2001 MERCURY SABLE Complaints

DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HER CAR FROM SCHOOL AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. LEFT REAR COIL SPRING BROKE, PUNCTURING TIRE. BROKEN END OF COIL SPRING WAS HIGH ENOUGH TO ALLOW USING THE DOUGHNUT SPARE TO DRIVE TO SERVICE SHOP. LOCAL MECHANIC IS REPLACING BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS. APPROXIMATE COST FOR REPLACING TIRE AND COIL SPRINGS IS $395.00. *TR

NOTICED THAT CAR WAS LOW IN REAR (BOTH SIDES), BROUGHT CAR IN FOR OIL CHANGE, HAD MECHANIC CHECK REAR SUSPENSION, HE FOUND TWO BROKEN REAR COIL SPRINGS. *TR

I HAVE 2001 MERCURY SABLE WITH 84,000 MILES. BOTH REAR SPRINGS BROKE AND HAVE TO HAVE THEM REPLACED. *TR

BACK IN 2004 A SAFETY RECALL (04S71) WAS ISSUED FOR IN CERTAIN 1999-2001TAURUS AND SABLES. THE ISSUE WAS THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS COULD POTENTIALLY FRACTURE WHEN OPERATED IN HIGH CORROSION AREAS WHERE SALT IS USED ON THE ROADWAYS DURING WINTER MONTHS. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A FRACTURED SPRING TO MOVE PAST THE SPRING SEAT AND CONTACT A FRONT TIRE. IF A SPRING SHOULD FRACTURE AND COME IN CONTACT WITH A TIRE, THE TIRE MAY RUPTURE RESULTING IN A RAPID AIR LOSS, WHICH COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING. WITH THAT SAID, ON JUNE 16, 2009, THIS EXACT SCENARIO HAPPENED TO MY BACK COIL SPRING ON MY 2001 MERCURY SABLE. FORTUNATELY, A CRASH DID NOT RESULT IN MY CASE. HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THE SAME PROTECTIVE SPRING SHIELDS THAT WERE PLACED ON THE FRONT TIRES TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING SHOULD ALSO HAD BEEN AND STILL SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE BACK TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING TO AVOID A POTENTIAL UNSAFE SITUATION. *TR

I TOOK MY DAUGHTERS 2001 SABLE IN FOR IT'S ANNUAL SAFETY INSPECTION AND WAS ADVISED BY THE MECHANIC THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HE ADVISED ME THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THESE VEHICLES AND HE THOUGHT THERE WAS A RECALL. I CALLED MY LOCAL DEALER AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE RECALL ONLY COVERED THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. I WILL BE CHECKING INTO THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FRONT SPRINGS UNDER THE RECALL. SINCE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED APPROX. 1 YEAR AGO IT'S POSSIBLE THE PRIOR (ORIGINAL) OWNER HAD THEM REPLACED PREVIOUSLY. I BELIEVE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS THAT THE RECALL SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE REAR SPRINGS. SINCE DISCOVERING THIS ISSUE I HAVE PURCHASED REPLACEMENT SPRINGS AND STRUTS AT A COST OF $330.00 AND WILL BE INSTALLING THEM ASAP. *TR

SPRING ON FRONT OF SABLE BROKE ,IT HAPPENS A LOT ON TAURUS AND SABLE SINCE AT LEAST 1995. WONDER HOW MANY HAVE BEEN KILLED AND INJURED? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR COIL SPRINGS ARE SPLITTING IN HALF ON HIS VEHICLE. THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS MAY ALSO BE FAILING. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE CONTACT WANTS HIS VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 71 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. SHE TOOK HER VEHICLE TO A LOCAL DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE REAR COIL SPRINGS FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE REPAIR WOULD COST $756.52. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 81,228.

COIL SPRING FRACTURED DUE TO CORROSION. THE FRACTURED SPRING MOVED PAST THE SPRING SEAT AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. THE TIRE RUPTURED AND NEARLY RESULTED IN A CRASH. MANUFACTURER RECALL SPECIFIC TO FRONT COIL SPRINGS ONLY. *TR

BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKE MADE CAR UNSTABLE COIL SPRINGS WERE REPLACED BY DEALER ON 4/07/09 AND BILLED TO ME. *TR