHICLE FAILED THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE INSPECTION. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS ON BOTH SIDES. *AK

THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRACT PROPERLY. WHILE PULLING THE SEAT BELT IT BROKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE RETRACTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK *SC

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 04332000, HOWEVER, RECALL REPAIRS COULD NOT BE DONE BECAUSE PARTS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR UNTIL DECEMBER 2004.*AK

THE TRANSMISSION WOULD LOCK IN PARK AND DISENGAGE AT 40K, A SENSOR WAS REPLACED. THEN AT 49K THE TRANSMISSION BLEW WHILE DRIVING (INTERNAL). POOR TRANSMISSION ENGINEERING. I'LL NEVER BUY ANOTHER FORD/MERCURY. *JB

RECALL NOTICE REGARDING STOP LAMP SWITCH PROBLEMS.*MR WHILE DRIVING THE STOP LAMP BECAME STRUCK IN THE ON POSITION. THE VEHCILE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE STOP LAMP SWITCH. *NM

RECALL NO.#04V106000, BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH: THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT THE DEALER CHARGED FOR THE RECALL WORK. THE MANUFACTURER EXPLAINED TO THE CONSUMER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A MERCURY DEALERSHIP, WHICH WAS THE REASON THE WORK WAS CHARGED. *LA

WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE. AS A RESULT, THE TIRE WAS PUNCTURED, ALMOST TIPPING THE VEHICLE OVER. *AK WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT FRONT COIL HAD BROKEN, IT SLICED THE TIRE ACROSS THE TOP AND CAUSED THE LINK ON THE SWAY BAR TO BREAK. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HILL AT 30 MPH AN UPON APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED TO SLOW DOWN AND TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, WHICH RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE GOING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. VEHICLE STOPPED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH A TREE. CONSUMER SUSTAINED BRUISES TO CHEST FROM THE SEAT BELT. PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT VEHICLE HAS 2 BRAKE RECALLS PERFORMED BY A DEALERSHIP. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM ENGAGED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

I HAD A COIL SPRING ON THE FRONT PASSENGERSIDE BRAKE AN CUT MY TIRE. IF I WAS ON A HIGHWAY GOING SIXTY FIVE I COULD HAVE KILLED SOMEONE OR MY PASSENGERS .THERE IS MORE TO THIS STORY THAN THIS IF YOU WANT TO CALL ME.NOW WHAT I WANT IS TO GET THE WORD OUT TO THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE THIS CAR A MERCURY SABLE 2001 TO HAVE IT CHECKED RIGHT AWAY AND MAYBE WE CAN SAVE SOME LIVES.WHEN I PICKED MY CAR UP TODAY FROM THE FORD DEALER WHERE IT WAS BEING FIXED HE TOLD ME THEY HAD ANOTHER CALL TODAY THE23 IT HAPPENED TO SOMEONE ELSE. THANK YOU MRS. C.VREELAND. *AK

WHILE PARKED VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. DUE TO SEVERE FIRE DAMAGE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

I HAVE A 2001 MERCURY SABLE LS WITH 9000 MILES. I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PARK THE CAR IN FRONT OF A STORE IN A SHOPPING PLAZA LOCATED IN COCOA BEACH ,FL. WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES TO PARK IN THE PARKING PLACE, THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE ENGINE MADE A REVVING NOISE AND THE CAR LEAPED FORWARD JUMPING THE CURB AND CRASHING INTO A BRICK SUPPORT COLUMN. THIS CAR WAS RECALLED FOR THE BRAKE PEDAL AND ACCELERATOR PROBLEM AND WAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED AT THE MERCURY DEALERS. I WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BY THE EMERGENCY SQUAD. I WAS TREATED FOR A LARGE GASH IN THE FOREHEAD AND XRAYS WERE TAKEN OF THE CHEST, BACK AND RIBS WHICH WERE NOT FRACTURED BUT SEVERELY BRUISED. I ALSO SUSTAINED TWO BLACK EYES CAUSED BY MY SUNGLASSES HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL. I WAS WEARING MY SEATBELT, HOWEVER, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ESTIMATED COST TO REPAIR MY CAR IS $7048. *AK

THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START OR WILL CRANK, START AND IDLE VERY ROUGH, THEN STOP RUMNNING. TWO DEALERS HAVE INVESTIGATED AND DUPLICATED THE PROBLEM BUT NO CAUSE HAS BEEN FOUND.*AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 44000 MILES WITHOUT ANY NOTICE AT ALL. THIS CAR IS TWO YEARS OLD AND JUST OUT OF THE WARRANTY. FORD WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THERE IS SOMETHING VERY WRONG ABOUT THIS!!!

TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT AT 67,500 MILES. *AK

THE VEHICLE'S HEAT/AIR CONDITIONER AND DEFOGGER WAS CONTROLLED BY ONE UNIT. THE UNIT FAILED AND WAS REPLACED 5 TIMES. WHEN THE UNIT FAILED, THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO CLEAR THE WINDOWS. THIS REDUCED DRIVER'S VISIBILITY. *AK *SCC *JB

BRAKE APPLICATION IN WET WEATHER, RESULTING IN LOW FREQUENCY VIBRATION, APPARENTLY FROM FRONT BRAKES, WITH PERCEIVED REDUCTION IN BRAKE EFFECTIVENESS. AFTER ONE OR TWO BRAKE APPLICATIONS UNDER THESE CONDITIONS, BRAKE FUNCTION RETURNS TO NORMAL WITH NORMAL EFFECTIVENESS AND NO NOISE OR VIBRATION.*AK