1993 MERCURY SABLE Complaints

WE HAVE SPENT OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS AND NOW WE FIND A BLOWN GASKET! RECALL!. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED INSIDE OF GARAGE, AND HEARD AN EXPLOSION COMING FROM GARAGE. WHEN HE WENT TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON, WINDOWS OF VEHICLE HAD SHATTERED ALL OVER GARAGE . VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE COMING FROM DASHBOARD. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *AK

ENGINE MOUNT FAILURE AT 20,000 MILES. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

APPROACHING PARKING LOT VEHICLE BEGAN TO RATTLE AND SMOKE, VEHICLE TOWED TO MECHANIC, VEHICLE FOUND TO HAVE BLOWN HEAD GASKET(S). CJ

I PURCAHSED A 1993 MECURY SABLE WITH 60,000 MILES IN OCT 99 IN ORANGEBURG SOUTH CAROLINA. ABOUT 6 MONTHS THE TEMPERATURE BEGAN TO FLUXUATE AND THE THERMOSTAT WAS REPLACED. IT SEEMED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM FOR ABOUT THREE MONTH AND THEN THE OVERHEATING PROBLEM STARTED AGAIN. IN OCT 200 THE VEHILCE WAS USING WATER AND THEN RADIATOR WAS REPPLACED AT A COST OF $475.00. AND AFTER THE REPAIR THE MECHANIC NOTIFIED ME THAT THE HEADGSKETS WERE BLOWN. I PARKED THE CAR BECAUSE I NO MONEY TO REPAIR IT. I HEARD FROM A FREIND THAT THE 3.8 ENGINE IS NOTORIOUS FOR HEADGASKETS IN THE 3.8L ENGINE IN THE 1993 SABLE. AFTER GOING TO POMOCO MECURY AND CONTACTING FORD THEY STATE THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS ENGINE. HOW CAN THEY SEEL A DEFECTIVE ENGINE AND NOT OWN UP TO IT. THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY REPORTS AND COMPLAINTS ON THIS PIECE OR CRAP ENGINE. I STILL OWE $4,000.00 ON THIS CAR AND REPAIRS WILL RUN FROM $1,000 TO $2,000 DEPENDING ON THE DAMAGE. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE FROM A AUTO COMPNAY THAT MAKES BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND DIDN'T SPEND DIME ON RESEARCH. I AM STEAMED, JUST LIKE THE STEAM COMING OUT OF MY HEADGASKETS!!!! AND I AM READY TO BLOW!!!!!FURIUOS .*AK

CONSUMER HAD FOUND OUT A STRONG SMELL OF OIL JUST LIKE A FRYING PAN. HADN'T TAKEN VEHICLE TO A DEALER, BUT BELIEVED THAT VEHICLE HAD A BLOWN HEAD GASKET.*AK

A LACK OF HEAT IN VEHICLE WHEN NEEDED. TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT 3.8L ENGINE EXPERIENCED A HEAD GASKET FAILURE. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. MANUFACTURER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. *AK *SLC

ENGINE HEAD GASKET WENT OUT AFTER CONSUMER HAD STARTED VEHICLE. TEMPERATURE GAUGE STARTED TO GO UP ,AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT KEPT COMING ON, BUT ENGINE WAS NOT TOTALLY WARMED UP.CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING BECAUSE IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. *AK SHORTLY AFTER REPLACING OF HEAD GASKET, THE OXYGEN SENSORS FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD ADMITTED THAT THE HEAD GASKET WAS DEFECTIVE, AND THE CONSUMER WAS ASKING FOR REIMBURSEMENT. *YH

I TOOK THE CAR IN TO BE CHECKED FOR A COOLANT LEAK AND WAS TOLD THE HEAD GASKETS HAD BLOWN. THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP TOLD US THERE WAS A WARRANTY EXTENSION FOR '94-'95 3.8L ENGINES. SINCE IT IS THE SAME ENGINE AND THE SAME PROBLEM SEEMS TO PLAGUE ALMOST ALL 3.8L ENGINES, WHY DIDN'T FORD FIX THE PROBLEM WITH ALL THE 3.8 L ENGINES? AS FOR THE MOTOR MOUNTS I WAS TOLD BY THE SAME FORD DEALERSHIP THAT THERE WAS SOME SORT OF M PAPER SENT OUT BUT SINCE I DIDN'T OWN THE CAR AT THAT TIME, AGAIN IT WAS TOO LATE FOR THE CORRECTIONS TO BE MADE BY FORD. SO IN THE END IT HAS COST ME AND MY HUSBAND OVER $2,000 TO REPAIR THESE THINGS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY FORD. ONE MORE THING ABOUT THE MOTOR MOUNTS, THERE IS NO MECHANICAL SFETY DEVICE TO KEEP THINGS 'TOGETHER' WHEN THE RUBBER BLADDER SLPITS OR COMES APART. THIS COULD ALLOW THE NEGINE TO RAISE UP OUT OF THE WELL AND INTO THE FIRE WALL OR OUT OF THE WELL ALL TOGETHER, NOT TO MENTION PUTTING ALMOST EVERYTHING ELSE ATTACHED TO IT, IN A POWERFUL BIND.*AK

DEFECTIVE ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW IN MARCH OF 2000, NO ASSISTANCE FROM FORD, DESPITE WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH THIS COMPONENT. *AK